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December
12/30/1998   Sandpoint To Expand Watershed Land Holdings
12/30/1998   Hess Agrees To Pay For Air Pollution Controls in Guayanilla
12/30/1998   EPA PROPOSES TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND THE PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT TOXIC CHEMICALS
12/29/1998   MARYLAND FIREARMS MAKER AGREES TO REDUCE AIRBORNE LEAD
12/29/1998   COATESVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT SETTLES ASBESTOS CASE - District to Pay $3,000 Penalty, Spend Over $100,000 on Asbestos Removal
12/29/1998   EPA SETTLEMENT WITH BOSTON EDISON PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS FOR TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
12/23/1998   COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR MOUNTAINTOP MINING: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, MORE OVERSIGHT
12/23/1998   S.L.O. COUNTY TO PAY $240,000 TO SETTLE CREEK DAMAGE CASE
12/22/1998   EPA Reaches $1 Settlements With 34 Parties in Keystone Superfund Case
12/22/1998   U.S. EPA TO HOLD PCB TRAINING IN SAN FRANCISCO IN JANUARY
12/22/1998   STATEMENT FROM JOHN P. DeVILLARS REGARDING DEC. 22 UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK DEADLINE
12/22/1998   EPA ISSUES DRAFT PERMITS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES ON BLACKSTONE RIVER
12/22/1998   NEW EPA REPORT STRESSES NEED FOR CONTINUED AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
12/21/1998   EPA Set to Enforce Underground Storage Tank Standards
12/18/1998   EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner receiving Vice President Gore’s Hammer award for the Common Sense Initiative
12/18/1998   MISSOURI RAILROAD SUPERVISOR CHARGED WITH LEAD POLLUTION
12/18/1998   LOUISIANA MAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL CHEMICAL DISPOSAL
12/18/1998   OREGON MAN SENTENCED FOR EXPOSING HOMELESS TO ASBESTOS
12/18/1998   EPA SOLICITS GRANTS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
12/18/1998   EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT TO REDUCE RISKS OF PHOSPHIDE FUMIGANTS
12/18/1998   EPA EXPANDS USE OF SECTOR-BASED APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
12/18/1998   EPA PESTICIDE PROGRAM DIALOGUE COMMITTEE MEETING JAN. 7-8, 1999 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
12/18/1998   NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL GREEN CHEMISTRY AWARDS
12/18/1998   EPA RELEASES REPORT ON NEW POLLUTION PREVENTION STRATEGIES
12/18/1998   EPA PROPOSES NEW TSCA STANDARDS FOR SAFE DISPOSAL OF LEAD PAINT DEBRIS
12/17/1998   EPA To Continue Work on Hudson River PCBs Assessment; No Immediate Action Planned
12/17/1998   President Of Long Island Corp. Faces Jail Time For Dumping Wastes
12/16/1998   BENSALEM SCHOOLS PROVE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS!
12/16/1998   EPA Starts Cleanup Of Low-Level Radioactive Dirt At Public Park in Gloucester City, New Jersey
12/15/1998   EPA Offers Tips to Save Water During Drought
12/15/1998   LAST MINUTE "GREEN GIFT" IDEAS
12/15/1998   NEW EPA WEB SITE HELPS PROFESSIONALS SEE TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT
12/14/1998   PR Statement by EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner
12/11/1998   EPA to Present Brownfields Grant to Rio Grande Council of Governments
12/11/1998   PA ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF SOLAR ENERGY LISTED ON NEW EPA WEBPAGE
12/11/1998   PA WASHINGTON MAN INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL ASBESTOS REMOVAL
12/11/1998   PA TANKER VESSEL OWNERS AND OPERATORS INDICTED FOR OCEAN DUMPING
12/11/1998   PA UTAH MANUFACTURER TO PAY $1 MILLION FOR CLEAN WATER VIOLATION
12/11/1998   PA RAILROAD COMPANY TO PAY $19 MILLION IN FINES
12/11/1998   PA EPA ANNOUNCES NEW EMISSIONS DATABASE OF ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
12/10/1998   EPA Says "Put Mother Earth on Your Holiday Gift List"
12/10/1998   U.S. EPA PROPOSES TO REMOVE PORTION OF HUNTERS POINT FROM NPL
12/10/1998   Non-Profit in St. Croix Receives Environmental Justice Grant From EPA
12/10/1998   EPA and New Jersey DEP Announce Grant For Tank Inspections in Hunterdon County; County Officials to Play Major Role After December 22 Tank Deadline
12/10/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ADDRESS SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY’S 1998 CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS ECONOMIC SUMMIT
12/09/1998   IKEA To Receive Evergreen Award
12/09/1998   EPA and New Jersey DEP To Announce Grant For Tank Inspections in Hunterdon County; County Officials To Play Major Role After December 22 Tank Deadline
12/09/1998   Contaminated Soil Cleanup Underway At Superfund Site in Sag Harbor, Long Island
12/08/1998   CITY OF WESTON TO RECEIVE AN EPA AWARD
12/08/1998   Man Pleads Guilty To Asbestos Violations in Johnson City, New York
12/08/1998   EPA FINDS PUMP and TREAT SYSTEM NECESSARY FOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT MMR
12/08/1998   EPA TO HOLD MIDDLETOWN OFFICE HOURS TO TALK WITH CONCERNED PARENTS
12/07/1998   U.S.EPA AWARDS $200,000 GRANT TO CITY OF LAS VEGAS
12/07/1998   Note To Weathercasters
12/07/1998   EPA EXAMINES PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS, CLEANUP OPTIONS AT ROSE HILL SUPERFUND SITE
12/04/1998   Issaquah Autobody Business Earns Evergreen Award
12/04/1998   Varlack Ventures Pleads Guilty To Criminal Violations Of Clean Water Act
12/04/1998   PA NORTH DAKOTA COMPANY AND OWNER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS
12/04/1998   PA NEW MEXICO FOOD PROCESSOR AND MANAGER SENTENCED
12/04/1998   PA NEW MEXICO FOOD PROCESSOR AND MANAGER SENTENCED
12/04/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES TO MINIMIZE BURDEN OF OVERLAPPING AIR TOXIC REGULATION ON INDUSTRY, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
12/04/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR LARGE BOATS
12/04/1998   PA EPA’s SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD AND SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL TO MEET DEC. 10-11
12/04/1998   PA EPA RELEASES REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC ESTUARIES
12/04/1998   PA EPA PLANS TO UPDATE AIR QUALITY INDEX USED IN LOCAL AIR POLLUTION REPORTING
12/03/1998   EPA and USDA Seek Comments on Proposed Animal Feeding Operations Strategy
12/03/1998   The President’s Council on Food Safety to Hold Public Meeting in Dallas
12/03/1998   EPA Region 2 Releases First Comprehensive "State Of The Environment" Report; Tracks Environmental Trends in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
12/03/1998   NTC PRES. CLINTON ANNOUNCED NEW MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN DRINKING WATER PROTECTIONS
12/02/1998   EPA Temperature Workshop Provides Forum For Columbia River Concerns, Dec. 3-4
12/02/1998   Environmental Justice Group Sets National Meeting in Baton Rouge
12/02/1998   U.S. Attorney and EPA Charge Owner of 240 Underground Storage Tanks in NYC With Multiple Violations Of Environmental Law; Improper Management Posed Threat To Neighborhoods, Environment
12/02/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES 1998 FALL CONFERENCE
12/01/1998   UNION COUNTY GOES GREEN
12/01/1998   US SETTLES AIR CASE AGAINST AES/NTRON, INC. OVER CFC VIOLATIONS
12/01/1998   EPA ORDERS COMPANIES TO BEGIN CLEANUP AT MOTOROLA SITE IN PHOENIX
12/01/1998   Innovative Chemical Sentenced For Criminal Violations of the Clean Water Act
12/01/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS 1998 FALL CONFERENCE
November
11/30/1998   No Risk to Human Health Detected at 22 Coeur D’Alene Lake Area Beaches
11/30/1998   KEY WATERBODIES EVALUATED IN NEW FEDERAL REPORT
11/30/1998   EPA, DEP TO FOCUS ON MYSTIC RIVER CLEANUP
11/30/1998   PR EPA ANNOUNCES BLUE-RIBBON PANEL TO REVIEW USE OF MTBE AND OTHER OXYGENATES IN GASOLINE
11/25/1998   SUPERFUND BRIEFLY - A WEEKLY REPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA
11/25/1998   THOMPSON OIL CO. TO PAY PENALTY FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF OIL SPILL PREVENTION RULES
11/25/1998   PR EPA AND PORK PRODUCERS AGREE TO VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE TO PROTECT AMERICA’S WATERS
11/24/1998   EPA Orders Cleanup of West Memphis, Arkansas, Landfill to Proceed
11/24/1998   EPA USDA SEEKING COMMENTS TO REDUCE POLLUTION FROM FARMING
11/24/1998   Harbor Electronics to Pay $17,301 to Settle Chemical Reporting Violations
11/24/1998   University of D.C. to Pay $5K for Lacking Oil Spill Plan, School Also to Teach Compliance, Test Nearby Stream
11/24/1998   KINGSFORD MANUFACTURING CO. TO PAY $900,000 IN CLEAN AIR ACT CASE
11/23/1998   Boise State University Settles Asbestos Complaint
11/23/1998   Underground Tank Owners Have One Month Left To Comply With EPA Regulations
11/23/1998   EPA CHANGES MAILING ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, EFFECTIVE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23
11/20/1998   PA EPA ISSUES STRATEGY TO REDUCE MERCURY AND ELEVEN OTHER TOXIC CHEMICALS
11/20/1998   PA EPA RELEASES ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT ON TOSCO AVON REFINERY
11/20/1998   PA LOUISIANA MAN CONVICTED OF ILLEGAL PESTICIDE SALES
11/20/1998   PA TWO TEXAS MEN INDICTED ON CLEAN AIR CHARGES
11/20/1998   PA WEST VIRGINIA COAL COMPANY MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY
11/20/1998   PA MISSOURI SEWAGE TREATMENT COMPANY OWNER SENTENCED
11/20/1998   PA OREGON CORPORATION SENTENCED FOR POLLUTING CREEK
11/20/1998   PA FLORIDA LAB SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL
11/20/1998   PA LOUISIANA WORKERS PLEAD GUILTY TO CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
11/19/1998   EPA Schedules Ceremony to Present Brownfields Grant to Brownsville
11/19/1998   U.S. EPA CITES OWNERS FOR FUEL TANK VIOLATIONS; 12/22 DEADLINE LOOMS
11/19/1998   AVON INVESTIGATION REPORT RELEASED ON TOSCO AVON REFINERY
11/17/1998   Awards Presented for Environmental Excellence in Arkansas
11/17/1998   U.S. and Mexico Agree to Proceed with Air Pollution Studies
11/17/1998   PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY AND TWO SUPERVISORS CHARGED WITH CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
11/17/1998   MIANO RECUSES HIMSELF: WATER PERMITS SUPERVISED BY GOVERNOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF
11/17/1998   EPA Orders Flushing Business To Remove Hazardous Chemicals From Site Company's Proximity To Residential Areas and Flushing Creek A Main Concern
11/17/1998   EPA-New England Administrator John P. DeVillars' Statement on the Resignation of Rhode Island DEM Director Andy McLeod:
11/16/1998   SUPERFUND BRIEFLY - WEEKLY REPORT FOR VIRGINIA
11/16/1998   EPA PROPOSES $60,000 IN FINES FOR CITY OF BOSTON
11/16/1998   PR NEW EPA RIGHT-TO-KNOW INITIATIVE WILL PROVIDE AMERICANS INFORMATION ON MERCURY
11/13/1998   PA EPA AND FEDERAL AGENCIES SIGN COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO PROTECT DRINKING WATER SOURCES
11/13/1998   PA EPA ISSUES REGULATIONS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO TREAT, STORE AND DISPOSE OF HAZARDOUS REMEDIATION WASTE
11/13/1998   PA OKLAHOMA COMPANIES AND EXECUTIVES INDICTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF CWA AND RCRA
11/13/1998   PA MISSOURI COMPANY AND TWO OFFICIALS FINED FOR WATER VIOLATIONS
11/13/1998   PA FOUR INDICTED IN OKLAHOMA FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARGES
11/13/1998   EPA and District Rise to Drinking Water Challenge
11/13/1998   EPA Offers Help in Redeveloping Contaminated Land
11/13/1998   U.S. EPA SPONSORS RECYCLED PRODUCTS FAIR IN SAN FRANCISCO
11/13/1998   ATTN EDITORS: BROWNFIELDS 98 CONFERENCE BUS TOUR SCHEDULE
11/13/1998   U.S.EPA ANNOUNCES BROWNFIELDS 98 CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES
11/13/1998   STATEMENT FROM EPA SPOKESMAN PEYTON FLEMING REGARDING MA-DEP DECISION
11/12/1998   Awards Presented for Environmental Excellence in Louisiana
11/12/1998   Buy Recycled Products on ‘America Recycles Day’
11/12/1998   Ceremony Set to Present Environmental Excellence Awards to Arkansas Winners
11/12/1998   EPA Celebrates National Education Week with a Web Page for Teachers
11/12/1998   EPA and Delaware Rise to Drinking Water Challenge
11/12/1998   U.S. EPA STOPS SALE OF PRETTY BABY CHINESE CHALK
11/12/1998   Green Light Given For Major Test Of Three Options To Clean Sediment From New York-New Jersey Port
11/12/1998   EPA Completes Federal Superfund Cleanup At Abandoned Hazardous Waste Site in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
11/12/1998   Federal Superfund Begins Cleanup Of Heavy Metals and PCBs At The Pittsburgh Metals Site in Jersey City, New Jersey
11/12/1998   EPA OFFERS ASSISTANCE IN REDEVELOPING CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
11/10/1998   PUBLIC MEETINGS 11/23-24 ON U.S. ANIMAL WASTE STRATEGY
11/10/1998   U.S.EPA AWARDS $200,000 GRANT TO CITY OF LONG BEACH
11/10/1998   Non-Profits in New Jersey Receive Environmental Justice Grants From EPA; Community Groups To Address Urban Issues from Lead Paint to Industrial Toxins
11/10/1998   Non-Profits in NYC Receive Environmental Justice Grants From EPA; Community Groups To Address Local Issues from Lead Paint to the Bronx Coastline
11/10/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER ADDRESSES BOSTON’S FORD HALL FORUM
