• top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, requested information from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt about the agency's enforcement record. (senate.gov)
  • New EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt offered a conciliatory greeting Tuesday to employees of the agency he frequently sued in his old job as Oklahoma's attorney general - while making it clear he plans a sharp departure from the Obama administration's strategy and will emphasize cooperation with industry. (politico.com)
  • Unless there is some enforcement action taken against significant permit violations, the Clean Water Act will become a complete dead letter in Florida," added Phillips, noting that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has promised tough action, saying, "We are going to do enforcement, to go after bad actors and go after polluters. (peer.org)
  • For his part, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt doesn't seem particularly fazed by the prospect of his agency having to make do with lot less, claiming that state environmental agencies can pick up the slack. (triplepundit.com)
  • These reports also come just days before the release of President Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal, which is expected to drastically cut EPA's enforcement resources. (senate.gov)
  • On September 27, 2018, the EPA announced a settlement with NGL Crude Logistics, LLC that resolves allegations in the United States' October 4, 2016 Complaint alleging that the company entered into a series of transactions in 2011, that resulted in the generation of more than 36 million invalid RINs. (epa.gov)
  • when compared with 2018 (799) and 2017 (1030). (epa.ie)
  • It took a while to get the answer, but the overall results are even worse that we suspected: In EPA headquarters, at least 73 OECA staff left the office and only 4 were hired between the start of the Trump administration and late July 2018. (ucsusa.org)
  • On 16 February 2018, a judge has ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has no authority to delay the rule 1 finalised on 12 December 2016 which was supposed to take effect on 12 December 2017. (tuvsud.com)
  • Noting that the EPA has acted in excess of its statutory authority and hence unlawfully under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the court decided 2 to vacate and set aside the year-long extension 3 to 12 December 2018 of the compliance deadlines set out by the EPA in the Delay Rule. (tuvsud.com)
  • The Court has directed both EPA and the plaintiff to confer on the timely implementation of the Court's order and report to the Court by March 9, 2018. (tuvsud.com)
  • WASHINGTON - Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) evoked President Nixon to criticize the Trump administration's handling of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), particularly with proposed cuts to the agency's budget in FY 2018. (pjmedia.com)
  • As described in a blog post on March 13, 2018 , Section 13306 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97 (Dec. 22, 2017) revises the longstanding rule on the deductibility as a business expense (or lack thereof) of "any fine or similar penalty paid to a government for the violation of any law. (hklaw.com)
  • California (effective January 2018), Delaware (effective December 2017), Massachusetts (effective July 2018), and Oregon (effective January 2019) have enacted laws impacting private employers. (roughnotes.com)
  • Consistent with recommendations from a former advisory committee, this report updates CDC's BLRV in children to 3.5 g/dL using NHANES data derived from the 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 cycles and provides helpful information to support adoption by state and local health departments, health care providers (HCPs), clinical laboratories, and others and serves as an opportunity to advance health equity and environmental justice related to preventable lead exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, meanwhile, said Pruitt's references to the group's founder John Muir would have the 19th century naturalist "rolling over in his grave at the notion of someone as toxic to the environment as Scott Pruitt taking over the EPA. (politico.com)
  • Trump's proposed 31% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) budget will only hamper efforts to correct this problem- which predates his administration. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • With President Donald Trump's plans to cut the EPA by 31% will the EPA be able to keep drinking water safe across the U.S. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • People participate in a rally to protest the separation of families under President Donald Trump's travel ban in New York on June 29, 2017. (nbcnews.com)
  • During his four years in office, former President Donald Trump's appointees to the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, decimated the agency's ability to catch and penalize polluters breaking environmental rules. (grist.org)
