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• United States Reaches Agreement with Guam Waterworks Authority Requiring Investment in Sewer System Infrastructure

  Settlement Will Address Significant Overflows and Illegal Discharges of Untreated Sewage into Coastal Waters

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Agreement with Guam Waterworks Authority Requiring Investment in Sewer System Infrastructure

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land

  Clean Water Act Settlement Addresses July 2022 Crude Oil Pipeline Rupture into Oklahoma’s Skull Creek

  EPA News Release: Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA Enforcement Prevents Multiple Illegal Imports of Super Climate Pollutant

  Cases Part of EPA’s National Initiative to Enforce U.S. Hydrofluorocarbon Phasedown to Mitigate Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Prevents Multiple Illegal Imports of Super Climate Pollutant

  • Release Date: January 29, 2024

• EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

  Marrs Construction Co. Will Pay Penalty and Raise Awareness of Lead-Safe Work Practices Through Home Improvement Programming

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• Swinerton Builders Reaches Agreement to Address Clean Water Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm at Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  Settlement Includes $2.3 Million Penalty and Mitigation Actions, Highlights Risks Posed by Inadequate Management of Stormwater During Construction of Large-Scale Solar Generating Facilities

  EPA News Release: Swinerton Builders Reaches Agreement to Address Clean Water Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm at Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements

  EPA News Release: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• United States and California Announce Diesel Engine Manufacturer Cummins Inc. Agrees to Pay a Record $1.675 Billion Civil Penalty in Vehicle Test Cheating Settlement

  Total Value of Settlement Exceeds $2 Billion and Requires Nationwide Recall of Model Year 2013-2019 Ram diesel 2500 and 3500 Vehicles

  EPA News Release: United States and California Announce Diesel Engine Manufacturer Cummins Inc. Agrees to Pay a Record $1.675 Billion Civil Penalty in Vehicle Test Cheating Settlement

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• Allied Waste Resolves Clean Air Act Violations at its Niagara Falls Landfill

  Settlement Advances EPA’s National Enforcement Priority on Mitigating Climate Change

  EPA News Release: Allied Waste Resolves Clean Air Act Violations at its Niagara Falls Landfill

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• EPA Advances Enforcement Actions to Protect Communities from Hazardous Lead Paint

  Enforcement Initiatives and Tools Target Noncompliance by Renovators and Property Managers

  EPA News Release: EPA Advances Enforcement Actions to Protect Communities from Hazardous Lead Paint

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• Steel Manufacturer Pays More Than $100 Million to Reduce Emissions from its Dearborn, Michigan Facility

  Company Will Also Distribute Air Purifiers to Overburdened, Nearby Residents

  EPA News Release: Steel Manufacturer Pays More Than $100 Million to Reduce Emissions from its Dearborn, Michigan Facility

  • Release Date: October 19, 2023

• EPA and OSHA Investigations Lead to Convictions of Company Officials in Deadly Mill Explosion Case

  EPA News Release: EPA and OSHA Investigations Lead to Convictions of Company Officials in Deadly Mill Explosion Case

  • Release Date: October 17, 2023