Late last week, the EPA announced that Dow Chemical Company, after 5+ years of investigations and inspections, violations and corrections, has finally settled with both the EPA and the Department of Justice, agreeing to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation [...]
Archive for the ‘RCRA’ Category
7 Jul
Gene Green’s Mean, Clean, E-Waste Controlling Machine
Gene Green has earned his surname. The House Rep. has joined forces with Rep. Mike Thompson in an effort to pass the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act (H.R. 2284), legislation that would put some much-needed restrictions on e-waste that flows out of the U.S. and into developing nations. Specifically, the Act adds a new section – [...]
22 Mar
Nu-West vs. United States, CERCLA, RCRA, and More
A few weeks ago we reported on a recent Form 6-K filed by Agrium Inc – the parent company of Nu-West Industries – in which they disclosed earlier investigations by both the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) and the EPA regarding facility- and industry-wide compliance with CERCLA, as well as possible violations of RCRA [...]
30 Dec
Is the EPA’s Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Coal Ash Rule Flawed?
Just over two years has passed since the Kingston, TN coal ash spill, but according to the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), federal proposals to regulate coal ash dumps are still “being held up by concerns that stricter standards would depress markets for coal-ash recycling.” In December of 2008, more than 1 billion gallons of coal [...]
3 Nov
Bankruptcy Won’t Make RCRA Obligations Disappear
Early last month, the Supreme Court declined to review the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Apex Oil Co. v. United States, indicating that debtors who file for bankruptcy may not be off the hook for environmental cleanup obligations under RCRA. Apex Oil Company is the corporate successor to the Clark Oil & Refining [...]
