The MPCA completed 68 enforcement cases in 41 Minnesota counties during just the second quarter of 2014 (April-June). The civil penalties collected due to these violations exceed $735,000. The MPCA has 107 environmental enforcement investigations that are ongoing and may…
Department of Toxic Substances Control (California) Files Complaint Against FedEx Ground
The Bullet: DTSC alleges that FedEx Ground committed more than 1,500 acts resulting in multiple violations of California hazardous waste regulations. These acts took place at each of FedEx’s thirty-one terminals throughout California. Alleged violations stem from improper management of…
Pennsylvania Company Guilty Plea and $1.2 Million Fine for Improper Storage of Explosive Hazardous Waste
The Bullet: The generator of a hazardous waste violated basic requirements of the hazardous waste regulations. And, as a consequence, also violated the Hazardous Material Regulations of the PHMSA/USDOT. These avoidable violations have resulted in significant criminal violations for this…
USEPA Announces $3.6 Million Made Available for Environmental Job Training Grants
The Bullet: A lot of money ($3.6 million, to be exact) was made available to a variety of organizations to provide training in unspecified environmental disciplines for the unemployed and underemployed in their area. Who: United States Environmental Protection Agency…
Illegal Handling and Disposal of Hazardous Waste Results in $18.1 Million Settlement for Lowe’s
The Bullet: Lowe’s stores throughout California were busted by the California DTSC for gross violations of state and Federal hazardous waste regulations. Lowe’s agreed to pay a settlement of $18.1 million. Who: The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), DTSC’s…
Ammunition Manufacturing Facility in Anoka, MN Find $44,500 by MPCA for Hazardous Waste Violations
The Bullet: Federal Cartridge Company has been fined and required to take corrective actions as a result of hazardous waste violations at its ammunition manufacturing facility in Anoka, MN. Read the press release: Federal Cartridge Company in Anoka penalized for…
Cathode Ray Tube Recycling Facility Fined by Arizona DEQ
The Bullet: Dlubak Glass, based in Blairsville, PA will pay a fine of $120,000 to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations. Read the ADEQ press release: Arizona DEQ fines…
Hazardous and Solid Waste Violations at Crow Wing County Landfill
The Bullet: A county landfill has paid a civil penalty of $12k for its illegal acceptance of liquid hazardous waste. View the release from the MPCA: Crow Wing County Landfill penalized for hazardous and solid waste violations Who: Crow Wing…
MassDEP Enforces the Massachusetts Landfill Ban With 98 Notices of Non-Compliance in the Past Year
Even those states without authorized hazardous waste programs under RCRA (Iowa, Alaska, & Puerto Rico) are responsible for the management of non-hazardous solid waste within their state. While regulations for hazardous waste find their authority in Subtitle C of the…
Baltimore Companies Pay Fines to USEPA for Alleged Violations of RCRA
The regulations enacted under the authority of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) and its many amendments are enforced by both the USEPA and States if they have an authorized hazardous waste program. In this situation, though its state regulations…