United States v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
A settling CWA defendant responsible for unauthorized discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States and Mississippi and for noncompliance with NPDES permit conditions must pay a $475,000 penalty to the United States and Mississippi and must perform extensive injunctive relief to comply with standard operating procedures and employee training policy.
United States v. Continental Carbon Company
A settling CAA defendant that violated PSD and Title V permit provisions and CAA implementing regulations at three carbon black manufacturing facilities in Phenix City, Alabama, Ponca City, Oklahoma, and Sunray, Texas, must pay a $650,000 civil penalty, must reduce harmful sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and particulate matter emissions through the installation and operation of pollution controls, and must spend $550,000 on environmental mitigation projects in communities adversely affected by the pollution.
United States v. Total Petroleum Puerto Rico Corp.
A settling RCRA defendant that violated UST control regulations at 31 facilities in Puerto Rico and at four facilities in the U.S. Virgin Islands must pay a $426,000 penalty, must implement injunctive relief valued at approximately $1,000,000, and must undertake a supplemental environmental project valued at approximately $600,000.
United States v. The Atlas-Lederer Company
Under an amendment to a 1998 consent decree, settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the United Scrap Lead Superfund site in Troy, Ohio, must pay a cash-out amount of $158,564, must dismiss their challenge to oversight bills, and must waive their right to share proceeds generated from the sale of the site; in exchange, defendants will be excused from paying any additional oversight costs, from conducting any periodic studies for EPA, and from using best efforts for access to the site by third parties.
United States v. Sainz
Settling CWA defendants that violated dredge and fill permit regulations must pay a civil penalty and must mitigate the losses of ecological functions resulting from the discharges.
United States v. Pharmacia LLC
Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for remedial action to prevent groundwater contamination of the Mississippi River in Sauget, Illinois, must pay $1.7 million in U.S. response costs.
United States v. MTU America Inc.
A settling CAA defendant that sold 895 non-road engines without valid certificates of conformity must pay a $1.2 million civil penalty, must conduct three annual audits of its compliance with the CAA's Title II requirements, and must remedy any noncompliance revealed by the audits.
United States v. Middleton
Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Circle Environmental #1 and #2 Superfund sites in Terrell County, Georgia, must pay $285,000 in past U.S. removal costs.
United States v. Mancino
Settling CERCLA defendants responsible for violations at the Puente Valley Operable Unit of the San Gabriel Valley Superfund site in Los Angeles County, California, must pay $180,000 and $135,000 in U.S. response costs, respectively, under two separate consent decrees.