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EPA and DOJ settle with DELCORA.

2015-08-20 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

EPA and DOJ announced settlement with Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations involving combined sewer overflows to the Delaware River and its tributaries. Based on information submitted by DELCORA, EPA estimates that the Authority could spend as much as $200 million to implement an overflow control plan that complies with terms of Clean Water Act. DELCORA must also pay $1.375 million penalty for prior violations.

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EPA methane crackdown wins endorsement from oil icon Texas foundation

2015-08-20 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Fuel Fix: The Obama administration just won an unlikely ally in its push to slash methane emissions from oil wells and gas processing facilities. The philanthropic organization that is a legacy of George Mitchell, the father of fracking, endorsed the proposal as a prudent regulatory strategy. The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundations move breaks with oil and gas industry leaders who say the rules would hike costs and throttle domestic energy development. The Environmental Protection Agency...

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EPA proposes new rules to cut down methane emissions from oil and gas industry

2015-08-20 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new standards to reduce methane and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from the oil and natural gas industry.

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Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Slashed by U.S. EPA

2015-08-19 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: New standards to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, volatile organic compounds and air toxics from the oil and gas industry were issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday. The proposal is a part of the administration's strategy under President Barack Obama's Climate Action Plan to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45 percent from 2012 levels by 2025. But the American Petroleum Institute, an industry group, says the new standards are...

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Clean Harbors Makes Changes to California Facility Following EPA Clean Water Act Settlement

2015-08-19 08:58:00| Waste Age

Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc., the parent company of Safety-Kleen Inc., has taken steps to fix the alleged Clean Water Act violations recently leveled by the US Environmental Protection Agency on Safety-Kleens vegetable oil terminal and packaging facility in Newark, Calif. read more

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