EPA reaches settlement with Brenntag Northeast for alleged environmental violations at Reading, Pa. facility PHILADELPHIA (March 28, 2016) – Brenntag Northeast, Inc., the owner and operator of a chemical repackaging and distribution plant in Reading, Pa., will pay a $55,000 penalty, and donate $30,000 of emergency response equipment to a...
EPA Hosts International G7 Workshop on Sustainable Supply Chain Management
EPA Hosts International G7 Workshop on Sustainable Supply Chain Management WASHINGTON – On March 22-23, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy welcomes public and private sector representatives from G7 nations to a workshop on sustainable supply chain management. At their annual Summit in 2015, the leaders of the G7...
EPA Teams Collected Nearly 3,000 Tons of Residential Debris and Hazardous Materials from December Flooding in St. Louis
EPA Teams Collected Nearly 3,000 Tons of Residential Debris and Hazardous Materials from December Flooding in St. Louis Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., March 22, 2016) - EPA Region 7 and its contractors collected almost 3,000 tons of residential debris and hazardous materials during a nearly two-month-long mission...