Helpful Tips From The EPA For A Cleaner Burning Fire
Whether you’re using a wood stove, pellet stove, or your fireplace, seeing smoke from your chimney means your fire isn’t burning efficiently or cleanly as it could. Wood smoke contains fine particles – also called fine particle pollution or PM2.5 — which can harm the lungs, blood vessels and heart. People with heart, vascular or…
New York State To Ban Fracking
Governor Andrew Cuomo will ban high volume hydraulic fracturing in the State of New York after a long-awaited report concluded that the oil and gas extraction method poses health risks. State government officials said the potential health and environmental impacts are too great to allow fracking to proceed in the state at this time, and…
EPA Proposes Standards to Reduce Mercury Discharges from Dental Offices
Yesterday, the EPA proposed standards to reduce mercury discharges from dental offices. The proposal would require dental practices to comply with requirements for controlling the discharge of mercury and other metals in dental amalgam into publicly owned treatment works through the implementation and use of amalgam separators and best management practices. EPA is currently soliciting…
EPA Announces Grant Opportunities to Reduce Diesel Emissions at Ports
EPA announced on 9/22/2014 the availability of up to $5 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from marine and inland water ports located in areas of poor air quality. This is the second grant competition to focus on reducing emissions at ports under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act…
EPA Proposes $20 Million Settlement with Developer of Housing Adjacent to Gowanus Canal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced proposed agreements with two subsidiaries of The Lightstone Group that are developing 700 units of residential housing adjacent to the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. The companies, LSG 363 Bond Street LLC and LSG 365 Bond Street LLC, have agreed to conduct sampling, cleanup work, and…
EPA Reaches Settlement with ExxonMobil Over 2012 Pipeline Spill
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company to Pay Civil Penalty Under Proposed Settlement for Torbert, Louisiana Oil Spill/ Settlement Resolves Clean Water Act Violation Stemming from 2012 Spill http://ow.ly/AM71a
U.S. EPA and Army Corps propose new rule to clarify waters protected under Clean Water Act
The US EPA and Army Corps proposed a new rule on Tuesday, March 25, seeking to clarify the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act in light of decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in SWANCC and Rapanos. The categories of waters in the proposed definition (including tributaries and adjacent waters) would be jurisdictional…
Second Circuit decision restricts ability of subcontractor to sue landowner under CERCLA
In a case of first impression decided on March 18, 2014, the Second Circuit held that a subcontractor was not permitted under CERCLA to recover value of upaid work directly from the landowner where landowner already paid the general contractor, but general contractor did not pay the subcontractor.2013.03.18 price trucking
EPA reaches $200 million settlement with coal companies.
According to the EPA on Wednesday, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., Alpha Appalachian Holdings (formerly Massey Energy), and 66 subsidiaries have agreed to spend an estimated $200 million to install and operate wastewater treatment systems and to implement comprehensive, system-wide upgrades to reduce discharges of pollution from roughly 79 active coal mines and 25 processing plants…