Gear Box Z, Inc., Clean Air Act Settlement Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Xtreme Diesel Performance, LLC (XDP), to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) associated with the manufacture, sale, and/or offer to sell aftermarket products that defeat the emissions control systems equipped on diesel pickup trucks. (Washington, DC – September 15, 2021) – Today, the U.S. Xtreme Diesel Performance, LLC, Clean Air Act Settlement (PMNA) to resolve alleged violations of hazardous waste, air, and water environmental laws at the PMNA Sabine River chemical manufacturing facility in Orange, Texas. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) and Performance Materials NA, Inc. Department of Justice, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) have announced a settlement with E.I. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Equistar Chemicals, LP LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC and Lyondell Chemical Company (“Lyondell”), that will eliminate thousands of tons of air pollution from six of Lyondell’s petrochemical manufacturing facilities in Texas and Iowa. This webpage highlights federal enforcement actions completed between Octoand Septemto protect the public, especially young children, from exposure to lead in paint.Įquistar Chemicals, LP LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC and Lyondell Chemical Company Clean Air Act Settlement
Cleveland-Cliffs is undertaking substantial measures to improve its wastewater system at its steel manufacturing and finishing facility in Burns Harbor, Indiana.ĮPA’s Lead-based Paint Enforcement Helps Protect Children and Vulnerable Communities - 2021 The discharge, which led to fish kills in the river, also caused beach closures along the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. PPEI and Willis also pleaded guilty to criminal charges in federal court in Sacramento, California.Ĭleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC and Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC SettlementĬliffs Burns Harbor (Cleveland-Cliffs) has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and other laws, for an August 2019 discharge of ammonia and cyanide-laden wastewater into the East Branch of the Little Calumet River. (PPEI), and Kory Blaine Willis, to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act’s prohibition against the sale or manufacture of devices that bypass, defeat, or render inoperative emissions controls.
Washington, DC –March 15, 2022) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Department of Justice have announced a settlement with Power Performance Enterprises, Inc. Power Performance Enterprises, Inc., and Kory Blaine Willis, Clean Air Act Settlement The settlement will eliminate thousands of tons of air pollution from flares.
Chevron Phillips will also pay a $3.4 million civil penalty. The PRPs will provide financial assurance to ensure funding for the cleanup should IDA not be able to satisfactorily complete the work, reimburse the Agency $18 million for its past cleanup costs at the site, and pay for future state and EPA oversight costs at the site.Ĭhevron Phillips Chemical Company Clean LP Air Act SettlementĬhevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $118 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act and state air pollution control laws at three petrochemical manufacturing facilities located in Cedar Bayou, Port Arthur, and Sweeney, Texas. Along with the ASAOC, the Agency proposes to enter into a prospective purchaser agreement (PPA) with Industrial Development Advantage of East Chicago, LLC (IDA), a developer who will perform the cleanup work on the site. (PCS Nitrogen), involving PCS Nitrogen’s former phosphoric acid fertilizer production facility located in Geismar, Louisiana (Geismar Facility or Facility).Īgreement continues lead cleanup work and redevelopment at USS Lead Superfund SiteĪgreement with potentially responsible parties (PRPs) will allow for continued cleanup and redevelopment of the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago, Indiana. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announce a settlement with PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P.