A Medical Facility, Asbestos, And a $1,951 Fine TL;DR The Corporation: Southeast Restoration Group of Georgia, Inc., a company hired to repair water damage. The Location: Augusta Plastic Surgery Center in Martinez, Georgia, a functioning medical facility. The Violation: The…
BP’s Ohio Refinery Caught Hiding Toxic Releases TL;DR BP Products and Ohio Refining Company’s facility in Oregon, Ohio released over 54,000 pounds of hazardous Hydrogen Sulfide and Sulfur Dioxide in two separate events. The corporation failed to “immediately notify” emergency…
TL;DR Between January 2020 and July 2021, Ohio-based Sciarappa Construction Company performed 12 renovations on homes built before 1978, known as “target housing” due to the high risk of lead-based paint. The company systematically violated federal law by failing to…
A River of Filth: How Swift Beef Polluted Nebraska Waters For Years TL;DR The Corporation: Swift Beef Company, a massive meat processing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, which processes around 4,500 cattle per day. The Crime: For at least five…
Three Signatures, Zero Answers: The EPA’s Wall Of Silence TL;DR The Facts: On September 16-17, 2024, a document was digitally signed by three individuals, Larry Lamberth, Tanya Floyd, and Shannon Richardson, and filed with the Hearing Clerk for the U.S.…
TL;DR The Facts: From January 2018 to January 2021, Michigan-based Dirty Hooker Diesel LLC sold at least 271 illegal “defeat devices” designed to disable pollution controls on diesel trucks. They physically installed at least 212 of them. The Misconduct: This…
Concrete Profits, Poisoned Waters TL;DR The Corporation: Dutchland, Inc., a precast concrete manufacturer in Gap, Pennsylvania. The Crime: Illegally discharging polluted industrial stormwater into a local waterway, an unnamed tributary to Williams Run, without a permit. The Evidence: An EPA…
A License To Pollute: The Cost of Doing Business For Lake Erie Biofuels TL;DR The Facts: Lake Erie Biofuels, LLC, based in Erie, Pennsylvania, has entered into a “Consent Agreement and Final Order” with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).…
A Wrist Slap for Poison: Greenidge Generation’s Toxic Bill Comes Due TL;DR The Facts: Greenidge Generation LLC, owner of a power plant on New York’s Seneca Lake, maintained an unlined “C-Pond” filled with toxic coal combustion residuals (CCR), or coal…
EPA Orders Excavation Company to Restore Stream After Illegal Dumping Corporate Misconduct Accountability Project Litman Excavating, Inc. · EPA Administrative Order on Consent EPA Orders Excavation Company to Restore Stream After Illegal Dumping Litman Excavating illegally dumped 500-foot culverts and…