  • Trump's actions hinder EPA enforcement of drinking water and air quality protections, as well as cleanup of contaminated sites. (bridgemi.com)
  • Across all agencies, the Senate bill represents a $250 million cut to 2017 funding levels but still $4.83 billion more than President Trump's budget request. (dailyclimate.org)
  • EPA leadership needs to demonstrate an organizational commitment to correcting problems with the agency's oversight of key state programs designed to protect human health and the environment. (asdwa.org)
  • There's not that much in the EPA, for crying out loud," Simpson said, noting that he and other Republicans had already reduced the agency's budget dramatically in recent years. (thefiscaltimes.com)
  • If anything, the environmental challenges of today suggest that the EPA needs more money and staffing to carry out its congressionally-mandated mission, especially since Congress has already reduced the agency's budget by 28 percent in real dollars to $8.14 billion between fiscal years 2010 and 2016, a paltry 0.20 percent of the projected $4 trillion fiscal year 2017 federal budget. (triplepundit.com)
  • Ken Kimmell, who ran the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP) before becoming president of the Union of Concerned Scientists in 2014, also stresses the importance of EPA technical assistance, as well as its state grants, which comprise a significant chunk of the agency's annual expenditures. (triplepundit.com)
  • In addition to IRIS cuts, Democrats said the bill could spur more staffing cuts at the EPA, leaving the agency tasked with protecting environmental health with fewer scientists and public health experts, and pointed out it 'endorses the President's request to eliminate nearly all of the agency's climate change programs. (dailyclimate.org)
  • The proposed cuts to the EPA under the Senate bill were less than those proposed under a House plan, which sought to cut the agency's budget by $528 million. (dailyclimate.org)
  • Following litigation challenges to various provisions of the 2015 regulations, EPA issued two final rules in 2020, labeled as the "CCR Part A" and "CCR Part B" rules. (wikipedia.org)
  • Arrow Group has committed to completing improvement works in early 2020 to address the issues identified and the EPA is closely monitoring progress to ensure the site returns to compliance. (epa.ie)
  • The attached chart shows the dramatic increase in the number of inspections and enforcement actions related to energy extraction. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • Interestingly, the number of enforcement actions has not significantly increased when comparing FY 2011 to subsequent years. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • Since 2011 it has conducted over 1,800 inspections and concluded 217 enforcement actions under the Clean Water Act. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • Senator Carper requested that Mr. Pruitt provide relevant documents and answers to specific questions by June 23, 2017 in order to understand whether his commitment to Congress regarding enforcement actions prior to his confirmation is consistent with actions he taken since assuming his new position. (senate.gov)
  • Asked whether the state's opposition scuttled the case, an EPA spokesperson declined to comment on 'investigations and pending enforcement actions. (eenews.net)
  • Below are examples of recent EPA enforcement actions that provide insight into how and why EPA issues civil penalties to facilities for environmental noncompliance. (lion.com)
  • In part, those Trump-era policies restricted the EPA's ability to permit polluters to make significant investments in community remediation projects in exchange for resolving law enforcement actions against them. (grist.org)
  • In order to protect the program's integrity and maintain a level playing field for regulated companies, EPA is pursuing enforcement actions against renewable fuel producers and importers that generated invalid RINs. (epa.gov)
  • Schnare made his bones as a polluter's shill by filing legal actions demanding to inspect the email inboxes of EPA administrators and climate scientists. (salon.com)
  • On May 20, the New York Times reported that oil and gas producer Devon Energy, the target of an ongoing EPA enforcement action, reversed its willingness to address air pollution violations less than a week after Mr. Pruitt's arrival as EPA Administrator. (senate.gov)
  • SHARMINI PERIES: Erik, first I understand before the Flint crisis, Flint didn't actually show up as having any violations in terms of lead levels by EPA databases. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • After reviewing U.S. Steel's Minntac violations from EPA, the MPCA determined that the facility's new water quality permit would address a majority of the violations,' MPCA spokesperson Cori Rude-Young said. (eenews.net)