11/09/1998   In Precedent-Setting Case, Maker of "Antibacterial" Hospital Products Settles With EPA; EPA Warns Consumers of Unsubstantiated Germ-Killing Claims
11/09/1998   EPA WELCOMES WEYMOUTH 'PARTNER'
11/09/1998   EPA ANNOUNCES $275,000 GRANT TO BOOST WATER MONITORING IN NARRAGANSETT BAY
11/06/1998   $145,000 Settlement in West Virginia Shopping Mall Asbestos Case
11/06/1998   U.S. EPA WILL PRESENT $200,000 GRANT FOR LONG BEACH BROWNFIELDS
11/06/1998   EPA, Corps and Commonwealth Sponsor Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days
11/06/1998   PA ELEVEN INDICTED FOR CONSPIRING TO VIOLATE CLEAN WATER LAWS
11/06/1998   PA 1998 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS WINNERS
11/06/1998   PA EPA SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSED CHEMICAL LIST FOR WASTE MINIMIZATION EFFORT
11/05/1998   Ceremony Set to Present Environmental Excellence Awards to Louisiana Winners
11/05/1998   Awards Presented for Environmental Excellence in New Mexico
11/05/1998   EPA REIMBURSED FOR CLEANUP AT NOVAK LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE
11/05/1998   CELEBRATE AMERICA RECYCLES DAY ON NOVEMBER 15, 1998
11/05/1998   New Jersey Selected By EPA To Develop Model Program For Environmental Justice
11/05/1998   EPA Approves New York Plan To Stop Boats From Discharging Sewage in Bay Waters Near East Hampton
11/04/1998   Superfund Cleanup Begins at Cameron Parish Site
11/04/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY-U.S. ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER ANNOUNCES A NEW, STRENGTHENED FEDERAL ACTION PLAN AIMED AT RESTORING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION
11/03/1998   SUPERFUND BRIEFLY - WEEKLY REPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA
11/03/1998   SUPERFUND BRIEFLY - A WEEKLY REPORT FOR DELAWARE
11/03/1998   U.S. EPA APPROVES STATE'S LIST OF 472 POLLUTED WATERS; PROPOSES ADDING 37 MORE WATERWAYS TO LIST FOR CLEAN WATER PLANS
11/03/1998   U.S.EPA AWARDS $191,371 GRANT TO CITY OF MONTEBELLO
11/03/1998   U.S. EPA PROPOSES TO ADD DIOXINS, DDT, DIELDRIN, CHLORDANE IN S.F. BAY TO STATE LIST OF POLLUTANTS; PLUS DIAZINON FOR 35 BAY AREA CREEKS
11/02/1998   Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to CFC Theft
11/02/1998   EPA Grant Will Help North Texas Residents Get Environmental Data Easily
11/02/1998   BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT HELP JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY
11/02/1998   COAL VALLEY MINING, INC. SETTLES CLEAN WATER ACT LAWSUITS INVOLVING W.Va. MINES
October
10/30/1998   PA FORMER PENNSYLVANIA LABORATORY PRESIDENT SENTENCED FOR CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
10/30/1998   PA WEST VIRGINIA WORKERS INDICTED FOR CLEAN WATER VIOLATIONS
10/30/1998   PA WASHINGTON COMPANY OWNER CHARGED IN HAZARDOUS WASTE CASE
10/30/1998   PA MONTANA OIL PRODUCTION COMPANY AND ITS PRESIDENT INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL WASTE DISPOSAL
10/30/1998   PA EPA REVOKES SEVERAL HUNDRED RESIDUE LIMITS FOR PREVIOUSLY CANCELED PESTICIDE USES
10/30/1998   PR EPA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATORS CONFIRMED FOR AIR WATER, RESEARCH, ADMINISTRATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL
10/30/1998   PA EPA RELEASES REPORT ON U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
10/30/1998   PA EPA ADMINISTRATOR TO DELIVER KEYNOTE AT FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
10/30/1998   PA 17 COMPANIES RECOGNIZED FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MEASURES
10/30/1998   PA VICE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES EPA GRANTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO ACCESS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
10/30/1998   PA EPA PUBLISHES FRAMEWORK OUTLINING KEY SCIENCE POLICIES FOR FOOD SAFETY LAW
10/30/1998   PA ELEVEN CHARGED WITH USING FALSE ASBESTOS CERTIFICATES
10/30/1998   Ceremony Set to Present Environmental Excellence Awards to New Mexico Winners
10/30/1998   US EPA HOLDS OPEN HOUSE TO DISCUSS SOIL SAMPLING IN MCFARLAND
10/30/1998   EPA ISSUES LETTER ON MTBE ISSUE
10/29/1998   EPA Seeks $146,850 Penalty: Tacoma Tideflats Firm Issued Complaint For Not Reporting Release of Toxic Gas
10/29/1998   CAMPBELL SOUP TO PAY $1,215,000 TO SETTLE ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
10/29/1998   EPA ISSUES INTERIM CLEANUP DECISION FOR BEEDE WASTE OIL SUPERFUND SITE
10/29/1998   EPA TO SAMPLE INDOOR AIR FOR POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION
10/29/1998   EPA ISSUES FINAL CLEANUP DECISION FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE PLATING COMPANY SUPERFUND SITE
10/28/1998   Awards Presented for Environmental Excellence in Oklahoma
10/28/1998   Owner of Air Conditioning Company Sentenced for Air Violations
10/27/1998   CHICORA MAN IS INSPECTOR OF THE YEAR
10/27/1998   Bayer Donates Cleaned-Up Property to City of Damascus
10/27/1998   WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON WETLANDS PROTECTION
10/27/1998   EPA Signs $7.5 Million "De Minimis" Settlement With 126 Parties
10/26/1998   U.S. - Canada Agreement to Streamline Response to Oil Spills Along Boarder
10/26/1998   Court Rules Companies Must Pay for Vertac Cleanup
10/26/1998   SAN BERNARDINO CELEBRATES GROUNDWATER RESTORATION
10/23/1998   PR JUDGE RULES THAT HERCULES AND UNIROYAL MUST PAY U.S. $102 MILLION FOR SUPERFUND CLEANUP
10/23/1998   GUAM POWER AUTHORITY TO PAY $170,000 TO SETTLE POLLUTION CHARGES
10/23/1998   STATEMENT FROM JOHN P. DeVILLARS REGARDING RI-DEM/AMERICAN SHIPYARD CASE
10/23/1998   PA IOWA COMPANY AND OWNER VIOLATE RCRA LAW
10/23/1998   PA ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINES SENTENCED
10/23/1998   PA HOMELESS MEN USED FOR IMPROPER ASBESTOS REMOVAL
10/23/1998   PA EPA TO ANNOUNCE GLOBAL WARMING INITIATIVES AND AWARDS OCT. 23-27
10/23/1998   PA FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE NEW TOOLS TO ACCESS FEDERAL REMEDIATION PROJECTS
10/22/1998   PR DOJ, EPA ANNOUNCE ONE BILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH DIESEL ENGINE INDUSTRY FOR CLEAN AIR VIOLATIONS
10/22/1998   Ceremony Set to Present Environmental Excellence Awards to Oklahoma Winners
10/22/1998   Time is Running Out for Upgrading Underground Storage Tanks
10/22/1998   Demolition Company and Owner Sentenced for Asbestos Violations in Baltimore
10/22/1998   EPA AWARDS BURLINGTON $500,000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
10/22/1998   EPA CALLS FOR AIR FORCE TO PROCEED WITH GROUNDWATER PUMP AND TREAT SYSTEM FOR LANDFILL-1; URGES NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE NEGOTIATIONS
10/21/1998   Awards Presented for Environmental Excellence in Texas
10/21/1998   EPA SEEKS $30,000 PENALTY FOR CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS AT WASTEWATER PLANT IN MONACA BOROUGH
10/21/1998   EPA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR SPEAKS AT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM TODAY
10/21/1998   EPA PROPOSES $170,000 FINE FOR HARTFORD DPW
10/20/1998   PUBLIC HEARING SATURDAY ON W. Va. VALLEY FILLS
10/20/1998   EPA PROPOSES $20,000 FINE FOR PORTLAND, CT FUEL DISTRIBUTOR
10/20/1998   EPA WELCOMES NORWOOD 'PARTNER'
10/20/1998   NTC ANNOUNCEMENT OF FOUR NEW COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE CENTERS
10/19/1998   Ceremony Set to Present Environmental Excellence Awards to Texas Winners
10/19/1998   EPA GIVES PENNSYLVANIA $192,254 TO PROTECT WETLANDS
10/19/1998   EPA GIVES VIRGINIA $387,204 TO PROTECT WETLANDS
10/19/1998   COOK TO PAY OVER $100K FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS AT CHATHAM, VA PLANT - Company Also Agrees to $50K Study on Further Hazardous Waste Reduction
10/19/1998   EPA GIVES DELAWARE $242,288 TO PROTECT WETLANDS
10/19/1998   EPA GIVES MARYLAND $452,254 TO PROTECT WETLANDS
10/19/1998   EPA WELCOMES PORTLAND 'PARTNER'
10/19/1998   EPA WELCOMES HUDSON 'PARTNER'
10/19/1998   EPA FINES STOUGHTON ORGANIZATION FOR WETLANDS VIOLATIONS, ISSUES ORDER FOR RESTORATION PROJECT
10/16/1998   PR FMC TO PAY LARGEST RCRA SETTLEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT HISTORY
10/16/1998   PR FMC CORPORATION, INC.
10/16/1998   FMC To Pay Largest RCRA Settlement in Environmental Enforcement History
10/16/1998   EPA CITES ARMY FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS AT WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER IN DC
10/16/1998   GOOD NEWS FOR CHARLES RIVER ROWERS: THE RIVER IS GETTING CLEANER
10/16/1998   PA MISSOURI AIRCRAFT REPAIR COMPANY SENTENCED
10/16/1998   PA FORMER SHIP’S ENGINEER AWARDED $500,000 IN ALASKA CASE
10/16/1998   PA EPA PRESS BRIEFING TO ANNOUNCE FOUR NEW COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE CENTERS
10/16/1998   PA CHRYSLER AND MITSUBISHI VEHICLES RECALLED FOR EMISSION REPAIR
10/16/1998   PA ALASKA DRILLING CORPORATION AND EMPLOYEES SENTENCED
10/16/1998   PA EPA TAKES ACTION TO REDUCE ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURES TO RAT POISONS; CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS TO ESTABLISH WORKGROUP TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF PRODUCTS
10/16/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES TO CHANGE PESTICIDE RESIDUE LIMITS FOR SEVERAL IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC FOOD COMMODITIES
10/16/1998   PA NEW U.S. CANADA REPORT SHOWS ACID RAIN REDUCTION PROGRESS
10/16/1998   PA EPA AND FDA SIGN NOTICE CLARIFYING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ANTIMICROBIAL PRODUCTS
10/15/1998   U.S. EPA TO HOST 10/19 CASMALIA COMMUNITY MEETING & POSTER SESSION
10/15/1998   CHEVRON RICHMOND REFINERY TO PAY $540,000 ENVIRONMENTAL PENALTY
10/15/1998   From Oil Spills To Ice Cubes -- EPA Responds To Hurricane Georges
10/15/1998   EPA Deletes Federal Superfund Site Near Sabana Seca From The National List of Hazardous Waste Sites After Cleanup Completed
10/15/1998   EPA TO ANNOUNCE SERIES OF ACTIONS REGARDING CHARLES RIVER CLEANUP
10/14/1998   EPA Exceeds Regional Goal with 11 Mid-Atlantic Cleanups
10/14/1998   NAVAL RESEARCH LAB IN D.C. CITED
10/14/1998   U.S. EPA TAKES ACTION AGAINST PHOENIX, FIRMS FOR DUST POLLUTION
10/13/1998   U.S. ARMY CITED FOR VIOLATIONS AT FORT BELVOIR
10/13/1998   PROPOSED $244,820 PENALTY AGAINST OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL PLANT IN BELLE
10/11/1998   EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 A.M. OCTOBER 11, 1998 EPA LISTS FUEL EFFICIENCY ESTIMATES FOR NEW CARS
10/09/1998   DELAWARE GETS $12.5 MILLION FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER
10/09/1998   EPA’s Green Communities Kit Recognized as Outstanding
10/09/1998   AGENCIES RELEASE FINAL EIS; CHOOSE PREFERRED PLAN FOR BAY DREDGING
10/09/1998   EPA FILES COMPLAINTS, SEEKS FINES FROM OIL FACILITIES ON NAVAJO LANDS
10/09/1998   PR VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO CLOSE GAP IN PUBLIC’S RIGHT-TO-KNOW ABOUT POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CHEMICALS
10/09/1998   PA FLORIDA AUTO SALVAGE COMPANY AND MANAGER PLEAD GUILTY IN WASTE CASE
10/09/1998   PA MISSISSIPPI COMPANY INDICTED FOR DUMPING HAZARDOUS WASTE
10/09/1998   PA NINE DEFENDANTS INDICTED FOR ASBESTOS VIOLATIONS
10/09/1998   PA FLORIDA COMPANY EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARGES
10/09/1998   PA TAMPA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARGES
10/09/1998   PA TENNESSEE MAN CONVICTED ON PESTICIDE CHARGES
10/09/1998   PA EPA AWARDS DRINKING WATER CAPITALIZATION GRANTS TO STATES UNDER NEW REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM
10/09/1998   PA REINVENTION AGREEMENT WILL STREAMLINE PERMITTING AND REPORTING PROCEDURES FOR 5,000 MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESSES
10/09/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO GIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE’S NATIONAL ISSUES FORUM AND SPEAK ON ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH WHILE GROWING THE ECONOMY
10/08/1998   Lamb-Weston Settles Clean Air Act Complaint
10/08/1998   TWO VIRGINIA MEAT PLANTS CITED FOR FAILING TO REPORT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICIALS
10/08/1998   EPA CITES TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLANTS FOR NOT REPORTING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICIALS
10/08/1998   WEST VIRGINIA DAIRY SUED BY EPA
10/08/1998   PRESS AVAILABILITY ON LONG-TERM PLAN TO DEAL WITH BAY DREDGE MUD
10/08/1998   EPA Grants $500,000 To New York State For Technology Initiative
10/08/1998   EPA AND GE FINALIZE DETAILS OF CLEANUP AGREEMENT
10/07/1998   EPA to Help Washington Live Up to its Agreement to Restore Water Quality
10/07/1998   EPA AWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE GRANT TO TSEIKIIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
10/07/1998   EPA CITES VIRGINIA MANUFACTURER FOR VIOLATING TOXIC CHEMICAL REPORTING LAW
10/07/1998   EPA CITES MARYLAND FACILITY FOR VIOLATING TOXIC CHEMICAL REPORTING LAW
10/07/1998   CALAVERAS CEMENT TO PAY $222,000 TO SETTLE AIR POLLUTION CASE
10/07/1998   EPA Fines Long Island Auto Repair For Violating Safe Drinking Water Act
10/07/1998   EPA Helps Put Important Environmental Health Info In Hands of Spanish-Speaking Children; $110,000 Grant To Robert Wood Johnson Medical School To Service New Jersey Students
10/07/1998   EPA Orders GE, Unisys and Pridco To Undertake $4.2 Million Cleanup Of Contaminated Soil At Superfund Site in Vega Alta, P.R.
