Environmental Industry News
- 5 Million Gallons of Wastewater Overflow into Maryland Creek5.22 million gallons of sewer water overflows into Maryland's Broad Creek.
- Massachusetts Real Estate Developer Will Pay $48,000 for Alleged Clean Water Act ViolationsEPA alleged that Farfard Real Estate and Development Corporation did not follow its Clean Water Act permit in Ledgemere Country Residential Development, Maplebrooke Commons Condominiums and Lakeview Estates.
- EPA Proposes Changes to Environmental Protection Requirements for Utility Coal Ash SitesThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes related to utility coal as sites such as eliminating the tonnage limit, merging onsite and offsite coal ash definitions and increasing transparency for utility groundwater filings.
- EPA Releases Cleanup Plan For Former General Electric Plant Site in New YorkThe proposal would implement natural attenuation in a contaminated state superfund site that originates in Auburn, New York.
- Pennsylvania Nature Preserve Recognized by EPA for Excellent Reuse of Superfund SiteThe agency is celebrating the 20th anniversary of an initiative encouraging the redevelopment of Superfund sites for sustainable and productive use.
- Wisconsin DNR Requests Wastewater Treatment Plants to Test for "Forever" ChemicalsThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources asked wastewater treatment systems to test for contaminants known as "forever" chemicals.
- $1.5 Million Project Aimed at Improving Florida River QualityThe project aims to reduce and treat runoff from a residential neighborhood that discharges to the St. Johns River in Palatka, Fla.
- NRC Board to Hold Hearings on Texas Storage ProposalA Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hear oral arguments on petitions for an adjudicatory hearing on Interim Storage Partners' license application for an interim facility to store spent nuclear fuel in Andrews County, Texas.
- First Female Director Appointed to Head Iowa DNRKayla Lyon has been appointed director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, effective July 8. She will replace Bruce Trautman, who has served as the agency's acting director since May 2018, and is DNR's first female director.
- Dyno Nobel Settles EPA Case Over Oregon Facility's ReleasesThe $939,852 being paid by the company as part of the settlement will purchase emergency response equipment for authorities in Columbia County, Ore. Dyno Nobel also will file revised estimates of its total ammonia releases and will update its Risk Management Plan.
- Maryland's Governor Signs Energy Efficiency MeasureThe "Maryland Leads by Example" executive order directs the Maryland Department of General Services and the Maryland Energy Administration to develop and manage an energy savings initiative in state-owned buildings.
- Tennessee Settles Lawsuit Over TVA Coal Ash PondsThe settlement requires the Tennessee Valley Authority to remove approximately 12 million cubic yards of coal combustion residuals from its active coal ash ponds at the Gallatin Fossil Plant, closing the coal ash pond complex and remediating the area in accordance with state law.
- DOE Proposes to Redefine High-Level Radioactive WasteAccording to DOE, the revised interpretation, "if implemented through subsequent actions," could provide a range of benefits to both DOE and the public.
- Carnival Cruise Lines Paying $20 Million Criminal Penalty for Probation Violations"A corporation is responsible to its shareholders and board of directors to be profitable, but not by breaking the law and destroying the very environment in which it navigates for profit," said Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. "Carnival's failure to comply with the terms of its probation and, later, its attempt to drown its deceit goes against the fiber of corporate compliance.