  • A food distributor reached a six-figure settlement with EPA after alleged violations of chemical accident prevention requirements related to the company's use and management of anhydrous ammonia at two storage and distribution facilities. (lion.com)
  • EPA recently filed a consent agreement and final order to resolve alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by an Idaho roadside service provider. (lion.com)
  • The filing cites a pattern of non-enforcement by Florida's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) despite ongoing, blatant violations as the main reason that EPA intervention is required. (peer.org)
  • In recent years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ramped up its efforts to fine and enforce civil violations against sub-contractors and demolition businesses which remodel or renovate homes constructed prior to 1978. (tropeamcmillan.com)
  • When the EPA publishes a press release about an enforcement case, the release will likely contain a statement about how the Agency came to uncover the violations. (blr.com)
  • SITKA, Alaska - Sitka-based seafood processor Silver Bay Seafoods, LLC has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over federal Clean Water Act discharge violations. (perishablenews.com)
  • EPA found violations of Silver Bay's wastewater discharge permit during a routine inspection of its Sitka facility. (perishablenews.com)
  • Following the inspection, EPA notified the company of the Clean Water Act violations and required Silver Bay Seafoods to complete a dive survey to assess seafloor conditions near its discharge pipe. (perishablenews.com)
  • On February 28, 2016, U.S. EPA publicly announced its priority enforcement areas ( EPA National Enforcement Initiatives or NEIs) for the next three years (fiscal years 2017-2019). (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • EPA raised its maximum civil penalties in 2016 , making it more critical than ever that EHS professionals understand how these complex regulatory programs affect their facilities. (lion.com)
  • The EPA settled its related allegations against Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC on October 4, 2016. (epa.gov)
  • Multiple sanitary sewer overflows in 2016 and 2017. (peer.org)
  • By maintaining this enforcement priority, EPA will likely focus on compliance with existing decrees as well as target new industries. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • According to the article, Devon Energy had been in discussions to install technology that would address claims made by the Obama Administration EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance (OECA) that a site in Wyoming was "illegally emitting 80 tons each year of hazardous chemicals, like benzene, a known carcinogen," and was also discussing the payment of a "six-figure penalty" to settle these claims. (senate.gov)
  • EPA published reports and guidance documents on Compliance & Enforcement: Drinking water. (epa.ie)
  • Managing site compliance with the many complex EPA programs that affect your business-from the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts to TSCA, EPCRA, CERLCA, and more-is a major challenge. (lion.com)
  • The continued poor compliance status and presence of Arrow Group as a National Priority Site is of serious concern to the EPA. (epa.ie)
  • The data gives details of compliance levels and enforcement activities across the 833 licensed facilities in 2019. (epa.ie)
  • Overall, EPA licensed industrial and waste sites exhibited a good level of compliance in 2019, which is reflected in a welcome reduction in the number of complaints from members of the public. (epa.ie)
  • The National Priority Sites for Enforcement system was launched by the EPA in July 2017 to drive further environmental compliance at industrial and waste facilities. (epa.ie)
  • So, it is particularly disturbing that the EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) has taken a major hit in staffing over the past 19 months in the Trump Administration. (ucsusa.org)
  • Here at UCS, we filed a Freedom of Information Act request to help us identify changes in the number of EPA staff working on enforcement and compliance. (ucsusa.org)
  • As former EPA General Counsel Roger Martella has noted in legal analyses , this extends beyond "core compliance responsibilities of State air regulators and utility commissions" and includes "details as minor as emissions monitoring and verifications systems. (americanenergyalliance.org)
  • The PEER complaint asks EPA to intervene to take enforcement action and bring the Lynn Haven facility back into compliance. (peer.org)
  • American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall has asked the leadership of a Senate committee to approve the nomination of Susan Bodine to Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance of the Environmental Protection Agency. (southeastagnet.com)
  • According to Ed Kowalski, director of EPA's Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division in Seattle, seafood processing can cause real damage to underwater ecosystems if permit limits aren't maintained. (perishablenews.com)
