Before the Motors Liquidation Company can demolish several buildings at the Massena, N.Y., site, it must decontaminate the buildings and their contents and sample and remove contaminated soil.
EPA's enforcement of mining and minerals processing "leaked" over to chemical manufacturing because the company shipped spent acid to a facility not authorized to accept it.
The Department of Transportation and EPA are offering two proposals for public comment: a letter grade to communicate a vehicle’s overall fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions performance or a label similar to the current one that uses miles per gallon but adds comparison data on fuel economy and emissions.
In a multi-part series of articles, Rick Harrison, president of Rick Harrison Site Design Studio, will explain some of the problems in land development today and how innovative methods collectively known as "Prefurbia" can help to overcome them.
The agency says the company is exceeding its permitted industrial wastewater discharge, which is piped to Tonawanda's sanitary sewer system.
The landowner and the company he hired to perform excavation to create an earthen dam will pay a $30,000 civil penalty.
Inter-American Development Bank and The Coca-Cola Foundation have provided for funds for the program's expansion.
Federal and Tennessee agencies have determined that any coal ash remaining in the river presents minimal health risks to recreational users.
The company makes pentachloronitrobenzene, a fungicide used on turf, and was ordered to stop selling the product because it did not identify trace impurities in its confidential statement of formula.
EPA is taking comments through the state of Montana on the Tribe's assertion of authority.
Plant and system modifications will enable the 52,000-square-foot plant to achieve its 50,000-metric-ton design capacity.
The decree addresses the cost allocation between the federal and state governments, not the scope of the cleanup or site end-state decisions for the West Valley Demonstration Project and the Western New York Nuclear Service Center
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, glaciers in the Himalaya are a major source of fresh water and supply meltwater to all of the rivers in northern India.
Patrick Phillips, chief executive officer of the Urban Land Institute, notes progress but cautions against suburban sprawl.
The agency has reviewed more than 38,000 Top Screens and 6,000 Security Vulnerability Assessments and is planning on conducting between 30 and 40 preliminary authorization inspections per month.
EPA's Lisa Jackson announced the agency's new right-to-know policy in late May.
The agency is not considering taking action on whether the lead content in hunting ammunition poses an undue threat to wildlife, said Steve Owens, assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
Some members of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates say the EPA's proposed emission limits are unachievable.
Invasive mussels can clog water intake and delivery pipes and dam intake gates, among other thiings.
CH2M Hill to implement the technology for the second largest U.S. coal producer.