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May 2013 releases

  • Former Manager of Milford Water Company Sentenced in Tampering Case
  • MWPAT Achieves Record-Low Borrowing Costs on Recent Bond Sales links to PDF file
  • Revere, Saugus and Lynn Join MassDEP for Oil Spill Field Exercise
  • Boston Property Owner Penalized $25,000 for Failing to Report Spill
  • Solid Waste Master Plan Focuses on Recycling, Materials Reduction, Waste Ban Enforcement to Build Path to a ‘Zero Waste’ Future
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Announces 81 Winners of 2013 Public Water Systems Awards as Part of National Drinking Water Week
  • Commonwealth Delivers Grants for 20 Municipal Water Projects
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Awards More Than $512 Million in Loans to Fund Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure Projects
  • BP Reservoir Place in Waltham Penalized $11,500 for Failure to Report a Large Release of Diesel Fuel MassDEP Inspects Trapelo Road Site

April 2013

  • Patrick-Murray Administration Celebrates Earth Day 2013 with Launch of Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Incentive Program for Municipalities
  • MassDEP Seeks Comment on Proposed Wetland, Waterways & Wastewater Regulatory Reform
  • Environmental Officials Announce Westborough as Latest Community to Qualify for Zero Percent Loan to Reduce Nutrients in Wastewater
  • Charlton Man Sentenced for Negligent Discharge of Oil into the Environment
  • MassDEP Issues $2,750 Penalty to Piedmont Operating Partnership in Boxborough to Resolve Groundwater Discharge Permit Violations
  • MassDEP Inspection Reveals Recyclable Wood Dumped at Landfill in Violation of State's Waste Ban by ABC Disposal Services of New Bedford
  • President of Lee Water Testing Company Arraigned on Additional Charges, Prohibited from Operating Company

March 2013

  • Public Comment on Proposed Waste Site Cleanup Regulation Reforms Sought
  • Commonwealth Signs Pact with Cape Cod Commission to Develop Water Quality Management Plan
  • Patrick-Murray Administration's Regulatory Reforms Cut Permit Times, Encourages Economic Development and Job Growth
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Grants Nearly $929,000 to Assist Communities with Water Conservation, Demand Management Projects

February 2013

  • Defendants Pay $4.25 Million Settlement for Restoring Natural Resources at Industri-Plex Superfund Site in Woburn
  • Triumvirate Environmental, Inc. Penalized $17,250 for Hazardous Waste Management Violations in Lowell
  • Holliston Manufacturing Company Assessed a $4,260 Penalty for Violating Environmental Requirements
  • MassDEP Penalizes Landworks Industries $53,937 for Asbestos Removal Violations During Renovation Work at Milton Residence
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Awards $400,000 for Anaerobic Digestion Facility at Dartmouth Landfill
  • State Snow Disposal Policy Protects Sensitive Environmental Resources
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Historic Nine-State Agreement to Significantly Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Plants
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Funds New Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring Station in City of Brockton

January 2013

  • MassDEP Assesses Property Owner $4,100 Penalty Following Violations of Drinking Water Requirements at Boxborough Commons
  • Worcester Trust and Lowell Company to Pay $24,000 Penalty for Asbestos Violations at Worcester Renovation Project
  • MassDEP Fines Methuen Woman $42,975 for Numerous Environmental Violations at Springfield Rental Property
  • Owner of Getty Station in Monson fined $3,000 by MassDEP
  • Commonwealth Woodstove Trade-in-Program Closes
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Relaunches Woodstove Exchange Program
  • Director of Lee Water Testing Lab Indicted in Connection with Falsifying Drinking Water Reports
  • MassDEP Penalizes Yankee Environmental Services of Billerica $35,625 for Asbestos Violations on Babcock Street in Boston
  • Minnesota Company Assessed $6,000 Penalty for Failing to Meet Oil Spill Cleanup Requirements at Millis Residence
  • MassDEP Penalizes Waltham Demolition Contractor $41,150 for Asbestos, Demolition Violations at Old Colony Housing in South Boston
  • MassDEP Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Solid Waste Management, Asbestos Air Quality Regulation Reforms
  • Commonwealth Recommends Funding to Develop Regional Water Quality Management Plan for Cape Cod Waterways
  • State and federal officials release final piping plover restoration plan associated with the Bouchard Barge 120 oil spill
  • Maine Company Assessed $2,000 Penalty for Late Notification Following Hydraulic Fluid Spill in Pittsfield