10/07/1998   EPA LAUNCHES MERCURY REDUCTION PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN NEW ENGLAND
10/06/1998   Clean Air Act Enforcement Inadequate in Idaho, says EPA Inspector General
10/06/1998   U.S. and Mexico Release Results of Second Phase River Pollution Study
10/06/1998   Oklahoma Site Proposed for National Superfund List
10/06/1998   EPA WAIVES PENALTY AFTER AMETEK VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSES TOXIC CHEMICAL REPORTING VIOLATIONS
10/06/1998   EPA, COMMONWEALTH LAUNCH NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM
10/06/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ADDRESS THE GREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
10/05/1998   EPA Earmarks $78.6 Million in FY'98 For Hazardous Waste Cleanup Work At 11 Federal Superfund Site in New Jersey
10/05/1998   NTC ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
10/05/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TRAVELS TO MIAMI TO RECEIVE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY AWARD AND SPEAK ON THE ADMINISTRATION’S ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN FLORIDA
10/02/1998   Clean Water Act Settlement: ConAgra Agrees to Pay $1 Million Fine, and Make Improvements at Nampa Plant
10/02/1998   KISSIMMEE GETS A WATER QUALITY GRANT FROM EPA
10/02/1998   NATIONAL ESTUARIES DAY
10/02/1998   EPA CHARGES POULTRY AND EGG COMPANIES WITH CLEAN WATER VIOLATIONS
10/02/1998   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 IS NATIONAL ESTUARIES DAY
10/02/1998   EPA Selects Cleanup Plan For Contaminated Soil and Groundwater at Chemsol Federal Superfund Site in Piscataway, New Jersey
10/02/1998   MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA, STATE TO ANNOUNCE FAR-REACHING ENVIRONMENTAL PACT
10/02/1998   EPA SEEKS $84,200 PENALTY FROM WOBURN STEEL DRUM FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS
10/02/1998   PA UTAH REFINERY MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO ASBESTOS CHARGES
10/02/1998   PA NEVADA DAIRY AND MANAGER INDICTED FOR WATER VIOLATIONS
10/02/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES FIRST CONSOLIDATED AIR RULE
10/02/1998   PA EPA AWARDS STATE AND TRIBAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT
10/02/1998   PA EPA SEEKS $2.5 MILLION PENALTY AGAINST HEWLETT PACKARD FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL ACT VIOLATIONS
10/02/1998   PA VIRGINIA MAN SENTENCED FOR CLEAN WATER VIOLATIONS
10/02/1998   PA JUDGE FINDS MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY LIABLE FOR UNLAWFUL PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMS
10/02/1998   PA EPA CONFERENCE OCT. 7-8 ON GLOBAL WARMING THREAT TO WILDLIFE
10/02/1998   PA EPA TO ELIMINATE 30 MILLION POUNDS OF WATER POLLUTANTS DISCHARGED ANNUALLY FROM PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING
10/01/1998   EPA Selects Cleanup Plan For Contaminated Sediments in the St. Lawrence River Near The Reynolds Metal Company Facility in Massena, NY
10/01/1998   EPA Selects Remedy For Groundwater Contamination at the Goldisc Recordings Superfund Site in Holbrook, Long Island
10/01/1998   EPA SETTLEMENT WITH GENZYME REQUIRES WATER QUALITY STUDIES IN CHARLES RIVER
10/01/1998   EPA FORMALLY PROPOSES POWNAL TANNERY TO THE SUPERFUND LIST
10/01/1998   EPA APPROVES CLEANUP PLAN AS WORK MOVES FORWARD ON THE PINE STREET SITE
10/01/1998   EPA ISSUES CLEANUP DECISION FOR UPPER AND LOWER NEW BEDFORD HARBOR
10/01/1998   PR U.S. ANNOUNCES $32.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH ASHLAND INC. FOR MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW VIOLATIONS
September
09/30/1998   One Texas Site Added, Two Sites Proposed to National Superfund List
09/30/1998   SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AUTHORITY RECOGNIZED WITH EPA OPERATIONS AWARD
09/30/1998   EPA SEEKS $25,000 FROM PECO FOR LATE REPORT OF PCB SPILL
09/30/1998   EPA PROPOSES $137,500 PENALTY AGAINST DELAWARE BUILDER FOR UNLAWFUL STORMWATER RUNOFF
09/30/1998   Drake Chemical Cleanup Reaches Halfway Point
09/30/1998   U.S. SETTLES WITH 15 PARTIES IN STRASBURG LANDFILL SUPERFUND LAWSUIT
09/30/1998   U.S. EPA, HAWAII DOH RENEW SAND ISLAND SEWAGE PERMIT
09/30/1998   EPA Proposes Site on Long Island Be Added To The Superfund National Priorities List
09/30/1998   EPA Proposes Site In Ulster County Be Added To The Superfund National Priorities List
09/30/1998   EPA Selects $65 Million Cleanup For Chemical Contamination at Necco Park in Niagara and Orders DuPont To Perform The Remedy
09/30/1998   EPA Proposes Site in Herkimer County Be Added To The Superfund National Priorities List
09/30/1998   EPA Selects $4 Million Cleanup Action For Contaminated Sediments and Groundwater At Superfund Site in Franklin County, New York
09/30/1998   EPA PROPOSES MORE THAN $115,000 IN FINES FOR R.I. POWER COMPANY
09/30/1998   PA--NEW VERSION--LOUISIANA MAN CONVICTED FOR ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL
09/29/1998   New Mexico to Receive $200,000 EPA Grant
09/29/1998   EPA AWARDS $4.9 MILLION TO MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
09/29/1998   SUPERFUND BRIEFLY - A WEEKLY REPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA
09/29/1998   $13.9 MILLION AWARD TO VIRGINIA’S DRINKING WATER PROGRAM
09/29/1998   EPA DISMISSES CHEMICAL REPORTING CASE AGAINST RHONE-POULENC
09/29/1998   CALIFORNIA COMPANIES MAKE UNPROVEN CLAIMS ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS
09/29/1998   EPA Gives New Jersey $45 Million To Improve Drinking Water Systems
09/29/1998   EPA Gives NY State $45 Million To Improve Drinking Water Systems
09/29/1998   EPA Gives Puerto Rico $22.8 Million To Improve Drinking Water Systems
09/29/1998   EPA Proposes Two More Sites To The Superfund National Priorities List in New Jersey
09/29/1998   EPA PROVIDES VERMONT $100,000 TO ADDRESS 'ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE' ISSUES
09/28/1998   Review Speeds Improvements to Wastewater Program in Colonias
09/28/1998   U.S. AND WEST VIRGINIA SETTLE CLEAN WATER ACT LAWSUIT AGAINST COASTAL COAL CO. - Company to Pay $100,000, Treat Acid Mine Drainage at Preston County Mines
09/28/1998   Superfund Briefly - Weekly Report for the Commonwealth of Virginia
09/28/1998   EPA Finds Shipping Company Violated Hazardous Waste Management Regulations -- Fines Ensue
09/28/1998   EPA PROPOSES FINE FOR AMMONIA SPILL AT CONCORD DAIRY FACILITY
09/28/1998   EPA PROPOSES $26,000 FINE FOR HARTFORD MDC
09/28/1998   EPA APPROVES UNIQUE DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR DEVELOPER IN WAYLAND
09/25/1998   PA EPA REGISTERS NEW BEAR REPELLENT PRODUCT
09/25/1998   PA NEW EPA-LED INITIATIVE RECOMMENDS STRATEGIES FOR TRAINING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ON PESTICIDE-RELATED HEALTH CONCERNS
09/25/1998   PA CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER SENTENCED
09/25/1998   PA VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIPS OF BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS AND POLLUTION REDUCTIONS
09/25/1998   PA ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINES SENTENCED
09/25/1998   PA EPA INCREASES STATE OPTIONS FOR RFG PROGRAM
09/25/1998   PA OHIO MAN CHARGED PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
09/25/1998   PA EPA AND OSHA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT RELEASED ON SURPASS CHEMICAL CO. SPILL
09/25/1998   PA LOUISIANA MAN CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL PESTICIDE SALES
09/25/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES 12 NEW SITES AND ADDS ONE SITE TO THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
09/25/1998   PA SECRETARY OF INTERIOR BABBITT TO SPEAK AT EPA CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL WARMING THREAT TO WILDLIFE
09/25/1998   PA LOUISIANA MAN CONVICTED FOR ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL
09/25/1998   EPA AWARDS D.C. $405,000 FOR WATER SUPPLY
09/25/1998   EPA Maintains Objections To Route 92; Suggests Alternative That Saves Wetlands
09/25/1998   STATEMENT OF JOHN P. DeVILLARS CONCERNING EPA/GE NEGOTIATIONS
09/24/1998   PR GENERAL ELECTRIC AGREES TO $200 MILLION SETTLEMENT TO CLEAN UP THE HOUSATONIC RIVER
09/24/1998   PUBLIC MEETING ON PROPOSED GENERAL SEWAGE SLUDGE PERMIT
09/24/1998   EPA CITES W.VA. COMPANY FOR OIL PIPELINE LEAK IN WAYNE
09/24/1998   EPA ANNOUNCES FINAL RULE FOR REGIONAL SMOG REDUCTION
09/24/1998   EPA REGION III ANNOUNCES FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT
09/24/1998   EPA PROPOSES TO ADD LAVA CAP MINE TO SUPERFUND LIST
09/24/1998   U.S. EPA PROPOSES TO ADD OMEGA CHEMICAL TO SUPERFUND LIST
09/24/1998   STATEMENT FROM JOHN P. DeVILLARS REGARDING NEW EPA RULES FOR REDUCING OZONE
09/24/1998   PR FACT SHEET ON CLEANING THE AIR AND PROTECTING EASTERN U.S. FROM SMOG
09/24/1998   PR EPA ANNOUNCES FINAL RULE TO PROTECT EASTERN U.S. FROM SMOG
09/23/1998   Helicopters Turn 'Moonscape' into 'Landscape'
09/23/1998   SUPERFUND BRIEFLY - WEEKLY REPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA
09/23/1998   U.S. And Pennsylvania Ask Court to Approve $400,000 Settlement in Clean Air Case Against Celotex Corp. - Company Agrees to Major Steps to Reduce Pollution at Sunbury Plant
09/23/1998   EPA PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER 24 ON TWO WEST VIRGINIA VALLEY FILLS
09/23/1998   NEW TREATMENT PLANT MARKS CLEANUP PROGRESS AT RE-SOLVE SUPERFUND SITE
09/23/1998   EPA UNDERTAKES LEAD SAMPLING AT VACANT LOTS IN PROVIDENCE
09/23/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE REGIONAL STRATEGY TO PROTECT EASTERN U.S. FROM SMOG
09/22/1998   EPA Awards Oklahoma Half-Million Dollar Grant
09/22/1998   EPA Hosts Energy Conference at Crown Cork & Seal Company
09/22/1998   TEXACO REFINERY TO PAY $560,000 TO SETTLE ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
09/20/1998   EPA OKs $3.6 MILLION CLEANUP OF BURGESS BROTHERS LANDFILL: CAP ALMOST DONE AT BENNINGTON LANDFILL
09/18/1998   Texas City Site Added to National Superfund List
09/18/1998   EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Plans for Chuckatuck, VA Superfund Site
09/18/1998   PR EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TEACHES CLASS AT YORKWOOD ELEMENTARY IN BALTIMORE, MD., AND ANNOUNCES $3 MILLION IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS
09/18/1998   PA MARYLAND FIRM RECEIVES PENALTY RELIEF FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF DISCLOSURE RULE
09/18/1998   PA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, IS NATIONAL ESTUARIES DAY
09/18/1998   PA EPA RELEASES RESEARCH STRATEGY FOR ECOLOGICAL RISKS
09/17/1998   DELAWARE STATE TO REDUCE POLLUTION -- SAVE MONEY
09/17/1998   Federal Superfund Cleanup Cleanup Underway at Abandoned Hazardous Waste Site in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
09/17/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO TEACH CLASS AT YORKWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE, MD., ABOUT NATION’S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
09/16/1998   EPA REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH COVENTRY MANUFACTURER OVER WASTE HANDLING VIOLATIONS
09/16/1998   PR DRAFT UNIFIED AFO STRATEGY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
09/16/1998   PR USDA EPA, ANNOUNCE JOINT STRATEGY FOR ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS
09/15/1998   EPA CITES DANIELSVILLE MAN FOR FILLING IN WETLANDS AT WOODSTONE GOLF COURSE
09/15/1998   EPA CITES PALMERTON MAN FOR FILLING WETLANDS WITHOUT A PERMIT
09/15/1998   PR STATEMENT BY ADMIN. BROWNER ON SECOND HAND TOBACCO SMOKE
09/14/1998   EPA, DEQ To Check Gas Station Tanks In Portland Area
09/14/1998   EPA TRANSFERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEAN WATER PROGRAM TO TEXAS
09/14/1998   U.S. EPA TO HOST PHOENIX CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHWEST
09/14/1998   EPA Finds Three Facilities in Violation of Used Oil Requirements -- Fines Ensue
09/13/1998   SUPERFUND BRIEFLY - A WEEKLY REPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA
09/11/1998   Omak Target of Lead Monitoring
09/11/1998   EPA SAMPLING EFFORTS GATHERING STEAM IN PITTSFIELD
09/11/1998   PA FLORIDA LAB PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL
09/11/1998   PA WEST VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY AND OWNER SENTENCED
09/11/1998   NORTH DAKOTA MAN AND COMPANY CHARGED WITH ASBESTOS VIOLATION
09/11/1998   PA MISSOURI PLANT OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO WATER VIOLATIONS
09/11/1998   PA OHIO MAN CHARGED WITH WATER VIOLATIONS
09/11/1998   PA CHICAGO MAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL PESTICIDE SALES
09/11/1998   PA EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES
09/11/1998   PA GRANTS AWARDED TO EIGHT STATES TO STREAMLINE INFORMATION GATHERING AND REPORTING
09/11/1998   PA EPA GIVES REGISTRATION PREFERENCE TO ORGANOPHOSPHATE ALTERNATIVES
09/10/1998   Energy, EPA Reach Agreement: Fuel Removal From K-Basin Could Start In Two Years
09/10/1998   EPA AWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE GRANT TO DEVELOP NON-PROFIT HARDWOOD SEEDLING NURSERY WITHIN TENSAS RIVER BASIN
09/09/1998   EPA LAUNCHES NEW ROUND OF SAMPLING TODAY ON WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
09/09/1998   AFCEE AGREES TO FUND WATER SUPPLY STUDIES
09/09/1998   PR RENO AND BROWNER ANNOUNCE SHELL OILWILL HELP CLEAN UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Announcement Part Of Comprehensive, Coordinated Effort To Stop Pollution Of River That Has Resulted in Over 50 Criminal Convictions
09/08/1998   RENO, BROWNER IN ST. LOUIS TOMORROW TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE MISSISSIPPI
09/04/1998   Austin to Receive $200,000 for Brownfields Project
09/04/1998   Bernalillo County to Receive $200,000 for Brownfields Project
09/04/1998   Completion Celebration Set at Dallas Site
09/04/1998   U.S. EPA TO HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON GROUNDWATER PLAN FOR BKK
09/04/1998   PA EPA HONORS WASTEWISE PARTNERS
09/04/1998   PA EPA UNVEILS MODERNIZED STORET
09/04/1998   PA EPA PUBLISHES ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE TO DRYCLEANERS
09/04/1998   PA COLORADO METAL RECYCLING FIRM AND OFFICERS INDICTED FOR VIOLATING RCRA
09/04/1998   PA MISSISSIPPI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL PESTICIDE USE
09/04/1998   PA ABANDONMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE LEADS TO GUILTY PLEA
09/04/1998   PA OPERATORS OF VICKSBURG REFINERY INDICTED FOR VIOLATING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
09/04/1998   PA EPA ANNOUNCES TOUGHER AIR STANDARDS FOR NEW POWER PLANTS
09/04/1998   PA EPA-USDA TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD FINAL PUBLIC MEETING SEPTEMBER 15-16 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
09/03/1998   Open Houses Set to Discuss Bayou Lafourche Freshwater Diversion Proposal
09/03/1998   In Major EPA Effort To Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water, Thousands of Businesses Face Tank Deadline
09/03/1998   In Major EPA Effort To Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water, Thousands of Businesses in Puerto Rico Face Tank Deadline
09/03/1998   APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS
09/03/1998   EN EPA RELEASES OVERVIEW OF AMERICA’S DRINKING WATER
09/02/1998   EPA Joins Disaster Team in Del Rio
09/02/1998   EPA Supports Teacher Training, Mentoring Programs in New Jersey
09/02/1998   EPA Supports Teacher Training, Mentoring Programs in New York State
09/02/1998   MANCHESTER NAMED CHILD HEALTH CHAMPION IN NATIONAL PILOT TO RECEIVE GRANT
09/02/1998   EPA PROPOSES FINE FOR STOUGHTON ORGANIZATION FOR WETLANDS VIOLATIONS, ISSUES ORDER FOR RESTORATION PROJECT
09/01/1998   Many Underground Tank Operators Can Expect Stiff Fines
09/01/1998   NTC AVAILABILITY OF A DRAFT STRATEGY REQUIRED UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT
August
08/31/1998   PRASA To Spend Over $200,000 To Improve Sanitary Sewer Systems; Pay $65,000 Penalty
08/31/1998   EPA Joins Senator Torricelli and Representative Frelinghuysen in Morris County For Brownfields Award
08/28/1998   PA EPA FINALIZES ADDITIONAL EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS STANDARDS FOR NON-ROAD DIESEL ENGINES
08/28/1998   PA LOUISIANA COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN WATER ACT CHARGES
08/27/1998   EPA AWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE GRANT TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
