Read here about a Texas company that paid a hefty fine for a wetlands violation.

Read here about two New Hampshire companies who will pay $200,000 for Clean Water Act violations.

Read here about a Pennsylvania company that has agreed to a substantial fine for Clean Air Act Violations.

Read here about a Seattle-based seafood company that will settle clean water law allegations.

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Source: http://www.newbernsj.com, September 27, 2011 By: Drew C. Wilson A small patch of petroleum-contaminated soil beneath Havelock City Hall will have to be cleaned up for construction of a new building. A set of six soil borings drilled July 21 where an old underground fuel storage tank was once located detected the spots that had […]

Source: http://www.post-journal.com, October 2, 2011 By: Jason Rodriguez As far back as 1990, Widrig Avenue resident Dennis McCullough has been especially wary of poor weather. He said that his house is situated at a crossroads of city plumbing. McCullough said a 15-inch waste water line, coming down Hallock Street, turns onto his road, and flows […]

Source: http://www.fredericknewspost.com, September 30, 2011 By: Bethany Rodgers Snags in the construction of a new nursing home had the Frederick County Commissioners shaking their heads Thursday as costs and delays continue to pile up. At their meeting, the county board authorized five work changes that could add up to $430,000 to as much as the […]

Read here about a Seattle recycling requirement that led to an all-time high percentage of recycling but has also led to odor complaints.

Read here about some Pennsylvania homeowners and a gas pipeline company that have sued each other over a pipeline to be built that would connect to Marcellus Shale wells.

Source: http://www.northjersey.com, September 22, 2011 By: Lindsey Kelleher Township resident Michael Gordon, partner in the Springfield law firm Gordon & Gordon, served as lead counsel representing the State of New Jersey in a case that is holding two chemical companies financially responsible for pollution in the Passaic River. The state is also represented by the […]

Source: http://savannahnow.com, September 22, 2011 By: Mary Landers King America Finishing has agreed to fund $1 million worth of environmental projects on the Ogeechee River as part of a consent order prompted by a massive fish kill in May. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division executed the order Wednesday after investigations into the fish kill revealed […]