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Transocean Agrees To Plead Guilty To Environmental Crime And Enter Civil Settlement To Resolve U.S. Clean Water Act Penalty Claims From Deepwater Horizon Incident
2013-01-04 08:28:28| oilandgasonline News Articles
Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) and to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties, for its conduct in relation to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of Justice announced recently. The criminal information, and a proposed partial civil consent decree to resolve the U.S. government’s civil penalty claims against Transocean Deepwater Inc. and related entities were filed today in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
U.S. Announces Clean Air Act Settlement with Wisconsin Utility
2013-01-04 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
According to settlement announced by U.S. EPA and U.S. Department of Justice, Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) will invest ~$300 million in pollution control technology, pay $1.2 million civil penalty, and spend $6 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations. Settlement requires 2 power plants – Pulliam plant in Green Bay, WI and Weston plant in Rothschild, WI – to comply with emission rates and annual tonnage limitations. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
Maryland gets $3.6M from GlaxoSmithKline settlement
2013-01-03 22:59:18| Biotech - Topix.net
Maryland received $3.6 million as part of a settlement with GlaxoSmithKline over allegations related to the marketing of various drugs.
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What Google's settlement with the FTC means for users
2013-01-03 20:44:24| CNET News.com
In a major win for the search giant, it avoids a battle over search bias. [Read more]
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Transocean To Pay $1.4 Billion In Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
2013-01-03 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig where 11 men died in April 2010, has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil penalties to resolve Justice Department allegations over its role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. A Transocean subsidiary also agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal misdemeanor charge for violating the Clean Water Act. Federal authorities blamed the company for acting negligently when the rig's crew proceeded with maneuvers to the deep-sea well in the face...
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