08/27/1998   EPA to Douse West Texas Tire Fire
08/27/1998   EPA AWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE GRANT FOR BULL CREEK WATERSHED PROJECT
08/27/1998   Grants Available for Environmental Education
08/27/1998   Completion Celebration Set at Vertac
08/27/1998   EPA AWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE GRANT FOR SAN ELIZARIO ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOUSING COMMUNITY PROJECT
08/26/1998   EPA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Permits for Animal Feeding Operations
08/26/1998   New Jersey Refinery To Pay $1.2 Million To Settle Federal Air Pollution Suit
08/26/1998   EPA Supports Environmental Education Projects in Puerto Rico
08/26/1998   EPA Supports Environmenetal Education Project in the U.S. Virgin Islands
08/26/1998   SETTLEMENT PROTECTS SETTLING STRATFORD HOMEOWNERS FROM SUPERFUND COSTS
08/25/1998   EPA ISSUES FINAL GENERAL SEWAGE SLUDGE PERMIT FOR LOUISIANA TREATMENT WORKS
08/25/1998   POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR MAJOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND
08/25/1998   STATEMENT FROM JOHN P. DeVILLARS ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC
08/21/1998   EPA Awards Environmental Education Grants in Oklahoma
08/21/1998   EPA Awards Environmental Education Grants in Louisiana
08/21/1998   EPA Awards Environmental Education Grants in New Mexico
08/21/1998   EPA Awards Environmental Education Grants in Arkansas
08/21/1998   EPA Awards Environmental Education Grants in Texas
08/21/1998   MEDIA ADVISORY: MCCOLL SUPERFUND SITE GOES GREEN
08/21/1998   PA PLEA AGREEMENT INCLUDES $4.9 MILLION FINE
08/21/1998   PA EPA ANNOUNCES THREE NEW AIR RULES CUTTING SMOG-FORMING EMISSIONS OVER 235,000 TONS YEARLY
08/20/1998   Government Reinvention Office Rewards Team Effort To Improve Dairy Waste Management In Idaho
08/20/1998   EPA Seeks Public Comment on Cleanup Plan For Contaminated Soils and Sediments at the General Motors Superfund Site in Massena, NY
08/20/1998   EPA SCHEDULES MEETINGS TO DISCUSS CLEANUP OF PCB SEDIMENTS
08/19/1998   EPA, STATE DESIGNATE HARWICH COASTLINE A "NO DISCHARGE AREA"
08/19/1998   NTC RECYCLABLE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
08/14/1998   EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Permits for Animal Feeding Operations
08/14/1998   EPA Cites Chisso America, Inc. For Toxic Substance Violations; Seeks $335,300 in Penalties
08/14/1998   EPA Grant Helps Newark and Camden Address Two Serious Issues -- Youth Unemployment and Environmental Contamination
08/14/1998   EPA PROVIDES NEW BEDFORD $200,000 FOR BROWNFIELDS JOB TRAINING
08/14/1998   PA EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR NINE ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES
08/14/1998   PA EPA MEETS DRINKING WATER ANNIVERSARY DEADLINE AUGUST 6; ISSUES NEW RULES
08/14/1998   PA EPA ISSUES SAFETY ALERT ON AMMONIA USED AS A REFRIGERANT
08/14/1998   PA EPA AWARDS $2 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR BROWNFIELDS JOBS TRAINING INITIATIVE
08/14/1998   PA EPA SPONSORS FORUM ON “RECYCLING” SUPERFUND SITES
08/14/1998   PA LUCENT AND MOLEX XL PROJECTS LAUNCHED
08/14/1998   PA SUPERINTENDENT OF MISSOURI COMPANY INDICTED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
08/14/1998   PA NEW YORK COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO RELEASING CHLORINE GAS
08/14/1998   PA NEW MEXICO FOOD PROCESSOR AND MANAGER PLEAD GUILTY FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
08/14/1998   PA TWO FLORIDA MEN AND COMPANY FACE HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARGES
08/14/1998   PA MISSOURI COMPANY AND TWO OFFICIALS PLEAD TO WATER VIOLATIONS
08/13/1998   EPA APPROVES ARMY REQUEST FOR STORAGE AREA ON JOHNSTON ATOLL
08/13/1998   PERCHLORATE FORUM TO BE HELD IN PHOENIX
08/13/1998   Atlantic Mills, Inc. of New Jersey Agrees To Pay $15,000 For Pesticides Violation; Will Spend Over $150,000 To Help Others Comply
08/13/1998   EPA To Recover $95 Million and State $10 Million For Past Cleanup Costs at Federal Superfund Site in Mantua Township; 151 Acres in West Deptford To Be Set Aside To Replace Damaged Wetlands
08/13/1998   EPA Cites Long Island Drycleaner For Violating Clean Water Act
08/13/1998   CLEARING THE AIR
08/12/1998   U.S.-Mexico to Hold Pollution Release Transfer Registries Workshop
08/12/1998   EPA Advises Car Owners to Keep Their Air Conditioners in Good Working Order this Summer
08/12/1998   HOPI, NAVAJO JOIN FORCES WITH U.S. EPA, BIA ON SOIL CLEANUP
08/11/1998   EPA Announces Lead Book For Parents
08/11/1998   U.S. EPA PROPOSES PLAN TO CONTAIN GROUNDWATER AT BKK LANDFILL
08/11/1998   EPA APPROVES 'NO-DISCHARGE DESIGNATION' FOR ALL RI MARINE WATERS; GOVERNOR ALMOND SAYS ACTION WILL GREATLY IMPROVE, PROTECT QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT
08/11/1998   NTC PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCED IN SAN FRANCISCO EPA'S FINAL CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT RULE ON DRINKING WATER
08/10/1998   NTC VICE-PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES NEW DATA ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR JULY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL RESEARCH CENTERS TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S HEALTH
08/10/1998   Evergreen Award Presented to Cascade Pest Control
08/10/1998   CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURING FACILITY TO PAY LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
08/08/1998   PA FORMER CALIFORNIA RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY IN CFC CASE
08/08/1998   PA THREE IN WASHINGTON STATE INDICTED FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE DUMPING
08/08/1998   PA UTAH COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY IN CLEAN WATER ACT CASE
08/08/1998   PA SACRAMENTO ENVIRONMENTAL LAB SUPERVISOR INDICTED
08/08/1998   PA FORMER WASHINGTON SCHOOL OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH ASBESTOS VIOLATIONS
08/07/1998   EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Permits for Animal Feeding Operations
08/07/1998   EPA BEGINS SECOND ROUND OF RESIDENTIAL SAMPLING IN PITTSFIELD NEXT WEEK
08/07/1998   POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND
08/06/1998   PR NEW EPA INTERNET WEBSITE MAKES ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE
08/06/1998   U.S. EPA SETTLES WITH APACHE NITROGEN PRODUCTS; CREATIVE SETTLEMENT TO IMPROVE LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE & NOTIFICATION
08/06/1998   POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR MAJOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND
08/05/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY-U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO LAUNCH NEW EPA INTERNET WEBSITE WHICH MAKES ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION MORE EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR COMMUNITIES
08/05/1998   NTC WHITE HOUSE MEDIA ADVISORY FOR A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FEDERAL RESPONSE TO N.C . FISH KILL
08/05/1998   EPA's Public Information Hotline Is a Success
08/05/1998   SAN FERNANDO VALLEY GROUNDWATER TREATMENT PLANT CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY
08/05/1998   POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR THURSDAY IN PARTS OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS
08/04/1998   U.S. EPA ANNOUNCES NEVADA ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARD
08/04/1998   U.S. EPA RELEASES SUPERFUND EVALUATION REPORT FOR LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB
08/04/1998   U.S. EPA ANNOUNCES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AWARDS TO ARIZONA
08/04/1998   EPA CITES KAUAI OWNERS FOR FUEL TANK VIOLATIONS; 12/98 DEADLINE LOOMS
08/04/1998   U.S. EPA ANNOUNCES EDUCATION AWARDS TO SOUTHERN CA GROUPS
08/04/1998   U.S. EPA AWARDS EDUCATION GRANTS TO HAWAIIAN GROUPS
08/04/1998   U.S. EPA AWARDS EDUCATION GRANTS TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GROUPS
08/04/1998   EPA Orders Companies To Undertake Interim Action For Liberty Industrial Superfund Site Groundwater Problem in Farmingdale
08/04/1998   EPA Okays Design For Safe Contaminant of Dioxin-Contaminated Material at Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in Newark, New Jersey
08/04/1998   EPA BEGINS CLEANUP OF LAGOONS ALONG THE TAUNTON RIVER
08/03/1998   Environmental Agencies Propose Abandoned Site for National Superfund List
July
07/31/1998   EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Permits for Animal Feeding Operations
07/31/1998   EPA Issues Enforcement Review Report
07/31/1998   EPA Cites Clean Touch Car Wash/Quick Lube, Inc. and Gaseteria Oil Corporation For Clean Water Act Violations; Seeks $48,500 in Penalties
07/31/1998   New York and EPA Take Steps To Implement New Pollution Standards
07/31/1998   PA MISSOURI MAN INDICTED FOR VIOLATING RCRA AND OTHER FEDERAL VIOLATIONS
07/31/1998   PA EPA ISSUES UPDATED TEST GUIDELINES TO ENHANCE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
07/31/1998   PA EPA REACHES AGREEMENT ON WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY (WET) TEST FOR CLEAN WATER ACT PERMITS
07/31/1998   PA EPA ANNOUNCES FIRST FLEXIBLE PERMITTING AIR TOXIC RULE
07/31/1998   PA DELAWARE COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
07/31/1998   PA FLORIDA MAN INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE
07/31/1998   PA CALIFORNIA MEN INDICTED FOR DUMPING HAZARDOUS WASTE
07/31/1998   PA FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CHANGES IN TMDL PROGRAM
07/31/1998   PA EPA SENDS TIER II REPORT TO CONGRESS
07/31/1998   PA EPA HAS RELEASED ANNUAL LISTING OF STATE FISH ADVISORIES; APPEALS TO STATES FOR GREATER CONSISTENCY IN ADVISORY PROGRAMS
07/31/1998   PA PENNSYLVANIA DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN AIR ACT
07/31/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES REVISIONS TO UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL REGULATIONS FOR CLASS V WELLS
07/30/1998   STATEMENT BY EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner 7/30/98 ON THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
07/30/1998   Alaska's Red Dog Mine Required to Reduce Pollutant Discharges
07/30/1998   MEDIA ADVISORY: MCCOLL SUPERFUND SITE GOES GREEN
07/29/1998   EPA Proposes To Delete Federal Superfund Site Near Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico From The National List of Hazardous Waste Sites
07/29/1998   Olin To Upgrade County's Tracking Of Air Releases And Pay $47,800 For Failure To Report 1993 Toxic Releases At Its Niagara Falls Plant
07/29/1998   EPA Proposes To Delete Frontera Creek Superfund Site in Puerto Rico From The National List of Hazardous Waste Sites
07/29/1998   EPA Seeks Public Comment On Cleanup Plan For Contaminated Sediments in the St. Lawrence River Near The Reynolds Metal Company Facility in Massena, NY
07/29/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY-ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE FLORIDA’S ST. JOHNS RIVER AS CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVER
07/29/1998   PR EPA IMPOSES FIRST CIVIL PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION ON LEAD-BASED PAINT
07/28/1998   ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING TO ASSIST IN KAKA'AKO REDEVELOPMENT
07/27/1998   EPA Proposes Two More Sites To The Superfund National Priorities List in New Jersey; Sites in South Plainfield and Linden Go Final
07/27/1998   EPA Proposes Site on Long Island Be Added To The Superfund National Priorities List
07/27/1998   EPA Proposes Site in Genesee County Be Added Toi The Superfund National Priorities List
07/27/1998   EPA ANNOUNCES FUNDING, SERVICES FOR UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER
07/27/1998   NTC DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FRED HANSEN LEAVING EPA
07/24/1998   Environmental Agencies Propose Abandoned Site for National Superfund List
07/24/1998   Two Texas Sites Added to National Superfund List
07/24/1998   U.S. EPA, HAWAII DOH PROPOSE TO RENEW SAND ISLAND SEWAGE PERMIT
07/24/1998   U.S. EPA PROPOSES ADDING PEMACO TO FEDERAL SUPERFUND LIST; FORMER CHEMICAL COMPANY SITE TO BECOME PART OF LA RIVER GREENBELT
07/24/1998   CELEBRATION SIGNALS CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AT BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE
07/24/1998   EPA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR JOHN P. DEVILLARS TOURS THE UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER JULY 28 AND 29
07/24/1998   PA EPA’s SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL TO MEET ON JULY 29-30
07/24/1998   PA EPA ADDS AND PROPOSES NEW SITES TO THE SUPERFUND NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
07/24/1998   PA EPA ANNOUNCES HALF MILLION FOR PROJECTS HARMONIZING AIR QUALITY, ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN CHICAGO, DALLAS AND BALTIMORE
07/24/1998   PA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT CONVICTED FOR HIRING UNTRAINED TEENAGERS TO REMOVE ASBESTOS
07/24/1998   PA MISSOURI SEWAGE TREATMENT COMPANY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
07/24/1998   PA OREGON MAN CONVICTED OF HIRING HOMELESS MEN TO REMOVE ASBESTOS
07/24/1998   PA NEW EPA GUIDANCE ON THE TRANSFER OF CONTAMINATED FEDERAL PROPERTY
07/24/1998   PA EPA ENFORCEMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT AVAILABLE
07/24/1998   PA NEW BROCHURES ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS AT TEN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AVAILABLE
07/24/1998   PA EPA-USDA TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON JULY 28 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
07/24/1998   PA AIR FORCE CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
07/23/1998   FEDERAL, STATE GOVERNMENTS FILE SUIT AGAINST MAUI COUNTY; SPILLS OF SEWAGE IN STREETS, WATERWAYS PROMPTED ACTION
07/21/1998   U.S. EPA NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS: PORT OF L.A. TOXIC DREDGE CASE
07/21/1998   POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR WEDNESDAY
07/20/1998   Coeur d'Alene Landlord Charged With Failing to Test Water
07/20/1998   U. S. EPA FINALIZES PLAN TO CUT PHOENIX AREA PARTICULATE POLLUTION
07/17/1998   PR NEW EPA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATORS NAMED FOR AIR AND WATER PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATION
07/17/1998   PA SOUTH CAROLINA MAN CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING WATER REPORTS
07/17/1998   PA TWO PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESSMEN PLEAD GUILTY TO ILLEGAL PCB DISPOSAL
07/17/1998   PA TWO TEXAS MEN ADMIT TO CFC SMUGGLING
07/17/1998   PA NORTH CAROLINA TO CONDUCT TMDL SURVEY UNDER AGREEMENT BETWEEN EPA AND NEUSE RIVER FOUNDATION
07/17/1998   PA EPA AWARDS GRANTS AIMED AT REDUCING PESTICIDE RISK
07/17/1998   PR SALLYANNE HARPER CONFIRMED BY SENATE AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
07/16/1998   Cheney Goes Extra Mile to Treat Wastewater
07/15/1998   NTC V.P. GORE TODAY ANNOUNCED 71 NEW GRANTS TO HELP COMMUNITIES REDEVELOP BROWNFIELDS
07/15/1998   NTC EPA REINVENTS AUTO EMISSIONS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
07/15/1998   Alaska DNR and Contractor Violate Asbestos Standards
07/15/1998   U.S. EPA SELECTS SOUTHERN CA CITIES AS BROWNFIELDS PROJECTS
07/15/1998   EPA SELECTS ELY SHOSHONE TRIBE AS BROWNFIELDS PROJECT
07/15/1998   U.S. EPA SELECTS NORTHERN CA ENTITIES AS BROWNFIELDS PROJECTS
07/15/1998   EPA Awards Six More Brownfields Pilot Grants in New Jersey
07/15/1998   EPA Awards Two More Brownfields Pilot Grants in New York
07/15/1998   EPA Awards $200,000 Brownfields Pilot Grant To PRPA
07/15/1998   EPA AWARDS $400,000 IN BROWNFIELDS FUNDS TO MIDDLETOWN, STAMFORD
07/15/1998   EPA AWARDS NEARLY $1 MILLION IN BROWNFIELDS FUNDS TO MASSACHUSETTS
07/15/1998   EPA AWARDS $200,000 IN BROWNFIELDS FUNDS FOR USE IN COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE
07/15/1998   EPA AWARDS $200,000 IN BROWNFIELDS FUNDS FOR USE IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND
07/15/1998   POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND ON THRUSDAY
07/14/1998   Poor Air Quality Predicted for Portions of New England on Wednesday
07/13/1998   Longview Fibre Strengthens Ability of Cowlitz County to Deal with Emergencies.
