Court: BP must pay Clean Water Act fines for spillBy JANET McCONNAUGHEY
California water quality regulators have proposed levying $3.75 million in fines against National Beef for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act at its Brawley, Calif., plant. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board for the Colorado River Basin Region said in an April 18 statement tha...
After decades of dispute, the Supreme Court’s decision inSackett v. EPAnow provides a clear, uniform interpretation of the phrase “waters of the United States” in the federal Clean Water Act. The significant effect of this decision will be to confirm limits on the kinds of wetlands ...
Requirements of this title completely replace prior enforcement provisions in theClean Air ActAmendments of 1977. Enforcement actions include higher maximum fines and terms of imprisonment. Seriousness of violations was upgraded and liabilities targeted at senior management rather than on-site operators. ...
While these measures were initially introduced on a voluntary basis last year, the government has now established fines for non-compliance, with penalties of up to CAD $250,000 under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. These enforcement measures will promote the protection of Canada’s oceans and ma...
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EPA Fines DuPont for Clean Air Act Violations 13.01.2015 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined DuPont $531,000 for violating provisions of the Clean Air Act at its chemical manufacturing plant in Deepwater, New Jersey... News DuPont Fined Nearly $1.3 Million for Disch...
We can, for example, use cross-subsidies so rates of wealthier users can guarantee access for poorer consumers, issue municipal water stamps (akin to food stamps), put water pollution fines into an affordability fund, and pay for water source protection through the U.S. Department of ...
Congress mandated the EPA to control stormwater discharges according to the Clean Water Act of 1972. Among the EPA regulations is a requirement to monitor stormwater facility performance to help ensure intended pollution control goals are reached. Meeting that compliance directive has not been easy, ...
and fines for violators. It is important, however, to note that 70% of them said a SEA on available energy generation options must be done before South Africa decides whether to allow UOG extraction. Finally, when asked whether South Africa can protect groundwater resources effectively by regul...