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EPA levies $2.5M penalty against US cement maker

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:09:46 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - The Environmental Protection Agency levied a $2.5 million penalty against a big cement maker and required the company to invest $30 million in pollution controls at plants in nine states alleged to have violated the federal Clean Air Act.

Some Lincoln homeowners have questions about plant

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:41:43 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - People who live near a lead recycling plant site in Lincoln have raised questions and suspicions about a recently released contamination report.

Residents: Action needed on NM mine due to cancer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:05:35 -0400

GRANTS, New Mexico - Federal officials need to either move the waste from an abandoned uranium mill near Milan or relocate the owners of about 75 nearby homes, western New Mexico residents told a top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official on Tuesday.

Fed: fracking study won't be done until 2016

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:24 -0400

CLEVELAND - A comprehensive government study of the effects of shale gas drilling on water quality and the environment won't be completed until 2016, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said this week during an Ohio conference.

EPA report critical of Wash. oversight at Hanford

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:04:19 -0400

YAKIMA, Washington - A new report released Tuesday faults Washington state for lax oversight at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, saying the state employs too few inspectors and gives advance notice of inspections to the federal agency charged with managing the cleanup.

Audit questions $6M in labor charges by NM agency

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:32:23 -0400

SANTA FE, New Mexico - Federal auditors are recommending that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recover more than $6 million in grant funding from New Mexico.

EPA cleans up mercury inside central Indiana house

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:46:43 -0400

ELWOOD, Indiana - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it's cleaning up a large amount of toxic mercury found at a residence in a small central Indiana city.

Oregon Editorial Rdp

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:25:51 -0400

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Environmental group sues feds over Idaho water

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:50:16 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - An environmental group is suing federal water and wildlife agencies, contending that the agencies have long delayed taking the steps needed to protect Idaho's water quality.

Lawmaker: Remove radioactive waste from landfill

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:01:44 -0400

ST. LOUIS - A suburban St. Louis lawmaker on Monday called for the removal of nuclear waste from a landfill near Lambert Airport, citing concerns about an underground fire nearby.

McCain presses Obama on secret emails

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:43:28 -0400

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday questioned President Barack Obama about his political appointees' use of secret government email accounts at work, saying that Congress cannot tell the American people what its government is doing if it creates a "secret alternate communications network."

Feds announce Sheboygan River clean-up complete

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:26:45 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - Federal environmental officials say work to clean up contamination in the Sheboygan River is finished.

City sewer fix will cost up to $13M

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:05:26 -0400

GREENVILLE, Mississippi - Greenville Mayor John Cox says the city will undertake a multimillion dollar, five-year program to upgrade the aging sewer system.

Toxic waste left at abandoned Douglas County mine

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:36:23 -0400

EUGENE, Oregon - Taxpayers will have to spend $5.6 million to $13 million to partially clean up a defunct mining company's abandoned mess at the Formosa Mine on Silver Butte in Douglas County, according to a review by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Arch wants appeals court to rehear W.Va. mine case

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:10:52 -0400

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine.

KC hospital gets $200K EPA grant

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:07:56 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A Kansas City hospital has been awarded a $200,000 federal grant to teach health care students about environmental hazards that can affect children in their homes.

Wausau gets $400,000 from EPA for riverfront

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:35:13 -0400

WAUSAU, Wisconsin - The federal government is giving the city of Wausau $400,000 in grants to help clean up its riverfront.

Puerto Rico waste-to-energy plan gets key permit

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:53:53 -0400

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The U.S. government approved a key permit Tuesday that helps pave the way for construction of a waste-to-energy plant in Puerto Rico that local environmentalists have long opposed.

EPA fines St. Joseph for sewer overflows

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:59:30 -0400

ST. JOSEPH, Missouri - The city of St. Joseph will pay the federal government $28,000 for sewer overflows that released untreated wastewater into tributaries of the Missouri River.

Error led to water quality concern in Ponchatoula

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:35:21 -0400

PONCHATOULA, Louisiana - Ponchatoula officials say an error in the state's collection or testing procedures caused worries among some residents that the city's water contained levels of a chemical far in excess of that considered acceptable by environmental officials.

EPA regional head to tour NY Superfund sites

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:04:35 -0400

EAST FISHKILL, New York - The Environmental Protection Agency's regional head will tour several Superfund sites in the Hudson Valley.

Begich: Didn't support Pebble study extension

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:35:21 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - U.S. Sen. Mark Begich says he didn't support a federal decision extending the comment period on a study of large mining impacts in the Bristol Bay region.

Wash. U gets 300K for climate research

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:20:13 -0400

ST. LOUIS - Washington University in St. Louis has been awarded a federal grant of about $300,000 for climate research.

McKinley: New coal-ash bill tackles EPA concerns

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:13:17 -0400

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - For two years, one of the two professional engineers in Congress has pushed a bill to let states regulate fly ash from coal-fired power plants, a move U.S. Rep. David McKinley says would benefit coal and power companies and the construction industry he's worked in since the 1960s.

Co. targeted for NJ Superfund site files lawsuit

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:47:36 -0400

NEWARK, New Jersey - A company blamed for lead pollution at a site along the Raritan Bay says it is being unfairly targeted and others - including the town of Old Bridge and the state of New Jersey - are mainly responsible for the mess and should share the cost of the cleanup.