07/13/1998   Middlesex Water Company Soil Samples Show No Contamination
07/10/1998   PA EPA-USDA TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING JULY 13-14 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
07/10/1998   PA MARYLAND MAN TO PAY FOR CLEANUP
07/10/1998   PA CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CFC SMUGGLING
07/10/1998   PA FORMER PENNSYLVANIA LABORATORY PRESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY
07/10/1998   EPA Issues Storm Water General Permit for Construction Activities
07/10/1998   EPA WILL PROVIDE $10 MILLION FOR NYANZA CLEANUP
07/10/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES LOWER FOX RIVER FOR SUPERFUND NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
07/10/1998   PA LARRY SPERLING APPOINTED ENVIRONMENTAL ATTACHE IN MEXICO
07/10/1998   PA EPA ISSUES ERRATA SHEET ON 1996 TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY
07/10/1998   PA EPA CO-SPONSORS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARSENIC, ESPECIALLY IN WORLD-WIDE WATER AND DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES
07/10/1998   PA EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLEAN WATER PROGRAM; RELEASES CLEAN WATER STRATEGY DOCUMENTS
07/10/1998   PA EPA RELEASES NUTRIENT STRATEGY FOR WATERWAYS
07/10/1998   PA EFFORTS EXPANDED TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
07/10/1998   MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH FLORIDA TO PARTICIPATE IN EASTWARD HO! “BROWNFIELD” REVITALIZATION EVENTS
07/09/1998   Portland Asbestos Trainer's Certification Suspended
07/09/1998   U.S. EPA, NOAA CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF STATE PLANS ON COASTAL RUNOFF
07/09/1998   EPA AWARDS BERKSHIRE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP GRANT AWARD OF $50,000 TO ENHANCE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN GE - PITTSFIELD SITE CLEANUP
07/08/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO TESTIFY BEFORE N.Y. STATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ON HEALTH IMPACTS OF PCB CONTAMINATION IN THE HUDSON RIVER
07/02/1998   PA IDAHO EMPLOYER INDICTED FOR INCIDENT THAT INJURED EMPLOYEE
07/02/1998   PA LOUISIANA MAN INDICTED FOR PESTICIDE MISUSE
07/02/1998   PA NEW GRANTS DIRECTED AT IMPROVING ENVIRONMENT IN BALTICS
07/02/1998   PA PETROLEUM REFINING WASTES ADDED TO HAZARDOUS WASTE LIST
07/02/1998   PA CHRYSLER TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE EMISSION CONTROL COMPONENT ON 700,000 LIGHT TRUCKS
07/02/1998   PA EPA ANNOUNCES FIRST SYSTEM TO MODEL DIFFERENT AIR POLLUTANTS SIMULTANEOUSLY
07/02/1998   PA EPA RELEASES 1998 PESTICIDE PRODUCT LABEL SYSTEM ON CD-ROM
07/02/1998   PA EPA LAUNCHES TRANSPORTATION AIR QUALITY CENTER
07/02/1998   $5.6 MILLION SETTLEMENT REACHED FOR NORCO BATTERY SITE
07/02/1998   EPA FINES TWO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS
07/02/1998   EPA, R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUE WARNING ABOUT FISH AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS FROM WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
07/01/1998   EPA Seeks Comments on CAFO Permit
07/01/1998   TOWN OF HARWICH APPLIES WITH EPA FOR NO-DISCHARGE DESIGNATION
07/01/1998   EPA OVERHAULS RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM IN NEW ENGLAND
June
06/26/1998   PR NEW REINVENTION INITIATIVE WILL EXPAND RECYCLING OF TV SCREENS, REDUCE LEAD RELEASES
06/26/1998   Federal Judge Hits Gas Station Owner on St. Croix With $1 Million Judgement For Violating EPA's Underground Storage Tank Rules
06/26/1998   POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR TODAY IN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND
06/26/1998   PR NEW REINVENTION INITIATIVE WILL EXPAND RECYCLING OF TV SCREENS, REDUCE LEAD RELEASES
06/26/1998   PA UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TESTER ADMITS FRAUD
06/26/1998   PA OHIO MAN CHARGED WITH CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
06/26/1998   PA CRUISE LINE AGREES TO PAY $2 MILLION FOR POLLUTING ALASKAN WATERS
06/26/1998   PA OFFICIALS OF DEFUNCT OREGON PAINTING COMPANY INDICTED FOR VIOLATING RCRA
06/26/1998   PA MISSISSIPPI WOMAN SENTENCED FOR PESTICIDE CRIME
06/26/1998   PA EPA PUBLISHES REFERENCE GUIDE FOR FAMILIES TO REDUCE LEAD HAZARDS IN THE HOME
06/26/1998   PA EPA TO RECOGNIZE RECIPIENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL GREEN CHEMISTRY CHALLENGE ON JUNE 29 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
06/26/1998   PA NEW REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTERS LAUNCHED IN FORMER SOVIET UNION COUNTRIES
06/26/1998   PA U.S. SIGNS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS TO REDUCE AIR EMISSIONS
06/26/1998   PA PROTECTION OF ARCTIC A PRIMARY GOAL OF MULTINATIONAL INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TO PHASE-OUT PCBs IN RUSSIA
06/26/1998   PA EPA AND NHTSA AGREE TO GLOBAL HARMONIZATION OF POLLUTION & SAFETY RULES
06/26/1998   PA IOWA WOMAN PLEADS TO ILLEGAL HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE
06/26/1998   PA OKLAHOMA MEN SENTENCED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND DRUG CRIMES
06/26/1998   PA EPA’S JOBS THROUGH RECYCLING PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS
06/26/1998   PA EPA MAKES AVAILABLE INDUSTRY SECTOR NOTEBOOKS
06/25/1998   Westbank Asbestos Removal Coming to an End
06/25/1998   SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SMOG REDESIGNATION FINALIZED
06/25/1998   EPA PROPOSES PLAN TO CLEAN UP GROUNDWATER AT MONTROSE/DEL AMO
06/24/1998   First-of-its-kind Agreement Sets Course to Keep Puyallup River Healthy
06/24/1998   EPA Reaches Agreement With Polluters To Pay For Federal Superfund Action At Volney Landfill In Oswego County
06/24/1998   EPA Seeks Public Comments On Cleanup Plan For Contamination At Superfund Site in Delaware County, New York
06/23/1998   EPA TO COMPLETE EXCAVATION OF DDT ON 204TH STREET
06/23/1998   EPA Hosts Conference To Explore Economic Impacts Of Global Warming In Western New York
06/23/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO JOIN HOUSTON MAYOR LEE BROWN AT REGIONAL AIR QUALITY SUMMIT IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
06/22/1998   Deadline Nears to Fix Underground Storage Tanks in Louisiana
06/22/1998   U.S. AND MEXICO COMPLETE FIRST BINATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS REPORT
06/22/1998   Deadline Nears to Fix Underground Storage Tanks in Texas
06/22/1998   Deadline Nears to Fix Underground Storage Tanks
06/22/1998   EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON REVISED CLEANUP PLAN FOR TIBBETTS ROAD SUPERFUND SITE
06/19/1998   OPERATING INDUSTRIES SUPERFUND SITE UPDATE
06/19/1998   EPA AWARDED 1998 SMITHSONIAN COMPUTERWORLD AWARD
06/19/1998   EPA APPROVES NEW SAFER PESTICIDE FOR PACKAGED PRODUCTS
06/19/1998   VICE-PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES NEW INTERNET SITES FOR BEACH AND FISH ADVISORIES
06/19/1998   EPA/OSHA RELEASE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT ON SHELL
06/19/1998   OREGON PLEADS GUILTY IN CLEAN WATER ACT CASE
06/19/1998   TWO MEN INDICTED IN PCB CASE
06/19/1998   TWO FORMER COLORADO MINE OPERATORS PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
06/19/1998   DETROIT METAL STRIPPER INDICTED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND RCRA
06/19/1998   CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER AGREES TO $1 MILLION FINE
06/19/1998   ILLEGAL WASTE STORAGE BY INDIANA COMPANY LEADS TO PLEA AGREEMENT
06/19/1998   PR EPA Streamlines PCB Management and Disposal Program
06/18/1998   PR EPA Releases Most Recent Community Right-to-Know Data on Toxic Releases
06/18/1998   Talache Mine Owners Ordered to Stabilize Waste Piles
06/18/1998   Industries Reduce Chemical Releases
06/18/1998   U.S. EPA ANNOUNCES 1996 TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY
06/18/1998   EPA Reports On Toxic Releases To Air, Water and Land in the Virgin Islands
06/18/1998   EPA Reports On Toxic Releases To Air, Water and Land in New York
06/18/1998   EPA Reports On Toxic Releases To Air, Water and Land in Puerto Rico
06/18/1998   EPA Reports On Toxic Releases To Air, Water and Land in New Jersey
06/18/1998   CONNECTICUT COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 22% IN SINGLE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
06/18/1998   MAINE COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 14.2% IN SINGLE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
06/18/1998   MASSACHUSETTS COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 19.3% IN ONE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
06/18/1998   NEW HAMPSHIRE COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 11% IN ONE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
06/18/1998   RHODE ISLAND COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 16% IN SINGLE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
06/18/1998   VERMONT COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 22.7% IN SINGLE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
06/17/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY BRIEFING TO ANNOUNCE 1996 RIGHT-TO-KNOW DATA ON TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASES RESCHEDULED
06/16/1998   U.S. AND MEXICO RELEASE REPORT ON BORDER ENVIRONMENT
06/16/1998   EPA TELLS ARMY CORPS TO SAY 'NO' TO CTDOT's ROUTE 6 PROPOSAL
06/15/1998   Tips for Accessing Toxic Release Inventory Information
06/15/1998   U.S. EPA TAP WATER SAMPLING ACTIVITIES AT MACFARLAND BEGIN
06/15/1998   EPA SETTLES CASE WITH WOBURN MANUFACTURER
06/15/1998   MASSACHUSETTS MANUFACTURER MAKES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE POLLUTION: PAYS ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
06/15/1998   NTC TRI POSTPONED
06/15/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA TO RELEASE 1996 RIGHT-TO-KNOW DATA ON TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASES
06/12/1998   EPA To Take Public Comments on Proposed Texas Water Permitting Program
06/12/1998   FREE BUSINESS TIPS VIA SATELLITE TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: HOW TO PREVENT WASTE, CUT COSTS
06/12/1998   FREE BUSINESS TIPS VIA SATELLITE TO ARIZONA: HOW TO PREVENT WASTE, CUT COSTS
06/12/1998   FREE BUSINESS TIPS VIA SATELLITE TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: HOW TO PREVENT WASTE, CUT COSTS
06/12/1998   POLLUTER TO PAY $50,000 FOR SUPERFUND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
06/12/1998   FREE BUSINESS TIPS VIA SATELLITE TO NEVADA: HOW TO PREVENT WASTE, CUT COSTS
06/12/1998   EPA-USDA TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING
06/12/1998   INDIANA COMPANY CHARGED WITH CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
06/12/1998   WEST VIRGINIA DEVELOPER CHARGED WITH CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
06/12/1998   DELAWARE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INDICTED FOR VIOLATING THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT
06/12/1998   U.S. AND MEXICO COMPLETE FIRST BINATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS REPORT
06/12/1998   SURVEY COMPLETED OF ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL ECONOMY
06/12/1998   U.S. RECYCLING RATE REACHES 27 PERCENT
06/12/1998   FINAL STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTORS
06/11/1998   U.S. EPA APPROVES NEW PERMIT FOR JACADS ON JOHNSTON ATOLL
06/11/1998   HOYTS CINEMA TO PAY PENALTY FOR STORM WATER VIOLATIONS AT STOUGHTON SITE
06/10/1998   U.S. EPA, SANGER BOATS SETTLE RIGHT-TO-KNOW CASE FOR $9,391
06/09/1998   LOCAL DEVELOPER RECEIVES AWARD FOR DRINKING WATER PROTECTION EFFORTS
06/09/1998   EPA SETTLES ASBESTOS CASE AGAINST CONDOMINIUM OWNER IN HARTFORD, CONN.
