Formaldehyde in the Air: How Primient’s Lafayette Plant Broke Federal Clean Air Rules for Years Corporate Accountability Reporting | Environmental Enforcement | Public Health | Lafayette, Indiana Clean Air Act Violation Formaldehyde in the Air: How a Lafayette Food Giant…
CB Tuning, LLC, an automotive shop in Pennsylvania, spent over three years selling illegal “defeat devices” designed to bypass vehicle emissions controls. These products allow cars to dump raw pollutants into the atmosphere, directly violating the Clean Air Act. While…
FiberPro, Inc., operating as Advanced Fiber Products in La Crosse, Wisconsin, prioritized production speed over public safety by allowing hazardous chemicals to evaporate into the air. EPA inspectors found a pattern of neglect, including broken equipment left unrepaired for weeks…
TL;DR: For ten years, Kettle Cuisine operated a hazardous facility in Savage, Maryland, while ignoring critical safety regulations for toxic chemical management. Kettle failed to replace essential pressure relief valves and left chemical equipment vulnerable to forklift collisions, choosing to…
Anchor Glass Container Corporation got pimp slapped by the federal government for systematically violating the Clean Air Act for years, pumping dangerous levels of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and soot into the atmosphere across seven states. By skipping required permits…
TL;DR Between 2019 and 2021, Mizumo Auto knowingly sold 1,609 illegal “defeat devices” designed to bypass emission control systems in diesel trucks. These “EGR delete kits” disabled critical technology meant to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter, prioritizing corporate…
TL;DR Between 2019 and 2021, Moser’s Repair & Performance, LLC allegedly sold and installed 35 illegal “defeat devices” designed to bypass the Clean Air Act’s emission controls. These components (including EGR and DPF delete kits) allow vehicles to spew raw,…
(TL;DR): Berry Petroleum systematically bypassed federal clean air standards by operating hundreds of heavy-duty engines with deceptive power ratings and zero maintenance logging in Utah’s Uinta Basin. For years, these “engines of extraction” pumped illegal levels of smog-forming chemicals into…
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EnerSys Energy Products, Inc. allegedly failed to properly monitor and report significant failures in their lead-emission control systems across three Missouri facilities for years. Despite recording hundreds of instances where air filtration…
TLDR FGF Brands Inc. operated its Brownsburg, Indiana bakery with systemic disregard for hazardous chemical safety standards, leading to a dangerous ammonia release in August 2022 that forced a facility-wide evacuation. Federal investigators discovered that FGF ignored its own internal…