The Birmingham, Ala.-based, cast iron pipe manufacturer will answer to 400 violations of environmental laws over the last 10 years with a $4 million fine, $9 million in supplemental projects, and more than $7 million for corrective measures
Effective July 8, a new directive extends to Sept. 30 a yearlong NEP. It specifies programmed inspections in three regions and unprogrammed ones in the other seven OSHA regions.
Company's Food Safety Response Center developed methods to detect petroleum contamination specifically for the Gulf of Mexico spill.
How one environmental cleanup firm managed a sodium chlorate spill in an active rail yard from cradle-to-grave.
Joseph LaDou says discontinuing the global use of all forms of asbestos, including chrysotile asbestos, would prevent all asbestos-related diseases.
In the next phase, EPA will test the acute toxicity of multiple concentrations of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil and the dispersants.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission rule would set requirements for Category 1 and 2 radioactive materials and shipments of small amounts of irradiated reactor fuel.
The Department of Environmental Quality has approved the pilot take-back program, which begins today.
The leak at Pacific Seafood Group's warehouse and distribution center apparently was caused by an incorrect setting on a pressure relief valve.
EPA is giving remodelers and contractors more time to get trained; the new enforcement deadline is Oct. 1.
Oxarc, which has agreed to pay more than $19,000, did not update its Risk Management Program, according to EPA.
In new interim guidance, the agency is encouraging employees to be involved during Risk Management Program inspections.
EPA is investigating suspected vapor intrusion at the General Services Administration's Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is the keynote speaker of the July 7-8 event in Baltimore.
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Electrolytic Technologies Corporation's Klorigen was designated a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology this year.
The finding will allow the U.S. Army to implement control approaches at incineration sites and continue to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention accord.
The company's Munox product naturally biodegrades petroleum.
The sorbent material recently was approved for use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.