Settlement Ensures Compliance from Beverly, Mass. Pesticide Company (MA)
BOSTON - A recent settlement ensures that a Beverly, Mass. company that imports and sells pet care products will comply with federal pesticide regulations designed to protect the health of the public,...
View ArticleNew Grading System for Mystic River Watershed Gives Public Better Localized...
BOSTON - In coordination with the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA), EPA is utilizing an enhanced, more locally-specific analysis of water quality in the Mystic River Watershed to illuminate...
View ArticleWhite House Honors Stratford, Conn. Faith Leader as Climate "Champion of...
WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday, July 20th, the White House recognized Patrick Carolan, of Stratford, Conn., as a "Champion of Change" for his efforts in protecting our environment and communities from the...
View ArticleHartford, Conn. Property Management Companies Settle with EPA for Lead Paint...
HARTFORD - Rego Realty Corp. and six associated property-owning companies, and one individual, will pay a penalty to settle EPA claims that they failed to follow federal lead-based paint disclosure...
View ArticleRailway Company Settles Clean Water Act Violations in Maine and Mass. (ME, MA)
BOSTON - Pan Am Railways has agreed to settle EPA allegations that they violated the federal Clean Water Act at two of its railyards operating in Waterville, Maine, and East Deerfield, Mass. The...
View ArticleTRI Reporting Failures from No. Canaan, Conn. Companies Nets Emergency...
BOSTON - An EPA settlement with two North Canaan mineral processing companies for the companies' alleged failure to file required toxic release inventory information requires that two local emergency...
View Article124 New England Buildings Compete in EPA's Sixth Annual Energy Star Battle of...
BOSTON - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the 2015 ENERGY STAR Battle of the Buildings. Nationwide, more than 6,500 buildings of all types and sizes, and 125 teams nationwide...
View ArticlePoor Air Quality Expected along the Southern Coast of New England Tomorrow...
BOSTON - Poor air quality, due to ground-level ozone, is expected tomorrow, July 29, in much of southern coastal New England. Air quality modeling and forecasting predicts high levels of ozone in the...
View ArticleUnder EPA Settlement, Chicopee, Mass. Cold Storage Warehouse Company Improves...
BOSTON - A Chicopee, Mass., company that operates a cold storage warehouse is spending more than half a million dollars, primarily on public safety enhancements, to resolve claims it violated the...
View ArticleVermont Receives over $2 million EPA Brownfields Funding and Announces State...
Brattleboro, Vermont - EPA is awarding a total of $2 million in Brownfield Assessment and Cleanup Grant dollars to municipalities and organizations across the state of Vermont. Additionally, three...
View ArticleConnecticut Company Settles with EPA for Chemical Reporting Lapses at...
BOSTON - An EPA settlement reached with BWE, Inc., an East Hartford, Conn. company that stores and distributes petroleum products and other flammable liquids at several facilities in New England, will...
View ArticleLincoln-Sudbury (Mass.) High Schoolers Recognized by President Obama and EPA...
BOSTON - A group of students at Lincoln-Sudbury High in Sudbury, Mass. was recently awarded a "President's Environmental Youth Award," given jointly by the White House Council on Environmental Quality...
View ArticleScituate R.I. High School Teacher Recognized by President Obama and EPA;...
BOSTON - A teacher at the Ponaganset High School in Scituate, R.I., was recognized by the federal government for his work that has energized environmental education for students, as well as the school...
View ArticleEPA and State of Vermont Announce Public Meetings to Discuss Final Draft Plan...
MONTPELIER, Vt. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Vermont are holding a series of public meetings in August to discuss new pollution reduction targets - often referred...
View ArticleEPA Research Funding Aims to Improve Understanding of Climate Change Impacts...
BOSTON - Harvard College is one of only nine institutions that will share nearly $8 million from the US Environmental Protection Agency to study how climate change affects indoor air quality and the...
View ArticleEPA Seeking Public Comment on Phosphorus Limits for Vermont Segments of Lake...
BURLINGTON -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available for public comment the Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the twelve Vermont segments of Lake Champlain. Too...
View ArticlePoor Air Quality Expected to Continue in Parts of New England on Tuesday,...
BOSTON -High levels of ground-level ozone is expected to result in poor air quality for interior western Connecticut, including the Connecticut River Valley, and along coastal New Hampshire and Maine,...
View ArticleAgreement Ensures Groundwater Study at No. Smithfield, R.I. Superfund Site (RI)
BOSTON - The owner/operators and parties responsible for hazardous substance disposal at the Landfill & Resource Recovery Superfund Site in North Smithfield, R.I., have agreed to perform and pay...
View ArticleSettlement Requires Milford, Mass. Glass Manufacturer to Improve Stormwater...
BOSTON -Wastewater discharged by a glass manufacturing company in Milford, Mass. into wetlands adjacent to the Charles River will be cleaner as a result of a recent settlement between the manufacturer...
View ArticleUnder Settlement Bangor, Maine Takes Additional Action to Address Wastewater...
BOSTON - Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged today in federal court to address noncompliance with the Clean Water Act, the City of Bangor, Maine, will take action to prevent sewer overflows and...
View ArticleHarvard School of Public Health Awarded $651K EPA Research Grant (MA)
BOSTON - The School of Public Health at Harvard University is one of six academic institutions receiving a grant targeted at studying the ecological impacts of manufactured chemicals. Harvard is...
View ArticleEPA Opens Comment Period on Proposed Modifications to Draft NH Stormwater...
BOSTON - EPA has proposed modifications to the draft General Permits for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) in New Hampshire based on comments received. These...
View ArticleEPA Funds Coastal Observation System for Indicators of Ocean Acidification in...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provided a total of $85 thousand toward establishing a state-of-the-art coastal observing system in Casco Bay Maine to help coastal managers evaluate the threat...
View ArticleEPA Extends Public Comment Period on Phosphorus Limits for Vermont Segments...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the public comment period on the Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the twelve Vermont segments of Lake Champlain until October...
View ArticleEPA Cleanup Plan Issued for the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site in...
2 EPA has completed a Record of Decision for cleanup of a major, and final portion of the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund site on the Blackstone River in Cumberland and Lincoln, R.I. The portion of...
View ArticleThree Small Businesses in Conn. and Mass. Awarded EPA Research Grants (CT, MA)
BOSTON - Three New England small businesses received $100,000 each from the US Environmental Protection Agency to develop and commercialize sustainable technologies that may help address pressing...
View ArticleEPA Approves Massachusetts Plan to Protect Cape Cod Waters (MA)
BOSTON - EPA has formally approved an updated plan from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that creates a robust framework for Cape Cod communities to reduce nitrogen levels that are currently harming...
View ArticleFederal Penalty for Swampscott Water Pollution (MA)
The Town of Swampscott entered into a Consent Decree today agreeing to pay a $65,000 civil penalty and to take critical remedial measures to address pollution the Town discharged into the ocean near...
View ArticleEPA Celebrates Sustainability Improvements at N. Dartmouth, Mass. Superfund...
BOSTON - EPA joined local officials to celebrate the implementation of a sustainable groundwater cleanup system and the installation of solar panels at the ReSolve Superfund site in North Dartmouth,...
View ArticleEPA Awards $4.3 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean up Contaminated...
BOSTON - EPA has provided additional grants of $4.3 million in supplemental funding for communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont to carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects at...
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