  • President Trump proposed cutting the EPA budget by $3.6 billion. (dailyclimate.org)
  • Previously, it was well understood that such costs could not be deducted as business expenses under 26 U.S.C. § 162(f) and many EPA settlement documents specifically included such a prohibition, including characterizing certain payments as falling within the prohibition. (hklaw.com)
  • In addition, P.L. 115-97 also added Section 6050X to the tax code which obligates the governmental entity involved in the enforcement proceeding to file an information return for all cases in excess of $600 specifying the amounts which fall into the two exceptions as specifically described in the settlement agreement or order. (hklaw.com)
  • The settlement with EPA calls for continued monitoring of the seafood waste pile and a more extensive assessment of environmental impacts if the pile size has not decreased to below the one-acre limit by December 2022. (perishablenews.com)
  • EPA's Kowalski also noted that Silver Bay Seafoods undertook waste reduction measures and instituted new operating procedures prior to signing the EPA settlement. (perishablenews.com)
  • Indeed, it seems that around the country, the Trump Administration has gone ahead and made cutbacks not only in enforcement, but also in areas such as the Chesapeake Bay Program, the Great Lakes Program, the Gulf of Mexico program, and others-despite the fact that Congress provided the funding for them. (ucsusa.org)
  • Subsequent to the passing of the Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products Act of 2010 (aka 2010 Formaldehyde Act) in the congress, EPA was required to adopt California's formaldehyde emission standards for composite wood products to set limits on the formaldehyde gas released from different kinds of wood products produced and sold in the United States. (tuvsud.com)
  • In her decades of experience in private practice, for Congress and EPA, Susan Bodine has proven her leadership skills and her deep understanding of our nation's environmental laws and how they affect ordinary citizens and small businesses," Duvall wrote. (southeastagnet.com)
  • Duvall's letter to Chairman John Barrasso and Ranking Member Tom Carper of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works praised Bodine for her many years of fair and effective leadership in the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the Bush-era EPA. (southeastagnet.com)
  • Today, we introduce a new feature here at Lion News-the Friday EPA Enforcement Roundup! (lion.com)
  • EPA inspectors in 2017 found contaminated water leaking out of a mining operation in northern Minnesota and started pursuing a federal enforcement action. (eenews.net)
  • In 2019, the Trump administration adopted a "no surprises" policy that meant EPA inspectors would no longer show up at facilities without first notifying state environmental agencies. (grist.org)
  • The idea is that flexible enforcement agreements allow the EPA to ensure that polluters mitigate the harm they cause by funding cleanup, air and water quality monitoring, and other restorative efforts. (grist.org)
  • 2017). Together with PM2.5, ozone is a major contributor to air pollution-related morbidity and mortality, with an estimated 4,700 ozone-related deaths in the United States in 2005 (Fann et al. (cdc.gov)
  • EPA alleges the company filled wetlands on its property for about 25 years. (lion.com)
  • EPA alleges the waste management system allegedly violated the Clean Water Act to combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit exceedances. (lion.com)
  • EPA officials and contractors have been mapping tunnels, fissures, seeps and springs and hope to begin closing the dam at the Red and Bonita next year. (cpr.org)
  • It stalled after colliding with a Trump administration policy requiring EPA to get approval from state government officials for an enforcement action. (eenews.net)
  • Giles, other former enforcement officials, and environmental advocates who spoke to Grist said that the Biden EPA has a long road ahead of it. (grist.org)
  • City officials scheduled the workshop after being surprised when the EPA filed a lawsuit and consent decree against Global on March 25 in U.S. District Court in Portland. (pressherald.com)
  • EPA has increased the number of inspections from 361 in FY 2011 to between 600 to 700 per year. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • Preventing Animal Waste from Contaminating Surface and Ground Water- EPA has been focused on inspections and enforcement of Combined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) for a number of years. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • Many of these changes will roll back Trump-era policies, but some - such as making data available to support citizen suits and ramping up inspections - are new initiatives that advocates say are required to tackle a long-term slump in enforcement. (grist.org)
