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Environmental, Regulatory and Industry News
EPA Rejects Claims of Flawed Climate Science
Friday, July 30, 2010--
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today denied 10 petitions challenging its 2009 determination that climate change is real, is occurring due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities, and threatens human health and the environment. -- (full text)
[U.S. EPA]
CA E-waste program has flaws, but it works
Friday, July 30, 2010--
California far exceeds all other states in terms of e-waste recycling.
-- (full text)
[Sacramento Bee]
Is Your Emergency Plan Up to Date?
Friday, July 30, 2010--
In light of the spring floods in Kentucky, the Kentucky DEP's Division of Waste Management (DWM) issued a reminder to hazardous waste generators of their emergency requirements under RCRA -- (full text)
[BLR]
Environmental Stewardship Course September 20 23, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010--
The course improves upon information included in two previous popular courses: Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Prevention. -- (full text)
[NASF]
McWane to Pay $4M Penalty for more than 400 Environmental Violations
Monday, July 19, 2010--
McWane Inc. has agreed to pay a $4 million penalty to resolve more than 400 federal and state environmental law violations at 28 manufacturing facilities across 14 states, reports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the states of Alabama and Iowa. -- (full text)
[Environmental Leader]
Mexican town turns U.S. e-waste into treasure
Monday, July 19, 2010--
Inside a low-slung, canary-yellow building next to the Asociación Ganadera Local the local livestock association 14-year-old Jesús Beltrán stared into the screen of a secondhand Dell computer monitor. -- (full text)
[Sacramento Bee]
California's pioneering e-waste program a model gone wrong
Monday, July 19, 2010--
It seemed a perfect symmetry: California, the world's high-tech capital, would lead the way in recycling the debris of our digital revolution. -- (full text)
[Sacramento Bee]
Spirit AeroSystems pays hazardous waste penalty
Monday, July 19, 2010--
Aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems has agreed to pay $132,500 in penalties to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its Wichita plant. -- (full text)
[The Associated Press]
ADEQ announces E-waste grant
Thursday, July 15, 2010--
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is pleased to announce the opening of the Grant Round for 2010 for the Electronic Waste Grants Program. -- (full text)
[Stuttgart Daily Leader]
EPA fines Spirit for mishandling hazardous waste
Thursday, July 15, 2010--
The $132,000 penalty was ordered after inspectors found problems with the way Spirit transported waste, the way the company stored and disposed of hazardous waste and failing to provide documented hazardous waste training for employees.
-- (full text)
[KSN-TV]
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