‘Toxics Release Inventory’ suggests toxic chemicals released into the environment in 2007 and 2008 from Shell YABUCCOA facility, were 126,837 and 116,060 pounds respectively.
Incident Tag: Pollution
Multi-Party Settlement Will Fund Continued Cleanup at Berks County Superfund Site – 22 Parties to Reimburse U.S. for $13.85 Million and Complete $14-to-$18 Million Cleanup of the Douglassville Disposal Site
~21 million gallons of waste oil disposed in lagoons and waste pits; VOCs, PCBs and lead. Periodic flooding resulted in wastes entering the Schuylkill River. 22 parties ordered cleanup – $14 to $18 million & past costs $13.85 million & future oversight $1.1 million.
Multi-Party Settlement Will Fund Continued Cleanup at Berks County Superfund Site – 22 Parties to Reimburse U.S. for $13.85 Million and Complete $14-to-$18 Million Cleanup of the Douglassville Disposal Site
~21 million gallons of waste oil disposed in lagoons and waste pits; VOCs, PCBs and lead. Periodic flooding resulted in wastes entering the Schuylkill River. 22 parties ordered cleanup – $14 to $18 million & past costs $13.85 million & future oversight $1.1 million.
Samsung admits its phones may contain tin from area mined by children
Samsung admits using tin sourced from Bangka Island, where unregulated tin mining depends on child labour, wrecks the environment and kills an estimated 150 miners every year.
Settlement Ensures Cleanup of Contaminated Soil at Coventry R.I. Great Lakes Container Site
Twenty-six parties ordered to cleanup contaminated soil from yearlong (1961 – 1980) disposal of hazardous substances. Costs – $2.2 million.
Settlement Ensures Cleanup of Contaminated Soil at Coventry R.I. Great Lakes Container Site
Twenty-six parties ordered to cleanup contaminated soil from yearlong (1961 – 1980) disposal of hazardous substances. Costs – $2.2 million.
Settlement for Old Southington Landfill Superfund Site Ensures Protections from Contaminated Groundwater
Companies ordered to clean landfill from yearlong (1920 – 1967) waste disposal, so as to protect groundwater. Five companies will pay – future oversight costs $500,000 & damages $3.287 million.
Settlement for Old Southington Landfill Superfund Site Ensures Protections from Contaminated Groundwater
Companies ordered to clean landfill from yearlong (1920 – 1967) waste disposal, so as to protect groundwater. Five companies will pay – future oversight costs $500,000 & damages $3.287 million.
PR RENO AND BROWNER ANNOUNCE SHELL OILWILL HELP CLEAN UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Announcement Part Of Comprehensive, Coordinated Effort To Stop Pollution Of River That Has Resulted in Over 50 Criminal Convictions
EPA cites hundreds of environmental violations at Shell’s Wood River oil refinery located on the banks of the national heritage Mississippi River; excess levels of SO2 & SO air emissions, benzene; ‘violations of solid waste labeling, reporting, and manifesting requirements, untimely reporting of emissions of extremely hazardous substances such as ammonia and chlorine’. Civil penalties – $1.5 million + $10 million in environmental projects.
U.S. EPA HOLDS MEETING ON UNITED HECKATHORN SUPERFUND SITE
Fifteen businesses ordered to clean up DDT-contaminated sediment from superfund site. Contamination occurred from 1947 to 1966. Costs – $10 million.