Utility Fined $11.4 Million for Acid Rain
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A Kentucky utility has agreed to pay the largest-ever fine for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act's acid rain program, the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday.
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By Jonathan D. Epstein  HSBC Bank USA agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $1 million in fines and reimbursement to settle a state lawsuit over a toxic chemical cleanup in Orange County in a case brought under the federal Superfund Act.
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By Amanda C. Tinnin, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  May 28--GLEN CARBON -- Village residents may be paying more for their water and sewer service. But it's hard to tell how much more that will be.
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The Food and Drug Administration has fined the Red Cross an additional $4.6 million for the distribution of "unsuitable blood products," bringing penalties against the organization to more than $19 million in recent years.
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By Curtis Killman, Tulsa World, Okla.  Mar. 8--Oklahoma environmental regulators are shortchanging themselves  millions of dollars annually in permit fees levied against large air  polluters, a nonprofit group claims.
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The largest US defence contractor will take a $110 million US charge against its fourth quarter earnings after losing a court bid to salvage at least some of the money it pumped into a failed nuclear waste cleanup project in eastern
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A FEB. 1 article, "Berkeley foundry settles four air lawsuits," reported that Pacific Steel Casting avoided being taken to court for pollution violations by entering into a legal settlement with Communities for a Better Environment.   But the poisoning of the neighborhood continues.
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California&#39;s Public Utilities Commission yesterday fined Cingular Wireless a record $12 million for violating state law by failing to tell customers that its network was overburdened, then
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OTTAWA (CP) - A Montreal ad agency offered an emergency generator to help out during the 1998 ice storm that paralysed Quebec - then charged the government nearly &#36;11,000 for the favour, a public inquiry heard Wednesday.
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Emissions of sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain, rose 4 percent in 2003, but probably will not compromise long-term air quality goals, the government reported Wednesday.
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ALBANY - New York State is ordering the same emissions restrictions on its power plants that were struck down by a court in May, saying the emissions blamed for acid rain threaten public health, a state official said.
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The European Union has imposed a 222.3-million-euro (151 million pound) fine on Europe&#39;s main makers of copper plumbing pipes for fixing prices and dividing up the market.
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Business & money: Water industry regulator Ofwat confirms that it has hit company with its biggest fine ever
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By Sammy Fretwell, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Jun. 18--Despite federal warnings, the state has not set aside enough money to clean up leaks from buried petroleum tanks that threaten drinking water across South Carolina.
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Two companies working on an industrial estate where a teenager was electrocuted are fined Â£31,000.
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One of NI's biggest construction firms is fined Â£100,000 for breaches of health and safety regulations.
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By Robert Crowe, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 19--Four people were taken to hospitals after a 55-gallon drum of sulfuric acid exploded Monday night at a southeast Houston chemical plant.   The fire started about 8:20 p.m. at SET Environmental Inc., 5738 Cheswood.