December 2012 releases

  • Certa Pro Painters Penalized $5,750 for Dumping Waste Paint Wash Water in Storm Drain, Polluting River in Dartmouth
  • South Middlesex Non-Profit Housing Corp. of Framingham Assessed $10,062 Penalty for Failing to Timely Report, Cleanup Oil Release in Marlborough
  • Cahill's Tire Center in Oxford Assessed $10,222 Penalty for Violating Environmental Requirements
  • North Woods Contracting of Maine Assessed $2,000 Penalty for Late Notification Following Hydraulic Fluid Spill in Pittsfield
  • EP Energy, Contractors and Engineers to Pay $3.25 Million after Illegally Overfilling Agawam, West Springfield Landfill
  • MassDEP Issues Updated Draft Solid Waste Master Plan
  • Massachusetts Joins Six Other States in Northeast Recycling Council's 'The Reuse Marketplace' to Promote Recycling and Reuse

November 2012 releases

  • Lieutenant Governor Murray Announces Third Round of the Brownfields Support Team Initiative
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Establishes Framework to Better Protect Water Resources across the Commonwealth
  • East Boston Auto Repair Shop Owner Ordered to Clean Up Hazardous and Solid Waste Impacting Vital Wetlands
  • Trustee of Harvard's Hillside Garage Assessed $19,937 Penalty for Failing to Cleanup Site Contamination
  • Rules to Spur Increased Use of Organics for Recycling, Composting and Renewable Energy
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Marks America Recycles Day with $2.07M in Grants for Recycling, Composting to 118 Communities and Groups
  • Celebrating America Recycles Day with EPA, MassDEP and the Boston Red Sox
  • Settlement Requires Restoration of Chickley River Natural Resources
  • DARN Properties of Milford Assessed $28,372 Penalty for Asbestos Violations at Milford Rental Property
  • Sterling Bag Manufacturer Penalized $6,052 for Industrial Wastewater Violations and Neglecting Hazardous Waste Requirements
  • Springfield Chemical Manufacturer Fined $23,250 for Air Quality Violations
  • MassDEP Fines Owner of Residential Housing Complex in Northampton $5,000 for Failure to Complete Site Cleanup
  • Projects Totaling More Than $353,000 Selected to Restore Connecticut River Damaged by Holyoke Coal Tar Wastes

October 2012 releases

  • Patrick-Murray Administration Announces $1.4 Million in Grants To Fund Projects Targeting Nonpoint Source Pollution
  • State and Federal Environment Officials Celebrate Amethyst Brook Restoration
  • AVX Corp to Pay $366 M in Settlement, Accelerating Cleanup of New Bedford Harbor
  • Using Remote Surveillance, MassDEP and City of Lawrence Target Illegal Dumping in Public Spaces
  • ThermoEnergy Corp. of Worcester Pays $2,800 Penalty for Industrial Wastewater, Hazardous Waste Violations
  • Springfield Company Penalized $39,000 for Air Pollution Violations
  • MassDEP Penalizes Commonwealth Tank $10,887 for Asbestos Violations at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

