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Officials grill water utility over response to earlier Luke AFB spill Luke Air Force Base recently alerted nearby residents to the presence of chemicals PFOA and PFOS, which were used in base firefighting for decades, in their drinking water. The base is providing bottled water and working on solutions with local utilities, but the Arizona Corporation Commission wanted to know why some companies were not doing more. (Source: U.S. Air Force) By Haleigh Kochanski | March 4, 2021 at 12:59 PM MST - Updated March 4 at 12:59 PM
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Nine states and some nongovernmental organizations brought lawsuits against the agencyâs temporary enforcement policy published amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Enforcement discretion has long been a standard administrative agency prerogative. Recently, the practice of agency nonenforcement took the stage as nine states and some nongovernmental organizations brought lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyâs (EPA) temporary enforcement policy published amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a final regulatory determination for two of the most prevalent per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), PFOA.
EPA slaps state with big fine for operating banned cesspools on Kauai Kauai, Hawaii (Source: Hawaii News Now Graphic Library) By HNN Staff | March 4, 2021 at 9:12 PM HST - Updated March 4 at 9:54 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Department of Land and Natural Resources has been fined nearly $222,000 for operating seven large-capacity cesspools on Kauai.
The EPA banned this type of cesspool in 2005 because it can pollute water resources and violates the Safe Drinking Water Act.
The cesspools are located at Camp Hale Koa, the Waineke Cabins and at a commercial property on Kukui street in Kapaa.
The EPA has previously taken action against the DLNR, collecting over $407,000 in fines and closing 74 cesspools.