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• EPA Issues Consent Order to MAX Environmental Technologies to Ensure Compliance with Hazardous Waste Rules at Yukon, PA, Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Consent Order to MAX Environmental Technologies to Ensure Compliance with Hazardous Waste Rules at Yukon, PA, Facility

  • Release Date: April 29, 2024

• EPA settles with Rhode Island corporation for hazardous waste violations 

  Electrical connector manufacturer agrees to pay penalties for alleged storage issues 

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Rhode Island corporation for hazardous waste violations 

  • Release Date: April 25, 2024

• EPA, CalEPA Release Plan for Joint Enforcement Work to Protect California Communities Overburdened by Pollution

  Plan Builds on Groundbreaking Federal-State Partnership Launched through 2021 Environmental Justice-Focused Agreement

  EPA News Release: EPA, CalEPA Release Plan for Joint Enforcement Work to Protect California Communities Overburdened by Pollution

  • Release Date: April 24, 2024

• EPA fines PMI of Baltimore MD $230,000 for Violations of Pollution Laws

  EPA News Release: EPA fines PMI of Baltimore MD $230,000 for Violations of Pollution Laws

  • Release Date: April 23, 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 takes action against Bethel, Connecticut company for lead renovation rule violations

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action against Bethel, Connecticut company for lead renovation rule violations

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: April 19, 2024

• Registration now open for EPA’s 3rd annual Mid-Atlantic Summit, kicks off 30-day countdown

  “Empowering Communities for Environmental Equity” theme provides opportunity for conversation about equitable access to healthy and sustainable communities

  EPA News Release: Registration now open for EPA’s 3rd annual Mid-Atlantic Summit, kicks off 30-day countdown

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• EPA Fines East Bay Cities and Municipal Utility Districts for Sewage Discharge Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines East Bay Cities and Municipal Utility Districts for Sewage Discharge Violations

  • Release Date: April 11, 2024

• Shasta-Siskiyou Transport of Redding, Calif. to Pay Over $208,000 Penalty for Fuel Spill that Reached Sacramento River

  EPA News Release: Shasta-Siskiyou Transport of Redding, Calif. to Pay Over $208,000 Penalty for Fuel Spill that Reached Sacramento River

  • Release Date: April 10, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution

  As part of the Administration’s commitment to combating PFAS pollution, EPA announces $1B investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address PFAS in drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024

• La administración Biden-Harris finaliza la primera norma nacional de agua potable para proteger a 100 millones de personas de la contaminación por PFAS

  Como parte del compromiso de la Administración de combatir la contaminación por PFAS, la EPA anuncia una inversión de $1 mil millones mediante la agenda Invertir en Estados Unidos del presidente Biden para abordar la presencia de PFAS en el agua potable

  EPA News Release: La administración Biden-Harris finaliza la primera norma nacional de agua potable para proteger a 100 millones de personas de la contaminación por PFAS

  • 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

• EPA and the City of Lexington work to extend the compliance deadline for sanitary sewer system improvement projects

  EPA News Release: EPA and the City of Lexington work to extend the compliance deadline for sanitary sewer system improvement projects

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024