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Residents Near Spokane Advised to Not Drink Tap Water
Residents Near Spokane Advised to Not Drink Tap Water
Residents Near Spokane Advised to Not Drink Tap Water
SPOKANE (AP) — Officials say the Airway Heights water supply may be contaminated with chemicals from Fairchild Air Force Base just west of Spokane. The city and Air Force said in a joint statement Tuesday evening that Airway Heights water customers are advised to not drink city water nor use it for cooking until the water system is considered free of contaminants...
Tesoro Pays $325,000 Fine for Federal Violations
Tesoro Pays $325,000 Fine for Federal Violations
Tesoro Pays $325,000 Fine for Federal Violations
MOUNT VERNON (AP) — The Tesoro refinery in northwestern Washington has paid a $325,000 fine to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. The Skagit Valley Herald reported Saturday that the EPA issued the penalty in September after identifying shortfalls in the refinery's risk management plan following two inspections at the March Point facility in 2011..
Wapato Company Fined for Clean Air Act Violations
Wapato Company Fined for Clean Air Act Violations
Wapato Company Fined for Clean Air Act Violations
YAKIMA (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Pace International for Clean Air Act violations that occurred within the Yakama Indian Reservation. Pace, based in Wapato, makes food coatings such as vegetable waxes which are used to protect fruit and vegetables for their farm to table journey...
Fed Judge Orders EPA to Finalize ‘Fish Consumption Rule’
Fed Judge Orders EPA to Finalize ‘Fish Consumption Rule’
Fed Judge Orders EPA to Finalize ‘Fish Consumption Rule’
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has set a timeline for when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must finalize water-quality rules designed to protect human health in Washington state. U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein on Wednesday found the EPA was derelict when it proposed clean-water rules for the state in September, but then didn't finalize those rules within 90 days as required... Read
State Adopts ‘Fish Consumption Rule’ After Years of Debate
State Adopts ‘Fish Consumption Rule’ After Years of Debate
State Adopts ‘Fish Consumption Rule’ After Years of Debate
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state regulators have adopted new clean-water rules tied partly to how much fish people eat, ending years of heated debate over how clean the state's waters should be. The Department of Ecology said Monday it adopted what's known as the "fish consumption rule" and sent those standards to federal regulators for approval...
Federal Settlement to Reduce Air Pollution at 6 Refineries
Federal Settlement to Reduce Air Pollution at 6 Refineries
Federal Settlement to Reduce Air Pollution at 6 Refineries
SEATTLE (AP) — The Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached a $425 million settlement with two companies that would reduce air pollution at six petroleum refineries. The settlement with Tesoro Corp. and Par Hawaii Refining resolves alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act including five refineries that Tesoro operates in Kenai, Alaska; Anacortes, Washington;
Public Interest Groups Threating to Sue For Massive Groundwater Contamination
Public Interest Groups Threating to Sue For Massive Groundwater Contamination
Public Interest Groups Threating to Sue For Massive Groundwater Contamination
(AP press)..Three public interest groups are threatening to sue some big Yakima Valley farms over massive groundwater contamination in that agricultural region. The three groups say they will sue the farms unless in the next 90 days the farms stop contaminating local drinking water supplies with runoff from their operations...

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