The Texas environmental agency said it has been using the Qualified Facilities Rule since 1996.
Inspectors found open, unlabeled and leaking hazardous waste containers, among other things, at the Kimball, Neb., facility.
EPA and 22 states have completed air quality testing and are now examining data from 65 schools near large industrial facilities and in urban areas.
Justice department orders the company to pay an $80,000 fine, nearly $180,000 in penalties and serve more than 3 years of probation for trying to dispose of paint waste and spent solvents in a large pile of sawdust.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has quarantined specific areas, and if you are moving from one of them, you had better get an inspection certificate.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds helped to speed DOE's project to remove about 2,300 cubic feet of radioactive waste from California.
Lead paint rule spurred RTI International to develop a method that uses a simple, portable turbidity meter that measures the amount of light blocked by suspended particles in solution.
A jury found two brothers guilty of fraud, violating the Clean Air Act, and illegally dumping asbestos in Poland, N.Y. Their father pleaded guilty before the trial.
Cynthia Dougherty will start the agency's outreach campaign to build a new drinking strategy at the American Water Works Association conference.
Agency is in discussions with Makhteshim Agan of North America, the insecticide's manufacturer.
Exelon Corporation must drill new test wells and more to investigate the 2009 leak of radioactive tritium into aquifers below the plant.
EPA to send its data and methodologies to the Science Advisory Board and also will solicit public comment on the science.
EPA will hold three public hearings on rules cutting toxic emissions from boilers and solid waste incinerators in Virginia, Texas, and California.
In addition to penalties, the settlement requires ADOT and its contractors to implement a comprehensive stormwater quality training program for its employees.
Recycling business allegedly poured industrial cleaner into storm drain leading to the Fox River, resulting in a fish kill.
Sewage treatment plants are missing a whole other source of pollution – nitrogenous matter – when only the BOD5 test is used.
New Jersey lawyer James Kosch suggests that a U.S. law similar to Europe's REACH law also could lower protection for trade secrets.