EPA News

Indiana Steel Mill Processor Fined $190K for Clean Air Act Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act with Phoenix Global, a company in Burns Harbor, Indiana, that processes slag from a steel mill. The company paid $190,860 in penalties. Slag is …

EPA Considers Weakening Regulations on Coal Ash Disposal

In 2022, federal officials rebuked a major coal plant next to the Ohio River for letting coal waste — in a pile so big it could fill the Dallas Cowboys’ football stadium twice over — threaten groundwater with heavy metal …

Study Finds High Rates of Cancer Near Hazardous San Jacinto River Waste Pits

Texans living in a 250-square-mile area of Harris County that includes a hazardous Superfund site had abnormally high rates of certain types of cancer, according to a new assessment from the state’s health department. The study, which was published earlier …

‘World’s Largest Truck Stop’ Fined $390K by EPA

Two truck stops in Iowa and Missouri – Iowa 80, advertised as “the world’s largest truck stop,” and Joplin 44 – agreed to pay a combined $390,784 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the …

Kansas Cattle Farms Fined for Clean Water Act Violations

Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), …

Toxic Traces of Lead Mining in Missouri Are Hard to Erase

To see the toxic legacy of lead mining in the US and understand the complicated task of cleaning it up, all one has to do is look at Richard Rankin’s backyard in Missouri. The septic system of his home in …

Power Company to Pay $61M Over Emissions Violations at Eastern Missouri Plant

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order on Dec. 17 requiring Ameren Missouri to spend $61 million on projects intended to mitigate violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), including 14 years of …

Supreme Court to Hear Dispute Over California Tailpipe Emissions, EV Standards

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by fuel producers to challenge California’s standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law in a major case testing the Democratic-governed state’s power to …

Company Settles for $250K Over Hazardous Waste Claims at California Facility

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with a firm over claims of violations of hazardous waste regulations at the company’s facility in Irvine, California. Edwards Lifesciences LLC will pay a civil penalty of $250,000 and certify it is …

Louisiana Community Protest Approval Process for Ammonia Plant

ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted up a notch with a challenge to the state’s approval process. The battle over the plant is occurring despite the …