Clean Air Act violations News

Ohio Petrochemicals Company to Pay $1.1 Million for Clean Air Act Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a settlement with Altivia Petrochemicals LLC for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its petrochemical manufacturing facility in Haverhill, Ohio. The company will pay a $1,112,500 civil penalty, improve leak detection …

Michigan Diesel Company Fined $10 Million Over Clean Air Act Violations

On Aug. 29, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan awarded a default judgment, granting the proposed $10 million civil penalty against Diesel Ops LLC and Orion Diesel LLC of Waterford, Michigan. The violations the United States …

EPA Fines Ohio-Based Autosales $600,000 over Clean Air Act Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that Ohio-based Autosales, Inc. will pay a $600,000 penalty under the Clean Air Act for illegally selling aftermarket products that alter vehicles’ emissions-control systems – known popularly as defeat devices – across …

Indiana Metalworking Lubricants Company to Pay $310,000 over Clean Air Act Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management announced a settlement on August 5 with Metalworking Lubricants Co. for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its used oil processing facility in Indianapolis. Under the terms …

Illinois HVAC Company to Pay $29,000 Penalty Over Clean Air Act Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with JTR Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. in Monee, Illinois, to resolve alleged violations of Clean Air Act stratospheric ozone regulations. EPA’s consent agreement and final order with JTR resolves alleged violations …

Louisiana Automotive Tuning Company to Pay $3.1 Million Over Clean Air Act Violations

Louisiana-based company Power Performance Enterprises Inc. (PPEI) and its President and owner, Kory B. Willis, pleaded guilty to criminal charges March 15 in federal court in Sacramento, California. Both defendants pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act …

Texas Oilfield Company Charged With Workers Safety, Environmental Crimes

A federal grand jury in Midland, Texas, returned an indictment charging an oilfield company and an executive of the company with worker safety and environmental crimes. According to court documents, Aghorn Operating Inc. owns and operates oil wells and leases …

West Texas Gas Companies to Pay $8M on Fines, Compliance After Worker Deaths

The U.S. Justice Department said five subsidiaries of West Texas Gas Inc. will spend $8 million on fines and compliance measures to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations and claims resulting from fatal chemical accidents. The companies will pay up …

Texas Plastics Company to Pay Nearly $3M for Clean Air Act Violations

A plastics company will pay $2.85 million in civil penalties to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at its petrochemical manufacturing plant in Point Comfort, Texas, federal environmental protection officials said. Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, also agreed improve its risk …

Iowa Chemical Plant to Pay $80K for 2019 Spill that Hurt Worker

A Waterloo, Iowa, chemical plant will pay a nearly $80,000 civil penalty to settle violations of federal Clean Air Act following a spill last year that hurt a worker there, federal officials said. The federal Environmental Protection Agency said in …