06/08/1998   PR AMERICAN HONDA AGREES TO $267 MILLION SETTLEMENT TO RESOLVE CLEAN AIR ACT VIOLATIONS Largest Clean Air Act Settlement in History
06/08/1998   Alaska Borough to Build New Waste Management Facility
06/05/1998   DOE Criticized for Lack of Action in Spent Fuel Cleanup
06/05/1998   EAST PALO ALTO, EPA, FEDERAL AGENCIES HOLD BROWNFIELDS SUMMIT
06/05/1998   EPA’S ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR SCREENING AND TESTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE FINAL MEETING TO BE HELD JUNE 17-18 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
06/05/1998   ROYAL CARIBBEAN LINES TO PAY $9 MILLION IN FINES
06/05/1998   BFI TO PAY $1.5 MILLION PENALTY FOR MISHANDLING MEDICAL WASTES
06/05/1998   CANADIANS SENTENCED ON CFC CHARGES
06/05/1998   CALIFORNIA GROWER CHARGED WITH EXPOSING MIGRANT WORKERS TO PESTICIDE
06/05/1998   OFFICIALS OF GEORGIA COMPANY INDICTED
06/05/1998   CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS TO ILLEGAL CFC PURCHASE
06/05/1998   FLORIDA FREIGHT COMPANY EXECUTIVE SENTENCED
06/05/1998   NEVADA MAN CHARGED WITH CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
06/04/1998   EPA APPROVES USDA REQUEST TO CONTROL MEDFLY OUTBREAK IN FLA. AFTER ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF SPECIAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS
06/04/1998   TREFFERS TO PAY $45,100 TO SETTLE HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS
06/04/1998   EPA DENIES AIR FORCE EXTENSION REQUEST, ASSESSES SUBSTANTIAL PENALTIES FOR DELAY
06/04/1998   EPA ANNOUNCES ENFORCEMENT ORDER AND OTHER STEPS FOR PCB CLEANUP OF HOUSATONIC RIVER IN PITTSFIELD; RE-ISSUES INVITATION TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS
06/03/1998   National Satellite Forum to Offer Money-Saving Waste Prevention Techniques
06/03/1998   EPA REGION 6 ANNOUNCES ENFORCEMENT RESULTS
06/03/1998   Largest Penalty in Five-State Region Assessed for Storage Tank Violations
06/03/1998   EPA FINES BROOKFIELD COMPANY
06/02/1998   Two Hanford Areas Cleaned Up: Delisting Proposed
06/02/1998   EAST PALO ALTO TO CELEBRATE BROWNFIELDS SHOWCASE SUMMIT
06/01/1998   PRASA To Pay $95,000 For Underground Storage Tank Violations; Undertake Environmental Projects Worth Over $100,000
06/01/1998   Puerto Rico Land Authority Will Pay $50,000 For Underground Storage Tank Violations
06/01/1998   Lakewide Management Plan For Lake Ontario Now Available
May
05/30/1998   New Jersey and EPA Take Steps To Implement New Soot Standards
05/29/1998   RSR SETTLEMENT REACHED
05/29/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY-U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO HOST A TOWN HALL MEETING IN TAMPA, FLA. TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES FACING THE NATION’S OCEANS AND COASTAL AREAS
05/29/1998   EPA REVOKES OLD SMOG STANDARD FOR 2,901 COUNTIES
05/29/1998   REINVENTION ACTIVITIES TO BE ASSESSED BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
05/29/1998   EPA PROPOSES NEW STANDARDS TO PROTECT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN FROM LEAD PAINT HAZARDS
05/29/1998   PROPOSED CHANGES TO EPCRA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PROVIDE RELIEF TO GAS STATIONS
05/28/1998   U.S. EPA BEGINS SOIL CLEANUP AT FRESNO DRUMS SITE
05/28/1998   EPA Approves NJ's Plan To Stop Boats From Discharging Sewage in the Manasquan River and the Shark River
05/28/1998   EPA Orders Six Companies To Perform Cleanups at Tutu Wellfield Superfund Site on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
05/28/1998   POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR TOMORROW IN PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT
05/27/1998   Dairy in Lynden Issued Complaint
05/26/1998   EPA Discusses Food Quality with Citizens
05/26/1998   SOUTH ATTLEBORO WIRE MAKER TO PAY $2.4 MILLION, TO SETTLE FEDERAL POLLUTION SUIT
05/22/1998   PUBLIC MEETING SET FOR YOSEMITE GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
05/22/1998   NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED FOR EXPOSING PEOPLE TO ASBESTOS
05/22/1998   TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO OCEAN DUMPING CHARGES
05/22/1998   MISSISSIPPI MAN SENTENCED FOR WASTEWATER VIOLATIONS
05/22/1998   PRESIDENT OF OREGON COMPANY MUST PAY FOR CLEANUP
05/22/1998   EPA PROPOSES REGISTRATION PREFERENCE FOR ORGANOPHOSPHATE ALTERNATIVES
05/22/1998   EPA ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH INFORMATION ON LEAD HAZARDS DURING RENOVATION AND REMODELING ACTIVITIES
05/22/1998   EPA REQUESTS APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICULATE MATTER RESEARCH CENTERS
05/22/1998   NTC 1996 NATIONAL WATER QUALITY INVENTORY
05/21/1998   EPA Proposes To Approve First NOx Trade Between Two NY Companies
05/21/1998   EPA's New Air Pollution Standard Will Mean More 'Unhealthful' Ozone Days
05/21/1998   EPA REACHES $ 8 MILLION SETTLEMENT AT NYANZA SUPERFUND SITE
05/21/1998   PR Statement of U.S. EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner on Ozone Awareness Day May 21, 1998
05/21/1998   PR THE FIRST LADY ANNOUNCES NEW PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS TO FIGHT ASTHMA--FACT SHEETS
05/20/1998   EPA Awards Washington $24.4 Million for Drinking Water Safeguards
05/20/1998   Sixth Washington Dairy Issued Complaint
05/20/1998   Data from Second Set of Samples from PM2.5 Monitors
05/20/1998   EPA Fines Three Waste Oil Handlers In Puerto Rico A Total Of $89,299 For Violating Federal Law
05/19/1998   Data from First Samples from PM2.5 Monitors
05/19/1998   EPA and Local Businesses Recognize Students for Environmental Project
05/18/1998   NTC SUPERFUND SITES
05/15/1998   Low Compliance Rate Troubles EPA
05/15/1998   Haze from Mexican and Central American Fires
05/15/1998   U.S. EPA, NOAA PROPOSE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF HAWAII PROGRAM ON POLLUTED RUNOFF
05/15/1998   WEST VIRGINIA MAN CHARGED WITH FAILING TO TREAT SEWAGE AT LOW-INCOME HOUSING UNITS
05/15/1998   EPA FINALIZES LAND DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS FOR METAL-BEARING WASTES
05/15/1998   EPA/USDA TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING MAY 28-29 IN ARLINGTON, VA.
05/14/1998   EPA Cites Troy Chemical For Violating Chemical Reporting Requirements; Proposes $340,000 Penalty
05/14/1998   PR STATEMENT OF U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR CAROL M. BROWNER ON THE PASSING OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS
05/13/1998   OPERATING INDUSTRIES SUPERFUND SITE UPDATE
05/13/1998   TWO FACT SHEETS ON WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP)
05/13/1998   PR EPA ISSUES SAFETY CERTIFICATION OF DOE PLAN TO DISPOSE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN NEW MEXICO
05/12/1998   Burlington, Orting Dairies Issued Complaints for Illegal Waste Discharges
05/12/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY-U.S. EPA CHIEF AND U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE OFFICIAL TO HOST TOWN HALL MEETING IN CHICAGO, ILL. TO DISCUSS PRESIDENT’S CLEAN WATER ACTION PLAN
05/11/1998   Comprehensive Inspection of Hanford Reservation to Begin
05/11/1998   Company's Water Filter Claims Unfounded
05/11/1998   U.S. EPA SEEKS DISCLOSURE, PENALTIES IN NEVADA REFRIGERANTS INC. CASE
05/08/1998   Workshop to Explain EPA's Brownfields Program
05/08/1998   PA FORMER OHIO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
05/08/1998   PA ALASKAN COMPANY AND OFFICIALS ADMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
05/08/1998   PA DUPONT ORDERED TO PAY LARGEST ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY IN EPA HISTORY
05/08/1998   PA COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SPONSORS FORUM ON RECYCLING
05/08/1998   PA EPA PUBLISHES FINAL GUIDELINES FOR ECOLOGICAL AND NEUROTOXICITY RISK ASSESSMENT
05/08/1998   PA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT RELEASED ON POWELL DUFFRYN TERMINALS INC.
05/08/1998   PA EPA LISTS ORGANOBROMINE AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE
05/08/1998   PA EPA ISSUES MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS
05/07/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ADDRESS FACULTY, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN BALTIMORE, MD.
05/06/1998   Meeting to be Held in Guymon about Water Quality and Animal Feeding Operations
05/06/1998   Dallas/Fort Worth Federal Executive Board Sponsors Interagency Awards Ceremony
05/06/1998   U.S. EPA, STATE RENEW ORANGE COUNTY SEWAGE PERMIT
05/06/1998   U.S. EPA SELECTS TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION FOR BROWNFIELDS PROJECT
05/06/1998   U.S. EPA SELECTS CITY OF LAS VEGAS FOR BROWNFIELDS PROJECT
05/06/1998   U.S. EPA SELECTS CITY OF COLTON FOR BROWNFIELDS PROJECT
05/06/1998   EPA Awards $200,000 To Ogdenburg, New York For National Brownfields Pilot Project
05/06/1998   EPA Awards $200,000 To Yonkers, New York For National Brownfields Pilot Project
05/06/1998   EPA Awards $200,000 To Niagara County, New York For National Brownfields Pilot Project
05/06/1998   PR EPA AWARDS 36 NEW BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT GRANTS
05/05/1998   Irving Schools and EPA Partner to Protect Children
05/05/1998   NTC Statement by Richard Wilson Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
05/04/1998   Minewater Pumping Halted: Permit Appealed
05/04/1998   Gregg Cooke Appointed EPA Region 6 Administrator
05/04/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO JOIN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SECRETARY GLICKMAN AND U.S. SENATOR HARKIN AT NATIONAL SUMMIT ON ANIMAL WASTE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
05/01/1998   EPA Selects Rome, N.Y. Project For Sustainable Development Challenge Grant
05/01/1998   PR EPA EXPANDS COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW EFFORTS TO INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF FACILITIES IN FIVE INDUSTRY SECTORS
05/01/1998   PA OHIO ELECTROPLATING COMPANY CHARGED FOR DUMPING WASTE
05/01/1998   PA DENVER CONCRETE COMPANY AND PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH DUMPING WASTE
05/01/1998   PA CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL SEWAGE DISCHARGE
05/01/1998   PA LOUISIANA MAN INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL CHEMICAL DISPOSAL
05/01/1998   PA WEST VIRGINIA COAL COMPANY AND OPERATOR INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
05/01/1998   PA SEWER DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT PLEADS GUILTY FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
05/01/1998   PA FORMER LOUISIANA RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL METHYL PARATHION APPLICATION
05/01/1998   PA INVENTORY OF SOURCES OF DIOXIN REVISED
05/01/1998   PA EPA HELPS IDENTIFY BUILDING PRODUCTS THAT IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
05/01/1998   PA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE GRANTS TO BE AWARDED FOR 45 PROJECTS
05/01/1998   PA EPA/STATE AGREEMENT ON INNOVATION
05/01/1998   PA EPA ISSUES GUIDANCE ON RULE REQUIRING PESTICIDE REGISTRANTS TO REPORT ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PRODUCTS
05/01/1998   PA EPA RELEASES FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS POLICY
05/01/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY-U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO JOIN THE FIRST LADY, CONGRESSWOMAN MORELLA AND OTHERS IN ADDRESSING NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FUND IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
05/01/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY-U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ADDRESS PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ARLINGTON, VA.
