Environment

U.S. EPA requires safer handling of PCBs in Imperial and Riverside Counties

On February 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement valued at more than $920,000 with the Imperial Irrigation District for its improper disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at a former electricity substation. The...

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EPA Inspections Reveal Hazardous Waste Violations at ABC Labs of Columbia, Mo.

EPA Region 7 conducted Compliance Evaluation Inspections at Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories Inc.’s (ABC Labs’) two facilities in Columbia, Mo., in April 2012. The inspections revealed violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (...

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EPA Approval Of Dow's Enlist Duo Herbicide Violates Endangered Species Act

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The whooping crane is one of the most endangered animals on earth. EPA...

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National wholesale grocery distributor, Supervalu Holdings, Inc., agrees to settle EPA violations and protect local waters from stormwater pollution

As part of federal efforts to protect and restore Puget Sound, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled with Supervalu Holdings, Inc., a Minneapolis, MN, based national wholesale grocery distributor, for federal stormwater pollution...

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