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• United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  Settlement requires Norfolk Southern to pay for past and future cleanup costs, enhanced rail safety, civil penalty and health monitoring, among other provisions

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  November 2019 explosions prompted evacuations of thousands of area residents and released millions of pounds of extremely hazardous substances

  EPA News Release: Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• EPA Announces New Policy to Strengthen Civil-Criminal Enforcement Coordination

  New policy will further EPA’s efforts to hold polluters accountable, ensure environmental justice for communities overburdened by pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Policy to Strengthen Civil-Criminal Enforcement Coordination

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• EPA Files Complaint Against California Company for Unlawful Import of HFCs

  Agency continues enforcement campaign against illegal importation of climate super pollutant HFCs

  EPA News Release: EPA Files Complaint Against California Company for Unlawful Import of HFCs

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024

• Colonial Oil to Pay $2.8 Million Penalty for Failure to Meet Clean Air Act Fuels Regulations

  Enforcement action is the first case involving the definition of ocean-going vessel under the Renewable Fuel Standard regulations

  EPA News Release: Colonial Oil to Pay $2.8 Million Penalty for Failure to Meet Clean Air Act Fuels Regulations

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024