April
04/30/1998   NTC EPA BROADENS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION ACT
04/30/1998   Public Meeting Scheduled on Draft Permit for Pilgrim's Pride
04/30/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY-THE SECTOR FACILITY INDEXING PROJECT
04/29/1998   PESTICIDE FIRM FINED $45,000 FOR LACKING WORKER SAFETY INFO. ON LABELS
04/29/1998   PR EPA PROPOSES EMISSIONS TRADING PROGRAM TO HELP PROTECT EASTERN U.S. FROM SMOG
04/28/1998   Two Washington Dairies Face Penalties
04/28/1998   Agencies to Gather at Caddo Lake for Emergency Response Exercise
04/28/1998   STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM SAN FRANCISCO MINORITY TRAINING PROGRAM
04/24/1998   U.S. EPA REOPENS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON PROPOSED PERMIT FOR PUNA GEOTHERMAL VENTURE
04/24/1998   U.S. EPA REMOVES COALINGA MINE FROM SUPERFUND LIST
04/24/1998   EPA Announces $16.5 Million Remedy For Forest Glen Subdivision, Niagara Falls, New York
04/24/1998   NTC ASBESTOS CASE: HOMELESS WORKERS
04/24/1998   PA SEWER DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CHARGED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
04/24/1998   PA CONNECTICUT COMPANY AND EMPLOYEES INDICTED FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY AND CONSERVATION ACT CONSPIRACY
04/24/1998   PA FORMER MISSOURI COUNTY EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY OF VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
04/24/1998   PA TWO MEN INDICTED IN BRIBERY CASE
04/24/1998   PA FLORIDA MEN INDICTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT
04/24/1998   PA EPA SEEKS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED RULE CHANGES TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT VARIANCES AND EXEMPTIONS
04/24/1998   PA EPA/HUD REPORT FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS NOT A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT TO BROWNFIELDS
04/24/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES GUIDELINES TO HELP PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS TO EXPLORE WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES
04/24/1998   PA EPA ISSUES STUDY OF TEST DATA AVAILABLE ON HIGH VOLUME CHEMICALS
04/24/1998   PA EPA PUBLIC MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 1 FOR DATA ON PERSISTENT, BIOACCUMULATIVE TOXIC CHEMICALS
04/24/1998   PA EPA ISSUES DRAFT GUIDANCE TO PREVENT MISLEADING PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMS ON PRODUCTS TREATED WITH MATERIALS PRESERVATIVES
04/24/1998   PA COOPERATION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND BALTIC REGION DISCUSSED
04/24/1998   PA HAMMER AWARD PRESENTED TO EPA’S ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION PROGRAM TEAM
04/24/1998   PA NATIONAL SUPERFUND OMBUDSMAN ISSUES REPORT ON DRAKE CHEMICAL
04/24/1998   EPA PROMOTES SAFER USE OF INSECT REPELLENT DEET
04/24/1998   PA EPA RELEASES LANDSCAPE ATLAS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON WATERSHEDS
04/24/1998   NTC EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ADDRESS THE SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY IN ORLANDO, FLA. ON CLINTON ADMINISTRATION’S COMMITMENT TO COMBAT GLOBAL WARMING
04/23/1998   EPA Presents President's Environmental Youth Awards; Scotch Plains Student Honored
04/23/1998   EPA Presents President's Environmental Youth Awards; Staten Island Student Honored
04/23/1998   EPA Presents President's Environmental Youth Awards; East Meadow, N.Y. School Honored
04/23/1998   EPA Honors New Jerseyans For Outstanding Environmental Achievements
04/23/1998   EPA Presents President's Environmental Youth Awards; Manati Youth Honored
04/23/1998   EPA Honors New Yorkers For Outstanding Environmental Achievements
04/23/1998   EPA Honors Puerto Ricans For Outstanding Environmental Achievements
04/23/1998   EPA Honors Virgin Islanders For Outstanding Environmental Achievements
04/23/1998   EPA REPORT CARD ON CHARLES RIVER SHOWS WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
04/22/1998   Grocers Help Students Spread the Word about Earth Day
04/22/1998   Earth Day 1998 Highlights
04/22/1998   EPA Honors Students at Earth Day Enviro-Fair for Outstanding Environmental Projects
04/22/1998   Brownfields Showcase Presented to City of Dallas at Earth Day Fair
04/22/1998   U.S. EPA, DOJ ANNOUNCE PURITY OIL $18 MILLION SETTLEMENT
04/22/1998   Private Firms Agree To Pay For Cleanup Of Their Properties at Federal Superfund Site in Olean, New York
04/21/1998   NTC EPA TO EXPAND CHEMICAL RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAM AND PROVIDE PUBLIC WITH BETTER HEALTH DATA
04/20/1998   PR MAJOR LANDMARK BUILDINGS JOIN CLINTON ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO SAVE ENERGY AND FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING
04/20/1998   NTC BROWNER KICKS OFF EARTH WEEK
04/17/1998   Earth Day Celebration Planned
04/17/1998   EPA Reaches Agreement With Responsible Parties On Cleanup At Federal Superfund Site in Barceloneta, P.R.
04/17/1998   PA MILL MANAGER SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND MAIL FRAUD
04/17/1998   PA ALASKA COMPANY AND MANGER PLEAD GUILTY TO ASBESTOS CHARGE
04/17/1998   PA IDAHO MAN SENTENCED ON HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARGES
04/17/1998   PA RENDERING PLANT WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATOR SENTENCED
04/17/1998   PA MISSISSIPPI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PESTICIDE CHARGES
04/17/1998   PA VIRGINIA MAN INDICTED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
04/17/1998   PA PENNSYLVANIA LABORATORY TO PAY $5.6 MILLION IN RESTITUTION
04/17/1998   PA CLINTON ADMINISTRATION RELEASES LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES FOR RCRA REFORM
04/17/1998   PA EPA AND CANADIAN PMRA COMPLETE JOINT REVIEW TO REGISTER NEW REDUCED RISK FUNGICIDE
04/17/1998   PA EPA AMENDS REGULATIONS FOR CHEMICAL RELEASE RISK MANAGEMENT PLANNING
04/17/1998   PA EPA SHARES RISKS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
04/17/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EARTH DAY RESTORATION OF THE ANACOSTIA RIVER IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
04/16/1998   Preparations Underway For Start Of Groundwater And Soil Cleanup At Superfund Site in Sag Harbor, Long Island
04/15/1998   Meeting to be Held in Siloam Springs about Confined Animal Feeding Operations
04/15/1998   EPA Opens Its Ocean Research Vessel To The Public
04/14/1998   Another hurdle cleared: EPA issues final discharge permit for Kensington mine near Juneau
04/13/1998   GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY ON APRIL 13 FOR PROJECTS TO RESTORE ISLES DERNIERES BARRIER ISLANDS
04/13/1998   EPA TO HOLD WORKSHOP & PUBLIC HEARING ON DUST CONTROL PLAN
04/13/1998   EPA Selects $3 Million Cleanup Plan For Sources of Contamination at Superfund Site in Cortland, New York
04/10/1998   Aquaculture Wastewater Discharge Permit in Idaho
04/10/1998   PA MASSACHUSETTS METAL PLATING COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY FOR VIOLATING THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT
04/10/1998   PA SOUTH DAKOTA PLATING COMPANY AND FOUR INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
04/10/1998   PA WASHINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR WATER AND AIR VIOLATIONS
04/10/1998   PA MASSACHUSETTS MAN TO BE IMPRISONED FOR ILLEGAL ASBESTOS REMOVAL
04/10/1998   PA G-8 NATIONS AGREE TO INCREASE EFFORTS TO FIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
04/08/1998   Agreement Reached on Scrapyard Cleanup
04/08/1998   Meeting to be Held in Mt. Pleasant about Confined Animal Feeding Operations
04/07/1998   New York City Council Member Stanley E. Michels To Serve on EPA's Local Government Advisory Committee
04/06/1998   EPA LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC RESTORATION OF PITTSFIELD AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY
04/03/1998   SAN FRANCISCO MINORITY WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM TO HOLD JOB FAIR
04/03/1998   ATTENTION EDITORS: CORRECTED PHONE NUMBER FOR JOB FAIR RELEASE
04/03/1998   EPA Opens Office In The Virgin Islands To Enhance Environmental Support
04/03/1998   EPA Orders GE To Demolish Mercury-Contaminated Condo in Hoboken and Clean Up Site; Estimated Cost of $4 Million
04/03/1998   PA FLORIDA MAN TO PAY $6 MILLION PENALTY IN CFC CASE
04/03/1998   PA WEST VIRGINIA COMPANY EXECUTIVE SENTENCED FOR CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
04/03/1998   PA NORTH DAKOTA COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN WATER ACT AND RESOURCE AND CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT VIOLATIONS
04/03/1998   PA MISSOURI ASBESTOS ABATEMENT COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN AIR ACT VIOLATION
04/03/1998   PA WASHINGTON DEVELOPER PLEADS GUILTY TO DIRECT TEENAGER TO ILLEGALLY REMOVE ASBESTOS
04/03/1998   PA ALASKAN COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL ASBESTOS REMOVAL
04/03/1998   PA EPA PESTICIDE PROGRAM DIALOGUE COMMITTEE TO MEET APRIL 16-17 IN ALEXANDRIA, VA.
04/03/1998   PA EPA SUPPORTS GLOBAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE CHEMICAL INFORMATION TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
04/03/1998   PA EPA REQUESTING PUBLIC COMMENT ON NEW DATA FOR PROPOSED RULE TO REDUCE FORMATION OF DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS UNDER SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
04/03/1998   PA EPA PLANS TO MEASURE AND REPORT MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
04/02/1998   Unocal Agrees to Multi-Million Dollar Settlement
04/02/1998   EPA Selects Interim Action For Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund Site Groundwater Problem in Farmingdale
04/01/1998   EPA ISSUES 1,700 LETTERS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
04/01/1998   MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FRED HANSEN WILL SPEAK TO 6TH GRADE STUDENTS IN WOODBRIDGE, VA., ON KICK BUTTS DAY 1998
March
03/31/1998   N. ANDOVER, MA, WASTE HANDLER TO PAY ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
03/30/1998   UNITED STATES SUES MOBIL FOR POLLUTING NAVAJO NATION WATERS
03/30/1998   EPA ISSUES ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINTS TO R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; ISSUES 1,700 WARNING LETTERS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND
03/30/1998   PR EPA REPORTS REAL PROGRESS IN REINVENTION OF NATION'S ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY SYSTEM
03/27/1998   U.S. EPA HOLDS MEETINGS FOR PUNA GEOTHERMAL VENTURE PERMIT
03/27/1998   NTC EPA AND CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL AUCTION OF ACID RAIN ALLOWANCES
03/27/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY BROWNER TO REPORT ON THREE YEARS OF PROGRESS IN REINVENTING NATION’S ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY SYSTEM
03/26/1998   PR STUDENTS HONORED AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH AWARD
03/26/1998   SUPERFUND NO FURTHER ACTION PROGRAM HELPS 3628 VALLEY COMPANIES
03/26/1998   UNITED STATES SUES TEXACO FOR POLLUTING SAN JUAN RIVER TRIBUTARIES
03/26/1998   EPA TO HOLD PROVIDENCE GRANT CONFERENCE
03/26/1998   PR PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH AWARDS 1997
03/25/1998   EPA Proposes Penalties of $60,000 and Orders PRASA To Stop Release of Floatable Wastes From Its Carolina Sewage Treatment Plant
03/25/1998   EPA ISSUES ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT TO WARWICK, R.I. GAS STATION
03/25/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO PRESENT 1997 PRESIDENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH AWARDS TO STUDENTS FROM 10 COMMUNITIES
03/24/1998   U.S. EPA, CITY OF TUCSON CELEBRATE AWARD OF $200,000 BROWNFIELDS GRANT
03/24/1998   EPA TO HOLD BOSTON GRANT CONFERENCE
03/23/1998   U.S. EPA PROPOSES PLAN TO CUT PHOENIX AREA PARTICULATE POLLUTION
03/23/1998   Unique EPA/DOE Agreement Sets Stage For Environmental Management Reforms at Brookhaven National Laboratory
03/23/1998   HARTFORD DPW TO STUDY/CLEAN VACANT LOT, PAY FINE FOR REFRIGERANT MAINTENANCE FAILINGS
03/23/1998   EPA, DEP ENFORCE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK DEADLINE
03/23/1998   TURNING STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO BUILDING BLOCKS
03/20/1998   PA EPA’S SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL TO MEET ON PESTICIDE ISSUES MARCH 24-25
03/20/1998   EPA Recognizes Compaq Computer Corp. for Pollution Prevention
03/20/1998   U.S. EPA CHOOSES SAIPAN FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH AWARD
03/20/1998   TURNING STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO BUILDING BLOCKS
03/20/1998   TURNING STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO BUILDING BLOCKS
03/20/1998   WALLINGFORD CONSTRUCTION CO. COMES CLEAN
03/20/1998   EPA CITES WOBURN MANUFACTURER FOR MISSING DATA
03/20/1998   EPA REJECTS PROPOSED SCHEDULE EXTENSIONS FOR GROUNDWATER CLEANUP AT THE OTIS/MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION (MMR)
03/20/1998   PA FLORIDA LAB CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL
03/20/1998   PA ALABAMA COMPANY CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL WASTE DISPOSAL
03/20/1998   PA SEVERAL ADMIT GUILT IN ALABAMA’S ACMAR LANDFILL CASE
03/20/1998   PA WASHINGTON OWNER OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAB SENTENCED
03/20/1998   PA FLORIDA FREIGHT COMPANY EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY
03/20/1998   PA CALIFORNIA DAIRY FARMER SENTENCED FOR CLEAN WATER VIOLATIONS
03/20/1998   PA NEVADA CASINO FINED FOR DUMPING ASBESTOS FROM SHIP
03/20/1998   PA KENTUCKY WATER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES CONVICTED OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
03/20/1998   PA EPA REPORT AVAILABLE ON JOINT INVESTIGATION OF CAUSES OF PENNZOIL REFINERY ACCIDENT
03/20/1998   PA WALT DISNEY, MCDONALD’S, IBM, 22 OTHERS TO GET ENERGY EFFICIENCY AWARDS FROM EPA
03/20/1998   PA COUNTRIES OF MAJOR MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING AGREE ON PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
03/20/1998   PA EPA’S OFFICE OF PREVENTION, PESTICIDES AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES HIGHLIGHTS KEY PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IN ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1997
03/20/1998   PA EPA’S SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL TO MEET ON PESTICIDE ISSUES MARCH 24-25
03/19/1998   First Enforcement Action in Latest Round of Dairy Inspections
03/19/1998   Inspector General Releases Report on New Mexico's Environmental Enforcement
03/19/1998   U.S. EPA WILL PRESENT GRANT FOR TUCSON BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
03/19/1998   U.S. EPA FINES FRESNO REPAIR SHOP FOR USING FLAMMABLE REFRIGERANT; ORDERS HONOLULU HOTELS TO STOP USING IT IN REFRIGERATION
03/19/1998   SAN FERNANDO PARTIES TO PAY U.S. EPA $11.8 MILLION IN PAST COSTS
03/18/1998   Pleasant Hill, Arkansas, Air Monitoring Project
03/18/1998   EPA Tentatively Approves NJ's Plan To Stop Boats From Discharging Sewage in the Manasquan River and the Shark River
03/18/1998   United States Sues Pan American Grain For Clean Air Violations
03/17/1998   Weyerhaeuser Mill Settles $700,000 Complaint
