The proposed rules apply to both multiple hearth and fluidized bed incinerators.
New disposal regulations may prevent pharmaceuticals from reaching drinking water sources.
The Center for Progressive Reform's new study recommends regulators apply the "precautionary principle" to assess risks and needed safeguards.
EPA and the Justice Department announced the penalty and posted the consent decree that has been filed in a Houston federal court. It is a record civil penalty for Clean Air Act violations at an single facility.
The report from U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the money will be used for recovery through a coordinated federal, state and local, long-term strategy
The company will pay a $1.25 million civil penalty, upgrade pollution control technologies, and install covers on two wastewater tanks as a supplemental environmental project.
The U.S. Geological Survey compiled data since the early 1990s to discover that efforts to decrease nutrients in waterbodies have not succeeded.
These additions and recent cleanups have changed the number of National Priorities List sites from 1,627 to 1,343 final and proposed sites.
The Lamp Section of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association clearly wants to move forward on energy efficiency but is complaining that new legislation will make that more difficult.
The agency says existing technology will be able to capture mercury waste from dental amalgams.
UK-based businesses have to meet a Sept. 30 deadline to register for the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment.
In an independent review, a team found that the Department of Environmental Protection's program for oil and gas wells is well managed and meets its objectives.
The company excavated contaminated soil near and under parts of the Brook Village parking lot in North Providence, R.I., at a cost of about $1.7 million.
The health risk and liabilities of this hazardous substance cost too much to ignore; the best approach is to eliminate the problem.
The group will review and discuss in a public meeting final changes to its report.
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce spokesman said that the federal agency is trying to fix flexible permitting, but the process was not broken.
The council and 23 other associations are asking both houses of Congress to rein in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA is reissuing permits for significant wastewater facilities to protect the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay.
The agency is "drilling down to bedrock" to uncover the impact of the process on drinking water sources.
With just a few days' notice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set a public hearing on its temporary permitting plan, which will be used for large greenhouse gas emitters in states that aren't ready to manage the process.