  • In the wake of the Trump administration, according to Whitehouse, the EPA has "become more and more timid" about pursuing inspections without the permission of state governments. (grist.org)
  • The EPA carried out 1472 inspections to licensed industrial and waste sites in 2019, with 93 per cent of these being unannounced. (epa.ie)
  • In 2011, Mr. Pruitt went so far as to send a nearly identical version of a letter drafted by Devon Energy on federal methane regulations to then EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on his office's letterhead. (senate.gov)
  • Every day, facilities all across America receive Notices of Violation from US EPA for alleged noncompliance with a wide variety of programs like the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, chemical management and reporting regulations, hazardous waste management and disposal standards, and much more. (lion.com)
  • Complete EPA Regulations Workshops - 2017 Schedule Now Available! (lion.com)
  • NPDES permitting is just one of the major EPA programs covered at Lion's popular The Complete Environmental Regulations , presented in cities nationwide. (lion.com)
  • In his previous job, Pruitt had sued to block Obama's EPA landmark rules on climate change and the reach of the Clean Water Act - regulations that the White House is expected to seek to gut with executive orders in the coming days. (politico.com)
  • However, environmental groups are certain to go to court over any efforts by Pruitt's EPA to rewrite the Obama-era regulations. (politico.com)
  • According to US EPA, the company provided hazardous waste training for its personnel and made facility upgrades to properly store their waste. (lion.com)
  • The towing company allegedly transported hazardous waste without a manifest or EPA identification number in connection with a fire and spill of hazardous waste paint on an interstate highway in September 2015. (lion.com)
  • These companies face further enforcement action. (epa.ie)
  • Sites which exceed a certain threshold become a National Priority Site and are targeted by the EPA for further enforcement action. (epa.ie)
  • EPA has also lost further enforcement staff (not included in the OECA list) at the regional level. (ucsusa.org)
  • Reducing Pollution from Mineral Processing Operations- Focus is on releases from mining operations that EPA believes threaten drinking water, surface water as well as cleanup mining sites. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • If anyone understands the relationship between the EPA and state environmental agencies, it's Carol Browner, who served as EPA administrator during the Bill Clinton administration after running Florida's Department of Environmental Regulation. (triplepundit.com)
  • I write with concern and to request information regarding an article in today's New York Times ( How Rollbacks at Scott Pruitt's E.P.A. Are a Boon to Oil and Gas" ) that describes an abrupt reversal in willingness by Devon Energy to install technology to detect and reduce emissions of harmful air pollutants since you were sworn in as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (senate.gov)
  • Primarily, the EPA does not want to hear from you if you should be reporting your environmental concern to your state or local agency or health department. (blr.com)
  • But Democratic members of the Senate voiced concern with the proposed cuts to the EPA, including the cut to IRIS, saying TSCA was 'not designed to accommodate the breadth of the IRIS program's responsibilities. (dailyclimate.org)
  • This goes along with big reductions in EPA staff across all offices as reported in the Washington Post over this past weekend. (ucsusa.org)
  • These staff reductions fly in the face of Congressional action that appropriated funds for the EPA to maintain these programs. (ucsusa.org)
  • The EPA water division, for example, offers a permit writing training course for state workers. (triplepundit.com)
  • The results of that survey, completed in 2017, revealed a 2.76-acre seafood waste pile - more than double the one-acre limit in their permit. (perishablenews.com)
  • In a series of memos, the Trump EPA also gave states more authority to implement their own enforcement programs. (grist.org)
  • In recent years, our work has identified the absence of robust oversight by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of states, territories and tribes authorized to implement environmental programs under several statutes. (asdwa.org)
  • The IG noted that EPA programs implement a variety of formal and informal oversight processes that are not always consistent across EPA regions and the states, territories and tribes. (asdwa.org)
  • American businesses rely on the EPA to license a broad range of activities and 1,000 more rely on EPA to implement rigorous enforcement. (pjmedia.com)
  • If EPA were to do this, it would threaten the reliability of the electric grid and could impose rolling blackouts or brownouts across large swaths of the country. (americanenergyalliance.org)
