Environmental violations include the improper disposal of waste, emissions of toxic substances, and illegal exploitation of natural resources. These practices can lead to significant environmental damage, including pollution of air and water, destruction of habitats, and loss of biodiversity. The repercussions are long-lasting, affecting the health of local communities, reducing the quality of natural resources, and contributing to global environmental crises like climate change.
Clean Water Act Violation • San Diego, California • EPA Region 9 Wetlands Bulldozed, Documents Forged Filed: July 18, 2025 • EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2025-0049 TL;DR International Industrial Park, Inc. and SD Commercial, LLC bulldozed legally protected wetlands in East…
Environmental Accountability How Pest Fog Turned Ozone Destruction Into a Business Expense EPA Region 5 Enforcement Action · Filed July 17, 2025 TL;DR Pest Fog Sales Corp., a Texas fumigant company, imported methyl bromide, one of the most ozone-destroying chemicals…
TL;DR Chem Tech (C3E, LLC) operated a factory in Bristol, Indiana loaded with tens of thousands of pounds of explosive butane and propane while ignoring federal safety rules for years. When the EPA walked through the door on August 31,…
TL;DR Xpress Natural Gas, LLC ran two massive industrial engines in Montrose, Pennsylvania for over six years without completing the pollution tests required by federal Clean Air Act law. The required initial emissions performance test was due by February 2018.…
Environmental Enforcement • Puerto Rico • Clean Air Act How Grid Instability Became an Excuse For PREPA & Genera PR to Poison Puerto Rico’s Air Published July 15, 2025 • Source: EPA Region II Final Order, CAA-02-2025-1203 TL;DR The Puerto…
TL;DR Grove Farm Company, Inc., a major Kauai land developer, operated at least seven large-capacity cesspools across three commercial properties for roughly 20 years after federal law required them to be closed by April 5, 2005. These open-bottomed pits dumped…
TL;DR A property company in Hilo, Hawai’i dumped raw, untreated sewage directly into the ground for over 19 years without a federal permit. The company, 1284 Kilauea K&M, LLC, operated an illegal underground injection well the entire time, violating the…
TL;DR Carlile Transportation Systems, LLC stored hazardous waste at its Anchorage, Alaska facility for up to 22 days at a time, more than double the legal 10-day limit, across 14 documented shipments spanning 2020 and 2021. Federal inspectors also caught…
TL;DR TCC Materials, a Kansas City facility, committed eight separate hazardous waste violations discovered during a single EPA inspection on March 25, 2025. Violations included storing hazardous waste past the legal 90-day limit, failing to label containers “Hazardous Waste,” and…
TL;DR A convenience store in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee was sitting on 22,000 gallons of stored oil with virtually zero legally required spill prevention infrastructure in place. The EPA inspected the Red Boiling Springs Market on October 18, 2023, and…