WSSU Waste Draws Big Fine: Hazardous Materials Bring $27,000 Penalty
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By Bertrand M. Gutierrez, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 3--Winston-Salem State University was fined $27,000 in December for violating state hazardous-waste laws, the third-largest fine statewide last year for such violations.
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One of America&#39;s most popular live rock outfits, the Dave Matthews Band, was facing a hefty fine after state prosecutors in Illinois alleged that a band tour bus had deposited 360kg (800lb) of human waste on 100 boat passengers taking an architectural
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Commercial penalties worth more than $3.4 billion each year were urged against the U.S. for its failure to comply with a W.T.O. ruling.
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THE Environment Court has fined a farm a record $35,000 for illegally discharging effluent.   Plateau Farms owners Frank, Alan and Elizabeth Crafar pleaded guilty to effluent discharge on one of their Reporoa farms.
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State regulators fined the Charleston Fire Department and a furniture store Thursday for violating safety standards in a blaze that killed nine firefighters.
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The Federal Communications Commission hit CBS on Wednesday (September 22) with a proposed maximum fine of $550,000 for &quot;violation of indecency rules,&quot; stemming from its broadcast of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in February.
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A maneuver called 'splash and dash' cost US taxpayers perhaps $30 million last year, but the charges are rising fast.
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By FRANK ELTMAN  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A titanium maker and its owner were charged with illegally storing more than 11 tons of corrosive hazardous waste, creating a mess that a prosecutor compared to a horror movie scene.
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Synthesia (Pardubice, Czech Republic), chemical company, has over 1 mil t of waste from chemical production at its plant. The waste, which comes mainly from the 1950's-the 1990's, should be disposed by 2010. The removal of the waste, which will be paid by the state, will cost, more than CEK 3 bil.
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WR Grace &amp; Co. disclosed yesterday that federal prosecutors were likely to indict the chemical and building material supplier during the first quarter of 2005 on charges related to environmental
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The University of Phoenix -- the nation&#39;s largest for-profit university -- has been fined $9.8 million by federal regulators who found that Phoenix violated a rule banning pay incentives for recruiters in an effort to boost enrollment.
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he Federal Communications Commission issued a notice of a $550,000 fine against the CBS television division of Viacom Inc. yesterday because of an incident during the Super Bowl halftime
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By Eben Harrell  IT WAS a chemical spill that poisoned a stretch of a scenic Scottish river and left 7,000 fish dead.   But Scottish Water - turnover GBP 1 billion a year - was ordered to pay a GBP 5,000 fine over the incident yesterday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a record total of $1.2 million in fines against 169 Fox Television Network affiliates for airing indecent material during
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A Democratic-leaning voter turnout group agreed to pay a $775,000 penalty for violating federal rules during the 2004 election.
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By Cliff Hightower, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 2--DAYTON, Tenn. -- A chemical plant that was the site of an August  blast that killed a worker may face a fine of $91,000 after state officials  said they found 13 serious violations during an investigation.
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By Ken Ward Jr.  kward@wvgazette.com  More than 15 years after lawmakers fought the "Garbage Wars," another battle is brewing at the state Capitol over West Virginia's solid-waste laws.