  • Notably, when EPA has been hiring, they generally haven't been hiring scientists. (ucsusa.org)
  • Specifically, the EPA cites renovators for failing to obtain firm certification and failing to comply with work practice standards under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, and the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP Rule), 40 C.F.R. Part 745, Subpart E. (tropeamcmillan.com)
  • New agency directions call for changing the priorities for enforcement and for dropping a special focus on oil and gas extraction and concentrated animal feeding operations, because the agency says issues with these industries have been largely resolved. (ucsusa.org)
  • Keeping Raw Sewage and Contaminated Stormwater Out of Our Nation's Water- EPA has largely addressed municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and/or sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • That decision came after the EPA accidentally triggered a 3-million-gallon wastewater spill from the Gold King Mine in August 2015, contaminating rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. (cpr.org)
  • Keeping Industrial Pollutants Out of the Nation's Waters (NEW)- EPA will be focusing on certain industries that it believes contribute a larger portion of nutrient and metal pollution. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • We now have an EPA administrator who believes that environmental protection should be left to the states. (lawseminars.com)
  • The American Sustainable Business Council's policy director, Christine Blackburn, said the organization does not support "every single regulation" coming out of the EPA but it believes the proposed EPA budget cuts would harm the agency overall. (pjmedia.com)
  • Updated national standards, guidance, and coordinated policies combined with abatement, enforcement, remediation, infrastructure replacement, and other lead exposure prevention projects will further reduce the presence of lead in the diets of children and their families and in the places where they live, work, learn, and play. (cdc.gov)
  • In some corners of Minnesota government, environmental enforcement is more popular. (eenews.net)
  • It is likely EPA will look for facilities that have failed to comply with the RMP rule or those facilities with outdated plans. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • He directed the EPA and Corps of Engineers to commence a rulemaking to rescind or revise the Waters of the US rule so that it becomes consistent with that policy. (lawseminars.com)
  • It is reassuring to see a quick return to the rule of law at DOJ," said Cynthia Giles, who was in charge of enforcement at the EPA during the Obama administration. (grist.org)
  • Pruitt also implicitly criticized the Obama EPA, sticking to a conservative critique that it was imperative the agency respect the "rule of law. (politico.com)
  • The EPA is set to finalize its "Clean Power Plan", or Climate Rule, in the next few months. (americanenergyalliance.org)
  • State resistance is the best chance to either delay or force the rule to be withdrawn -The EPA does not have the resources to administer federal plans for several states. (americanenergyalliance.org)
  • Instead, if enough states do not submit plans, the EPA will be forced to reconsider their emission targets and possibly withdraw the rule. (americanenergyalliance.org)
  • Throwing all appearance of cooperative federalism out the window, the EPA made this point clear several times in its notes associated with the proposed rule. (americanenergyalliance.org)
  • Tomorrow I'm scheduled to speak at an EPA public hearing addressing a new rule that the agency has proposed regarding dangers from America's chemical plants. (huffpost.com)
  • In that light, the proposed EPA rule evokes a notorious Cold War prescription for nuclear attack: Duck and cover. (huffpost.com)
  • There surely would be scrutiny of a weak EPA rule if one day we did have a major chemical catastrophe. (huffpost.com)
  • 1] In that light, the instant rule, proposed a decade later by the EPA under President Barack Obama, evokes a notorious Cold War prescription for a nuclear attack: Duck and Cover. (huffpost.com)
  • As former holders of U.S. national security positions, we believe the EPA should require the use of safer alternatives for all hazardous facilities where they are feasible, and we strongly urge the EPA to modify its final rule to achieve that outcome. (huffpost.com)
  • In May 2017, Environment and Climate Change Canada's (ECCC's) enforcement officers responded to a report from a member of the public of an oily substance floating on the surface of Schneider Creek, which is a fish-bearing tributary of the Grand River. (hazmatmag.com)
  • While the new president's flurry of executive orders promoting a unified national and international strategy to tackle climate change have made headlines, his nascent efforts to restore the EPA's ability to use its full range of enforcement powers have received less attention. (grist.org)
