Three different federal agencies are monitoring air quality in and around the spill for the environment and worker health.
Two New Bedford Harbor fishing piers will install marine power pedestals that will provide electricity to vessels, eliminating the need to idle diesel engines and thereby lower emissions of particulate matter and other gases.
The Barnett Shale Energy Education Council hired Titan Engineering to evaluate emissions near Fort Worth and Arlington.
The Environmental Integrity Project, Texas Campaign for the Environment and Environment Texas filed a notice of intent to sue to the Lower Colorado River Authority for its Fayette Power Project's inability to even meet flexible air permit standards.
After inspecting five construction projects in Maricopa County, Ariz., county officials found particulate matter violations.
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
GEI will monitor vapor phase, fugitive dust and odor emissions, reporting the results to the project management team for implementation of appropriate control and mitigation measures.
Joseph LaDou says discontinuing the global use of all forms of asbestos, including chrysotile asbestos, would prevent all asbestos-related diseases.
Cutan, which increases a plant's resistance to water, is an efficient sorbent for organic compounds in soil, the study found.
EnergySolutions, Perma-Fix, Philo-Technics, and Studsvik will be awarded task orders for treatment over the next five years with a maximum contract value of $24.9 million.
The agency said its suspects that MotorScience Enterprise intentionally submitted false or incomplete emissions information on gas-powered off road motorcycles and all terrain vehicles.
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.
Oxarc, which has agreed to pay more than $19,000, did not update its Risk Management Program, according to EPA.
The agency has rejected the Texas Council on Environmental Quality's flexible permit program.
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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