September 2012 releases

  • Patrick-Murray Administration Delivers Oil Spill Emergency Response Trailers for Protection of Boston Harbor
  • MassDEP's Environmental Strike Force, Registry of Motor Vehicles Catch Faulty Auto Emissions Testers, Inspection Stations
  • Willow Road Development Trustee Pays $9,000 Fine, Corrects Violation of Wetlands Protection Act Regulations at Ayer Site
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Recognizes Big Y Foods for Energy and Environmental Efforts
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Seeks K-12 School Nominees for Federal Green Ribbon Schools Award
  • UMass Medical School in Worcester Assessed $23,000 Penalty for Violating Requirement to Notify MassDEP of Chemical Release
  • Environmental Officials Announced Chatham is First Community to Qualify for Zero Percent Loan to Reduce Nutrients in Wastewater
  • Connecticut Management Company Assessed $5,750 Penalty for Failing to Report Oil Release at Worcester Property
  • Methuen Contracting Company to Pay $2,000 Penalty for Asbestos Removal Violations in Southbridge
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket Penalized $9,057 For Drinking Water System Violations
  • Haverhill Emissions Inspector Ordered to Stop Inspecting Motor Vehicles as a Result of Investigation
  • Restoration Effort Moving Forward on 11 Projects as Part of $3.7 Million Nyanza Natural Resource Damages Settlement

August 2012 releases

  • AG, DEP Resolve Case Against Town of Falmouth for Water Emergency in 2010
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Awards $210,372 in Grants To Assess Water Quality in Watersheds Across the Commonwealth
  • Handy Trucking & Bobcat Services Penalized $11,000 for Wetlands Violations at Residence in Tisbury
  • Capital Contractors, Inc. of Natick Assessed $11,056 Penalty for Violating Air Pollution Control, Solid Waste Requirements at Holliston Site
  • MassDEP Assesses $12,500 Penalty on Dufour Escorted Tours for Environmental Violations at Hinsdale Facility
  • Officials Release Draft Restoration Plan for Third Round of Housatonic River Watershed Restoration Program
  • Warrior Fuels Failure to Notify MassDEP Following Large Home Heating Oil Release in New Bedford Garners $48,802.50 Penalty

July 2012 releases

  • Osterville Company Settles Allegations it Failed to Cleanup Contaminated Property
  • Massachusetts and Rhode Island Coordinate Help for Communities to Reduce Stormwater Pollution
  • Owners of Lynnfield Company Plead Guilty, Sentenced in Connection With Illegal Asbestos Removal and Disposal
  • State Planning Summer Workshop on Siting Solar And Wind Projects on 'Recycled' Local Landfills
  • MassDEP Finds Additional Asbestos Removal Violations at Boston University Facilities in Boston

June 2012 releases

  • State Environmental Officials Honor Schools, Classes Across the Commonwealth with 2011-12 'Green Team' Awards
  • MassDEP Penalizes Texas Trucking Company $2,000 for Failing to Complete Spill Cleanup Following Route 291 Incident
  • Brideau Oil Corp. of Fitchburg Assessed $13,225 Penalty for Failing to Report, Cleanup Oil Spill at Leominster Home
  • MassDEP Penalizes MIG Corp. of Acton $4,000 for Diesel Fuel Spill in Becket
  • Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Nearly $818,000 in Grants to Install Technologies that Reduce Harmful Diesel Emission
  • MassDEP Assesses $1,400 Penalty to USPack, Inc. of Leominster for Violating Hazardous Waste Requirements
  • $6.6 Million Distributed to Six Restoration Projects In And Around Greater New Bedford Harbor
  • MassDEP Issues $1,450 Penalty to Parker-Hannifin Corp. of Devens to Resolve Hazardous Waste Violations
  • Littleton Manufacturer Assessed $5,700 Penalty for Violating Air Pollution Control and Hazardous Waste Requirements
  • Former Pittsfield Gasoline Station Site Owner Fined $3,500 for Failure to Cleanup Contamination
  • MassDEP Penalizes Stow Shopping Center Owner, Requires Upgrades to Correct Drinking Water System Violations

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