After being taken to task by states and its own Inspector General for lack of final guidance on Vapor Intrusion, EPA has just released draft guidance documents for hazardous substances and petroleum products for comment. The...more
5/8/2013 - Air Pollution CERCLA EPA Hazardous Substances OSHA
A packaging company in Dudley, MA has agreed to pay $484,900 in penalties to settle EPA claims that the company violated numerous federal and state regulations. The violations occurred at the company’s liquid and aerosol...more
4/17/2013 - Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Environmental Liability EPA EPCRA Hazardous Substances Manufacturing Facilities
The Remedial Action Guidelines (RAGs) are useful – if conservative – default cleanup guidelines used by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). DEP proposed changes in 2012, and has just proposed changes...more
3/18/2013 - Contamination Department of Environmental Protection Hazardous Substances Remedial Action Guidelines Voluntary Response Action Program
Former HazMat Specialist Jon P. Andrews, assigned to the Augusta Region of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, has pleaded guilty to destroying three years of spill records on his final day on the job. The...more
3/8/2013 - Department of Environmental Protection Destruction of Evidence Public Records
By 2013, most property owners have heard of the advantages of performing environmental due diligence and conducting “All Appropriate Inquiry” by obtaining an Environmental Site Assessment before purchase. Doing so is key to...more
1/23/2013 - Bona Fide Purchaser Commercial Leases Contaminated Properties Environmental Site Assessment EPA Landlords Superfund Tenants
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