  • We identify climate change and environmental toxics as among those threats, so I am very pleased to testify in support of the New Source Performance Standards for methane, and in opposition to the proposed stays that would delay the standards' implementation and enforcement. (psr.org)
  • This 2017 edition summarizes the progress made, including creation of this new office charged with stewardship as a core mission and several policies to protect human health and the environment. (ncsl.org)
  • Speakers at recent network gatherings have included the General Counsel of EPA Region VII, OSHA's Regional Administrator, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Counsel for Environment and Energy, former U.S. Senator Kit Bond, and representatives from an international survey firm sharing data on global consumer trends. (thompsoncoburn.com)
  • Their enforcement safeguards are also a matter of fairness-all entities that might adversely impact our health and environment are supposed to follow the rules. (ucsusa.org)
  • General Honore and General Manner, along with our coalition of environmental justice, environment, and labor groups, are calling on the EPA to require chemical plants to move to inherently safer technologies (IST) where feasible. (huffpost.com)
  • The EPA wants to hear from you right away if there is an immediate or sudden threat to people or the environment. (blr.com)
  • The EPA considers it an emergency if you come upon a sudden threat to the public health or the well-being of the environment, arising from the release or potential release of oil, radioactive materials, or hazardous chemicals into the air, land, or water. (blr.com)
  • However, the EPA has the authority and responsibility to enforce environmental laws when states, territories and tribes do not. (asdwa.org)
  • There were 833 EPA licenced industrial and waste facilities at the end of 2019, of which 11 were identified as National Priority Sites (NPS) during 2019. (epa.ie)
  • The EPA has also published the latest National Priority Sites List for Enforcement for July-January 2019. (epa.ie)
  • The EPA remains concerned that Arrow Group has been a National Priority Site for all four quarters of 2019. (epa.ie)
  • The RFS program also requires that non-renewable fuel refiners and importers, known as obligated parties, and renewable fuel exporters obtain valid RINs and retire those RINs each year by submitting them to the EPA. (epa.gov)
  • Worst case, this gives the legal challenge a chance to play out while the EPA determines how to proceed. (americanenergyalliance.org)
  • When health effects occur despite adherence to label instructions, and EPA determines the magnitude to be unreasonable, EPA requires that interventions be instituted that involve changing pesticide use conditions and/or modifying regulatory measures. (cdc.gov)
  • EPA issued two unusual press releases in recent days that included praise for Pruitt from Republican lawmakers, as well as industry groups that had chafed under the previous administration's rules. (politico.com)
  • We hope providing information about EPA enforcement cases will help you identify and fix noncompliance issues that could leave your company facing down costly penalties and future liability. (lion.com)
  • The disappearance of the pollution case against U.S. Steel, reported here for the first time, offers a rare glimpse into how the administration's policy of deferring to states affects EPA enforcement. (eenews.net)
  • Earlier this year, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for scaling back EPA enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic ( E&E News PM , May 13). (eenews.net)
  • To verify the real-world effectiveness of pesticide product labeling in preventing adverse human health effects, EPA reviews findings from acute pesticide-related illness and injury surveillance systems. (cdc.gov)
  • We'll also investigate the future for wetlands regulation in light of the Executive Order, stormwater as a source of contamination, persistent contaminants as an emerging issue, the practical implications of EPA disapproval of Washington's Water Quality Standards, and water quality implications of the Hirst Case. (lawseminars.com)
  • They typically lack the technical experts employed at the EPA, and stand in no position to take on additional enforcement responsibilities shed by the EPA. (triplepundit.com)
  • EPA has a self-audit policy that could allow you to reduce the civil penalty assessment. (lion.com)
  • We'll have a detailed look at what's likely to actually happen for federal policy and enforcement and hear from the state Department of Ecology on the scope of its authority and plans for adapting to the federal changes. (lawseminars.com)
  • The DOJ noted that this restriction was a departure from longstanding policy and a possible impediment to the "full exercise of enforcement discretion. (grist.org)
  • This is the policy guidance on seeking injunctive relief for an EPA CWA Section 404 enforcement action. (epa.gov)
