Environmental, Regulatory and Industry News

NH Man Indicted On Hazardous Waste Charge at Foundry
Wednesday, September 01, 2010-- A federal grand jury has indicted the head of a Franklin, N.H., foundry on charges he illegally stored hazardous waste at the plant. -- (full text)
[WBZ]

5 things you should know about e-waste
Wednesday, August 25, 2010-- Given the evolving nature of the e-waste issue, it is virtually impossible for anyone to be an expert, but here are five things you can use to guide your corporate or personal policies. -- (full text)
[ZDNet (blog)]

Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases
Friday, August 20, 2010-- EPA is proposing to amend specific provisions in the GHG reporting rule to clarify certain provisions, to correct technical and editorial errors, and to address certain questions and issues that have arisen since promulgation. Comments are due by September 27, 2010. -- (full text)
[EPA]

EPA Recovers A Quarter Million Dollars In Cleanup Costs at Electroplating Site in Herkimer, N.Y., After EPA Removed Tons of Toxic Waste and Sludge
Tuesday, August 17, 2010-- The 1.5-acre property was a manufacturing and metal plating factory between 1874 and 2005. In 2006, EPA removed and disposed of hazardous substances that remained on the property. -- (full text)
[EPA]

Circuit Board firm to pay $45K for waste violations
Sunday, August 15, 2010-- The MPCA added that those inspectors also documented that industrial waste or other pollutants had breached a trench inside the building, resulting in a discharge to the soil, and employees had failed to halt release of corrosive hazardous waste acid. -- (full text)
[Minneapolis Star Tribune]