SEATTLE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that Doyon Associated, LLC, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, will pay a fine of $117,000 for violations of the Clean Air Act. Doyon Associated, LLC, is accused of installing 55 defeat devices and tampering with 28 heavy duty motor vehicles between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, […]
SEATTLE – During a visit Thursday with the Lummi Nation in Bellingham, Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox, announced more than $278 million in funding for American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to improve water infrastructure. “The Lummi Nation’s Gooseberry Point Wastewater Treatment Plant is a great example of […]
SEATTLE– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that Northern Star (Pogo) L.L.C. was fined $600,000 for improper storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials at its gold mine and laboratory in Delta Junction, Alaska. “Strict accountability for hazardous waste is vital to protecting people and the environment at every step of the way,” said […]
SEATTLE Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 Office announced, for public review and comment, a revised Proposed Determination under Clean Water Act Section 404(c) to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters in the Bristol Bay watershed as disposal sites for the discharge of dredged or fill material associated with mining the […]