Hazardous Waste Program Articles & Analysis
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EPA states that the Safer Choice program helps consumers and purchasers for facilities, such as schools and office buildings, find products that perform and are safer for human health and the environment. ...
Metro Waste was established in 1969 and now operates numerous sites around the Metro area. This includes landfills, transfer stations, a compost facility, a household hazardous waste facility, and recycling programs. Covering the Corners The folks at Metro Waste have always taken a proactive approach when it ...
The public comment period on the proposed revisions to the hazardous waste management program closed just before the end of 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed these regulations to ”address gaps in the regulations, provide greater flexibility for hazardous waste generators to manage ...
The work done by the agency includes inspections, program implementation to ensure clean beaches and safe drinking water, permit writing, and enforcement. The funding will enable GEPA to continue a host of ongoing environmental programs including: Reducing non-point source pollution in the Ugum watershed, a key drinking water source for southern Guam, through ...
CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ) is receiving an additional $2.3 million to support environmental program operations; $1.9 million went to BECQ in July and another $400,000 is being awarded now. ...
ASEPA, the agency that implements the environmental programs, will receive over $2.2 million to support air, water, and land inspections, monitor the safety of beaches and drinking water, clean up sites contaminated by waste, improve piggery compliance, and respond to emergencies. Additionally, for the first time ASEPA will also receive $292,000 in 2015-2016 ...
EPA conducted a site inspection at EBMUD wastewater treatment plant in 2014 under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and found that the facility accepted shipments of regulated hazardous wastes without proper permitting. In addition, the facility failed to label certain containers of hazardous waste. ...
” Superfund is the federal cleanup program established by Congress in 1980 to investigate and clean up the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The Superfund program operates on the principle that polluters should pay for the cleanups, rather than passing the costs to taxpayers. ...
Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with Lynx Enterprises, a metal finishing firm in Tracy, Calif., for its failure to comply with federal hazardous waste management regulations. The company agreed to pay a total of $28,750 in civil penalty and spend an additional $108,000 to develop hazardous waste training ...
Environmental Protection Agency has awarded over $1.9 million to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands in federal funds for CNMI environmental programs to continue environmental protection work. “CNMI will continue to actively pursue its goals of clean air, water and land,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator. “This funding will ...
Recruitment efforts will focus on individuals living in areas affected by hazardous waste sites. Key partners include St. Louis Development Corporation, Eastern Missouri Laborers District Council, Connections to Success, St. ...
Recruitment efforts will focus on individuals living in areas affected by hazardous waste sites. Key partners include St. Louis Development Corporation, Eastern Missouri Laborers District Council, Connections to Success, St. ...
Recruitment efforts will focus on individuals living in areas affected by hazardous waste sites. Key partners include St. Louis Development Corporation, Eastern Missouri Laborers District Council, Connections to Success, St. ...
The grant comes from EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. Announcement of the grant was made this morning in St. Louis by EPA Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus, the top official of the Agency’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, during his remarks to the most recent group of 10 new graduates ...
Its violations included: failure to notify of hazardous waste activity; failure to develop and implement a hazardous waste inspection program, and failure to properly manage universal wastes such as fluorescent light bulbs. Hazardous waste regulations under RCRA ...
“We urge anyone who finds mercury stored in their home to contact the Yakima County Hazardous Waste program at (509) 574-2450. Correct handling and disposal will avoid an unfortunate incident like this, which was difficult for the family and resulted in a lot of belongings that had to be ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $112,000 to the Mescalero Apache Tribe of N.M. as part of the General Assistance Program (GAP). The tribe will use the funds to administer its environmental program and assist in developing of the multimedia programs to address environmental issues. The tribe will also develop a quality ...
The inspections revealed violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) related to the storage and handling of hazardous waste at each facility. The company has agreed to pay a $19,040 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated RCRA. ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $205,000 to the Inter Tribal Environmental Council of the Cherokee Nation in Okla. as part of the General Assistance Program (GAP). The tribe will use the funds to administer their environmental program and assist in the developing multimedia programs to address environmental issues. The ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $110,000 to the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Okla. as part of the General Assistance Program (GAP). The tribe will use the funds to manage environmental programs and strengthen its environmental protection program. ...