  • EPA policy requires that it step in when national standards are seriously in jeopardy due to state inaction, as is clearly the case here. (peer.org)
  • I put that question to Ellen Gilinsky, who spent the last six years as an EPA water program policy adviser. (triplepundit.com)
  • EPA still fails to meet three criteria required to justify removal of this oversight challenge: (1) an action plan, (2) monitoring efforts, and (3) demonstrated progress. (asdwa.org)
  • She applauded the American Sustainable Business Council for speaking out against the proposed EPA budget cuts. (pjmedia.com)
  • However, in a statement he said he couldn't 'look past the deep and damaging cuts to the EPA budget in this bill that put public health at risk. (dailyclimate.org)
  • Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (wikipedia.org)
  • The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) plans to meet Dec. 12, 2017, in Washington to determine the probable cause of the October 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean. (ishn.com)
  • Records obtained by E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act indicate Minnesota regulators opposed EPA's proposed enforcement. (eenews.net)
  • EPA asked E&E News to destroy and keep secret some of the documents it obtained about the Minntac case, but E&E News has decided to publish some of them. (eenews.net)
  • Trump appointed a notorious Koch toady, Myron Ebell, to supervise his EPA transition. (salon.com)
  • Many states would not have the resources to replace the EPA work on which they rely. (triplepundit.com)
  • The EPA has made important progress, but recent and ongoing EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) and U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) work continues to support this as an agency management challenge. (asdwa.org)
  • The EPA has made remarkable progress cleaning up air and water pollution since its inception in 1970, but there is still more work to do. (triplepundit.com)
  • We'll then discuss prospects for increased use of CWA citizen suits to fill the void left by reduced federal enforcement. (lawseminars.com)
  • We also have represented clients before numerous federal and state environmental regulatory agencies, and we have handled matters arising in nearly all of the EPA regions. (thompsoncoburn.com)
  • In both those articles, there were warnings from former EPA staff, aligning with our own government experience, that cutting off new hiring sends all the wrong signals to young professionals about opportunities to spend part of their careers in public service-while also threatening the capacity of our federal agencies to address current and future risks. (ucsusa.org)
  • State plans undermine state authority with no actual flexibility - Traditional state prerogatives over power production, distribution, and consumption within the state could be permanently transferred to the federal government if state plans are submitted and approved by the EPA. (americanenergyalliance.org)
  • SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing revisions to the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality standards (WQS) regulation to clarify and prescribe how WQS must protect aquatic and aquatic-dependent resources reserved to tribes through treaties, statutes, executive orders, or other sources of Federal law, where applicable. (narf.org)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and other federal agencies are committed to primary and secondary prevention of lead exposure and its adverse health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Enforcement information on all sites can be found under the Licence Search pages on the EPA website. (epa.ie)
  • Thus, Safe Routes to School programs include multi-prong approaches to increasing biking and walking school mode share, including physical improvements to the infrastructure around schools, partnerships with local law enforcement to ensure that traffic laws are followed in the school vicinity, and education and encouragement to build a culture of active transportation. (saferoutespartnership.org)
  • By looking ahead and focusing on clean water, clean air and other core responsibilities, rather than activities that are not required by law, EPA will be able to effectively achieve its mission. (thefiscaltimes.com)
  • EPA did not give away its Clean Water Act jurisdiction to Florida, it shared it. (peer.org)
  • EPA has elected to keep five of its current enforcement initiatives, expanding some of its efforts, as well as add two new initiatives. (ohioenvironmentallawblog.com)
  • Under different administrations, the EPA regional office backed the tribes up,' said Nancy Schuldt, water projects coordinator for the Fond du Lac Band. (eenews.net)
  • Region 5, for example, lost five employees in their enforcement support section, including three investigators, while Region 7 lost several employees in its enforcement coordination office. (ucsusa.org)
  • Food safety issues-maybe your regional EPA office, but try the Food and Drug Administration first. (blr.com)