Tag: Clean Air Act
2 R.I. companies fined for EPA violations in Providence apartment project
PROVIDENCE – A pair of Rhode Island companies have settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the Clean Air Act when demolishing a...
N.K. trucking firm owner given probation, fine for conspiring to violate...
PROVIDENCE – The owner and president of a North Kingstown-based trucking company was sentenced to probation and fined $50,000 in federal court on Wednesday...
Providence chemical company to pay $600K penalty for environmental violations
PROVIDENCE – A national chemical distributor with two sites along the Providence riverfront will pay $600,000 in fines for allegedly violating federal chemical safety...
Kilmartin joins coalition threatening to sue EPA over landfill methane regulation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is among seven states threatening to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to enforce landfill methane regulation as...
EPA clears the air for polluters on U.S. factory emissions rules
NEW YORK – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has issued a new directive that clarifies a powerful but technical facet of the Clean...
R.I. sues EPA for decision on smog petition
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin on Tuesday joined seven other states in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a recent...