Environment

EPA Settlement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Helps Protect Soil and Groundwater from Contamination

An underground storage tank (UST) at the Lake Moomaw Marina Store in Warm Springs, Va., will now be regularly monitored and inspected under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve alleged violations of UST regulations....

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New Yakima Valley air monitor measures particulate pollution

The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency will begin operating a new air quality monitor to measure fine particulate matter in the Sunnyside region of the Yakima Valley. The monitor, which will gather data on particulate matter for a year, will allow...

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EPA issues civil complaint to Pacific Air Research, Inc. for pesticide application violations

Pacific Air Research, Inc. (PAR) a pesticide applicator based in White City, OR, has been issued a civil administrative complaint by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...

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Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban

The Colorado River snakes through the Grand Canyon.