News Releases from Headquarters›Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)07/11/2019Contact Information: WASHINGTON (July 11, 2019) — EPA announced today a final policy to enhance effective partnerships with states in civil enforcement and compliance assurance work. Articulated in a memorandum from EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Susan Bodine, the final policy...
Annual Report Card Shows Good Water Quality in Main Stem of the Mystic River in 2018
News Releases from Region 01 06/26/2019 Contact Information: BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA), announced its annual Water Quality Report Card on the Mystic River watershed for 2018. For the fifth year in a row, water quality monitoring data...
EPA Settlement Requires Dyno Nobel to Improve Chemical Safety at St. Helens, Oregon, Facility
News Releases from Headquarters›Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) 06/25/2019 Contact Information: St. Helens, Ore. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Dyno Nobel, a Delaware-based chemical manufacturing company, has agreed to correct environmental violations, paying a civil penalty of $492,000 and providing local communities with $939,852 in emergency equipment....