Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Part of the money will be used to bring a clean diesel project to Wayne County.
BASF Corp. has agreed to spend more than $1 million to correct alleged pollution problems at its Wyandotte chemical manufacturing facility. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that BASF has agreed to pay a $788,048 penalty for allegedly violating the federal Clean Air Act. The company will spend at least another $250,000 to retrofit or replace municipal diesel engines in Wayne County with certified clean-diesel technologies. BASF also will improve leak detection and repair practices to avoid future violations. The company has already made changes to its processes to reduce the emission of hazardous air pollutants from the facility. “As a result of EPA enforcement of the Clean Air Act, people living in Wayne County …
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BASF Corp.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said hazardous waste trash containers at Detroit Tubular Rivet Co. pose an "imminent and substantial threat to human health and the environment."
A handful of Wyandotte residents came out to a public meeting on Wednesday to ask questions about a hazardous waste removal project taking place at a shuttered manufacturing company. Detroit Tubular Rivet Co., 1213 Grove, was cited in January for 16 hazardous and liquid industrial waste violations, including “failure to maintain hazardous waste containers in good condition and for sloppy waste handling." After the company failed to correct the problems, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is coming in to remove hundreds of waste containers abandoned at the site. EPA officials inspected the property and found 300 drums, totes and small containers. Some of the containers were sampled and found to contain cyanide, acids and methylene …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said trash containers at Detroit Tubular Rivet Co. pose an "imminent and substantial threat to human health and the environment."
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be in Wyandotte for the next two months, cleaning up hazardous materials left behind when a manufacturing company closed its doors after filing for bankruptcy. Detroit Tubular Rivet Co., 1213 Grove, was cited in January for 16 hazardous and liquid industrial waste violations, including “failure to maintain hazardous waste containers in good condition and for sloppy waste handling,” according to the EPA, which calls the matter an “imminent threat.” After the company failed to correct the problems, the EPA has deemed it necessary to take “emergency action” to clean up hundreds of waste containers abandoned at the site. “We consider the drums as an urgent problem in the community,” …
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1213 Grove St, Wyandotte, MI
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Friday, August 26, 2011
More than $2.2 million in grants from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative will be used for projects in Metro Detroit.
The federal government awarded nearly $2.2 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants Friday to Metro Detroit area agencies to protect and preserve the waterways. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the four grants to local agencies at Veterans Memorial Park in St. Clair with members of Congress, county officials and local environmental groups. "The new standard of care under the president's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative ... is to make sure we are proactively making the Great Lakes better for the next generation," said Cameron Davis, EPA senior advisor to the administrator on the Great Lakes. The four grants are among 70 that have been awarded by the EPA under the Great Lakes Restorative Initiative in 2011. The …
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Veterans Memorial Park
Jefferson Ave & Masonic Blvd, St Clair Shores, MI
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Jennifer F
11:33 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
I completely agree. It's a bit scary to wonder what the heck was released in the air over these years..scary. more ›