03/17/1998   EPA, DEM REMIND RHODE ISLAND TANK OWNERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINE
03/15/1998   EPA RELEASES 1997: COMPLIANCE ASSURANCES RESULTS: CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT AND POLLUTION PREVENTION EFFORTS SET RECORDS
03/13/1998   PA PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT CHARGED
03/13/1998   PA INDIANA MAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL SEWAGE DISCHARGE
03/13/1998   PA WEST VIRGINIA MAN AND COMPANY CHARGED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN AIR ACT
03/13/1998   PA PENNSYLVANIA LABORATORY OWNER INDICTED ON FOUR FELONY CHARGES
03/13/1998   PA CIRCUIT PROSECUTOR PROGRAM INITIATED IN CALIFORNIA
03/13/1998   PA EPA POSTS FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE ON EMSs
03/13/1998   PA RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE ISSUED
03/13/1998   PA EPA SOLICITS PROPOSALS TO PROMOTE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
03/13/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES AIR TOXIC RULE FOR PORTLAND CEMENT PLANTS
03/13/1998   PA EPA CITES PROGRESS IN CONTROLLING AIR TOXICS AFFECTING LARGE U.S. WATER BODIES
03/12/1998   NTC TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
03/11/1998   EPA PLANS $500,000 CLEANUP AT QUEEN STREET DUMP
03/11/1998   EPA ISSUES DECISION PROHIBITING OPEN DETONATION OF MUNITIONS ON CAPE COD
03/09/1998   Hudson River Reassessment Schedule Released; Proposed Plan Due By December 2000
03/09/1998   EPA Reaches Agreement with Westinghouse To Clean Up Sources of Contamination at Superfund Site in Horseheads, New York
03/09/1998   EPA Finds Violations Of Environmental Regulations At BNL As Multi-Media Investigation Continues
03/09/1998   GE To Upgrade Municipal Emergency Response Units and Pay $92,000 Fine For Violating EPA Toxic Release Reporting Regulations
03/09/1998   STATEMENT OF JOHN P. DeVILLARS, REGARDING STRATFORD, CT WASTE SITE HEALTH STUDY
03/06/1998   PA KENTUCKY BARGE CLEANING COMPANY SENTENCED
03/06/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES NEW SITES ON THE SUPERFUND NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
03/06/1998   PA IOWA COMPANY AND OWNER INDICTED
03/06/1998   PA EPA’S ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR SCREENING AND TESTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET MARCH 17 - 18 IN BALTIMORE
03/06/1998   PA WEST VIRGINIA MINE OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY
03/06/1998   PA FORMER SUPERVISOR ADMITS ILLEGAL ASBESTOS REMOVAL
03/06/1998   PA EPA TO HOST ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING NATIONAL POISON PREVENTION WEEK
03/06/1998   PA EPA SPONSORS TRAINING FOR INDUSTRIES REPORTING POLLUTION UNDER TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY PROGRAM
03/05/1998   TEN CALIFORNIA CITIES BEAT CARBON MONOXIDE POLLUTION
03/05/1998   PR EPA TO BETTER PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS
03/04/1998   Long Island Sound Grants Benefit Local Projects
03/03/1998   Trident Seafoods Improves Discharges to Alaskan Waters
03/03/1998   U.S. EPA PROPOSES PERMIT FOR PUNA GEOTHERMAL VENTURE
03/03/1998   EPA Orders PRASA To Stop Raw Sewage Discharges from Carolina, Seeks Fine
03/03/1998   EPA SETTLES WITH HOOKSETT, LONDONDERRY COMPANIES
03/03/1998   NTC VICE PRESIDENT GORE MARKS 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF CLINTON ADMINISTRATION REINVENTING GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE
03/02/1998   EPA DETAILS AGGRESSIVE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE CHARLES RIVER
February
02/27/1998   PA ASBESTOS ABATEMENT CONTRACTOR CHARGED
02/27/1998   PA EPA SEEKS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED RULE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CIVIL PENALTIES
02/27/1998   PA EPA “ENVIROFACTS” WEBSITE WINS AWARD
02/27/1998   PA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON SHIP SCRAPPING PROGRAMS
02/27/1998   PA AUDIT OF 1997 TSCA CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS CENTER COMPLETE
02/26/1998   Public Hearing Schedule on Changes to Storm Water Permits
02/26/1998   Public Meetings on Shrimp Farm Permits Scheduled
02/26/1998   EPA UNVEILS FINDINGS OF SOMERVILLE RECYCLING STUDY
02/26/1998   2nd Release - U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO JOIN CONGRESSMAN FRELINGHUYSEN AND MAYOR BOLCAR IN BOONTON, N.J. TO ANNOUNCE NEW FUNDING FOR PEPE FIELD SUPERFUND SITE
02/25/1998   EPA to Study Coeur d'Alene Basin Contamination
02/25/1998   U.S. EPA CITES HONOLULU POLICE GARAGE FOR LEAK DETECTION VIOLATIONS; WARNS FUEL TANK OWNERS OF LOOMING DECEMBER DEADLINE
02/25/1998   PR EPA ISSUES NEW REPORT ON AIR TOXICS FROM POWER PLANTS
02/23/1998   Alaska Arsenic Rules Changed
02/23/1998   Agreement Reached on Kachemak Bay Discharges
02/23/1998   EPA, DEP REMIND CONNECTICUT TANK OWNERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINE
02/23/1998   COMTAMINATED SOIL AND PCBs REMOVED FROM STOUGHTON YARD
02/20/1998   PA WASHINGTON STATE MAN INDICTED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE CLEAN AIR ACT
02/20/1998   PA TWO OKLAHOMA MEN CONVICTED TO HAZARDOUS WASTE AND DRUG VIOLATIONS
02/20/1998   PA MISSISSIPPI WOMAN ORDERED TO ANSWER PESTICIDE CHARGES
02/20/1998   PA MARYLAND COMPANY AND OWNER SENTENCED FOR CLEAN AIR ACT, CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
02/20/1998   PA TWO TENNESSEE MEN ARRESTED ON PESTICIDE CHARGES
02/20/1998   PA WASHINGTON STATE COMPANY AND FOUNDER SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
02/20/1998   PA FIVE PLEAD GUILTY TO CFC SCHEME
02/20/1998   PA EPA ISSUES FINAL DRINKING WATER CONTAMINANT CANDIDATE LIST
02/19/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO JOIN CONGRESSMAN FRELINGHUYSEN AND MAYOR BOLCAR IN BOONTON, N.J. TO ANNOUNCE
02/19/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO JOIN CONGRESSMAN FRELINGHUYSEN AND MAYOR BOLCAR IN BOONTON, N.J. TO ANNOUNCE
02/19/1998   NTC PRESIDENT CLINTON TODAY IN BALTIMORE ANNOUNCED A CLEAN WATER ACTION PLAN TO RESTORE AND PROTECT AMERICA'S WATERS
02/18/1998   GRANITEVILLE RECEIVES EPA FUNDING
02/17/1998   Longview Fibre Co. Issued $68,000 Complaint
02/13/1998   PA EPA SEEKS COMMENT PERIOD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTERIM GUIDANCE
02/13/1998   PA KENTUCKY BARGE CLEANING COMPANY CHARGED IN CRIMINAL CASE
02/13/1998   PA EPA ISSUES NEW LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR TOTAL RELEASE PESTICIDE FOGGERS
02/13/1998   PA EPA ISSUES POLICY FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE CERCLA SETTLEMENTS AT NPL CO-DISPOSAL SITES
02/12/1998   PR VICE PRESIDENT GORE LAUNCHES CLEANER CAR FOR AMERICA
02/11/1998   LARGEST-EVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL STUDY RELEASED
02/11/1998   PR BROWNER, IN RIGHT-TO-KNOW MOVE, SEEKS BETTER DRINKING WATER INFORMATION FOR CONSUMERS
02/10/1998   EPA Sets Public Meetings on Border XXI
02/10/1998   U.S. Moves To Finalize Revised PREPA Settlement
02/10/1998   EPA, DFS AND DEP REMIND MASSACHUSETTS TANK OWNERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINE
02/09/1998   EPA Criticizes Washington State Dept. of Agriculture
02/06/1998   PA EPA GIVES INDIAN TRIBES SAME RIGHTS AS STATES UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT
02/06/1998   PA EPA SOLICITS GRANTS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
02/06/1998   PA EPA PROPOSES TO REVOKE 871 TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE RESIDUES ON FOOD FROM PRIOR CANCELED USES
02/06/1998   PA ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING PLAN APPROVED
02/06/1998   PA PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESSMAN GIVEN 87-MONTH SENTENCE
02/06/1998   PA CINCINNATI STEEL COMPANY FINED AND ORDERED TO IMPROVE POLLUTION CONTROL
02/06/1998   PA TEXAS MAN ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES
02/06/1998   PA FLORIDA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DUMPING PLATING WASTE INTO SEWER
02/06/1998   PA TWO KENTUCKY MEN SENTENCED FOR SHAM RECYCLING SCHEME
02/06/1998   PA EPA AND ANDERSON CHEMICAL SIGN AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP NEW DETERGENTS UNDER DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
02/06/1998   PA EPA REISSUES STORM WATER CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PERMIT
02/05/1998   EPA Reclassifies Dallas/Fort Worth Air Quality
02/05/1998   Long Island Sound Plan Calls for Dramatic Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution Over 15 Years
02/05/1998   EPA FINES QUINCY OIL COMPANY FOR SELLING HIGH POLLUTING FUEL
02/04/1998   EPA - NEW ENGLAND KICKS-OFF 1998 POEM AND POSTER CONTEST
02/04/1998   EPA/DEP ISSUE PERMIT FOR DISCHARGES FROM THE DEER ISLAND TREATMENT PLANT -- STRINGENT POLLUTION LIMITS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS INCLUDED
02/03/1998   Plan To Dramatically Reduce Nitrogen Pollution in Long Island Sound
02/03/1998   Statement of John P. DeVillars EPA New England Administrator on Extension of Negotiation Period with General Electric February 2, 1998
02/03/1998   PR EPA DELIVERS ON SUPERFUND REFORM PROGRESS MAKING 1997 A STANDOUT YEAR FOR FASTER CLEANUPS AT LOWER COSTS
02/03/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR HANSEN TO JOIN MAYOR JOHNSON IN ROCHESTER, N.Y. TO DISCUSS PRESIDENT CLINTON’S RECORD ENVIRONMENTAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999
02/02/1998   NTC ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE PRESIDENT CLINTON’S FY99 BUDGET FOR EPA
02/02/1998   PR PRESIDENT CLINTON’S FY 1999 BUDGET FOR EPA: PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
January
01/30/1998   PA SOUTH DAKOTA COMPANY GUILTY OF CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
01/30/1998   PA WEYERHAEUSER PULP MILL COMPLETES FIRST YEAR IN XL PROGRAM
01/30/1998   NTC Carol M. Browner today issued the following statement regarding EPA-led negotiations to make available a cleaner car nationally
01/30/1998   PA EPA JOINS U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE IN CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE OCEAN
01/30/1998   PA EPA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS CONFERENCE
01/29/1998   EPA ISSUES ENFORCEMENT ORDER AGAINST CRANSTON METAL PLATING COMPANY
01/29/1998   EPA ANNOUNCES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AWARDS
01/29/1998   GENZYME FACES FEDERAL FINE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PROBLEMS AT CAMBRIDGE FACILITIES
01/28/1998   EPA SEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS, ANNOUNCES GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP IN WORCESTER
01/28/1998   BLOCK ISLAND POWER CO. TO UPGRADE PLANT AND PAY FINE IN SETTLEMENT WITH EPA
01/27/1998   Idaho Mining Company Settles $90,000 Penalty
01/27/1998   TREATMENT OPTIONS PROPOSED FOR INTERNATIONAL WASTEWATER PLANT
01/27/1998   PA U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER TO JOIN CINCINNATI MAYOR QUALLS TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED IN PRESIDENT CLINTON'S 1998 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
01/26/1998   U.S. EPA TO HOLD MEETING ON SAN GABRIEL/PUENTE VALLEY PLAN
01/23/1998   PA EPA ISSUES PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR SELF-CERTIFYING CHEMISTRY DATA ON PESTICIDES
01/23/1998   EPA COMPLETES SOIL CLEANUP AT SUPERFUND SITE IN SOMERS
01/23/1998   PA EPA ORDERS COMPANIES TO STOP SELLING HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS THAT MAKE UNLAWFUL CLAIMS ABOUT PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
01/23/1998   PA MICHIGAN MEN SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT
01/23/1998   PA CALIFORNIA POULTRY FARM PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
01/23/1998   PA EPA EMPLOYEES RECEIVE "HAMMER"AWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY-BASED TRAINING
01/23/1998   PA COLORADO MILL MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN AIR ACT VIOLATIONS
01/23/1998   PA EPA’S ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO MEET IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
01/23/1998   PR EPA AND ASARCO INC. SIGN LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENT; AFFECTS 38 ASARCO PLANTS NATIONWIDE
01/23/1998   NTC MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROWNER WILL DISCUSS A MILESTONE AGREEMENT FOR REINVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION FOR THE METAL FINISHING INDUSTRY IN ORLANDO, FLA.
01/23/1998   PR NEW EPA REPORT STRESSES NEED FOR CONTINUED AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
01/16/1998   Louisiana Title VI Investigation Schedule Revision Announced
01/16/1998   U.S. EPA, EAST PALO ALTO KICK OFF SECOND ROUND OF TRAINING
01/16/1998   PA OREGON COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
01/16/1998   PA FLORIDA SOIL TREATMENT FACILITY CHARGED WITH CLEAN AIR VIOLATIONS
01/16/1998   PA FLORIDA MEN SENTENCED FOR EXPOSING HOMELESS TO ASBESTOS
01/16/1998   PA FLORIDA COMPANY AND OFFICERS SENTENCED IN FIREWORKS BLAZE
01/16/1998   PA NEW ENGLAND OIL SPILL RESULTS IN HEAVY PENALTIES
01/16/1998   PA FLORIDA AUTO SALVAGE COMPANY CHARGED IN WASTE CASE
01/16/1998   PA EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON DRAFT BROCHURE TO INFORM CONSUMERS ABOUT PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD
01/15/1998   EPA Joins Representative Robert Menendez and Mayor Bollwage in Elizabeth for Brownfields Award
01/15/1998   EPA Takes Superfund Action on Lead Contaminated Yards in Brisas Del Rosario with Support from ATSDR, EQB and Local Government
01/14/1998   EPA, DEC REMIND VERMONT TANK OWNERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINE
01/12/1998   EVENT WILL KICK OFF TRAINING AND HONOR EAST PALO ALTO GRADUATES
01/12/1998   NEW BEDFORD COMPANY FACES STATE AND FEDERAL FINES
01/09/1998   PA ILLINOIS RAILROAD FINED $500,000
01/09/1998   PA HAZARDOUS WASTE AND WEAPONS CHARGES AGAINST CALIFORNIA MAN
01/09/1998   PA MICHIGAN CITIZEN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL METHYL PARATHION APPLICATION
01/09/1998   PA IDAHO CEO AND COMPANY PLEAD GUILTY IN HAZARDOUS WASTE CASE
01/09/1998   PA EPA ANNOUNCES IT WON’T EXTEND TOLERANCES FOR USE OF BROMOXYNIL ON COTTON
01/09/1998   PA EPA MODIFIES SUBSTANCE AND THRESHOLD LEVELS UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT 112(r)
01/09/1998   PA EPA ISSUES ALERT ON AMMONIUM NITRATE
01/09/1998   PA EPA SPEEDS UP ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS
01/09/1998   PA EPA AMENDS PROPOSED TEST RULE FOR 21 HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
01/08/1998   U.S. EPA, NOAA CALL FOR REVISION OF STATE PLAN ON COASTAL RUNOFF
01/08/1998   EPA OFFERS ASSISTANCE IN REDEVELOPING CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
01/07/1998   PR EPA RELEASES NATIONAL INVENTORY OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS
01/07/1998   Hot Line Operators Find Speedy Answers to Environmental Questions
01/06/1998   Air Sampling of Pocatello's FMC To Be Revisited
01/06/1998   U.S. EPA TESTS SHOW MCFARLAND MUNICIPAL WATER WELLS SAFE TO DRINK
01/06/1998   N. ANDOVER, MA, WASTE HANDLER FACES ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
01/06/1998   CONNECTICUT COMPANY FACES ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
01/06/1998   EPA PROPOSES FINE FOR DOVER COMPANY
01/05/1998   EPA SETTLES SAFE DRINKING WATER CASE IN ANDOVER, MAINE

 

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