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Ohio Explosives Manufacturing Operator to Pay $2.3 Million Over Clear Water Act Violations

Austin Powder Company, owner and operator of the Red Diamond explosives manufacturing plant located near McArthur, Ohio, has agreed to implement significant upgrades to that facility’s wastewater treatment operations to resolve numerous Clean Water Act violations. It will also pay …

Former Massachusetts Power Plant Manager Sentenced for Emissions Fraud

A former manager of a western Massachusetts power plant has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to tampering with emissions equipment and submitting bogus reports to regulators in violation of the federal Clean Air Act. Fred Baker, of Southampton …

2 Louisiana Parishes File Suits Against Oil Companies

Two southeast Louisiana parishes filed multiple lawsuits against numerous oil and gas companies, claiming they failed to restore damage their operations did to coastal areas while releasing toxic pollutants, in violation of state law. Attorneys for Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes …