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Colorado ethanol plant to pay $5,850 penalty for Risk Management Program violations
Yuma Ethanol, LLC has agreed to pay a $5,850 civil penalty and correct violations relating to the storage and use of toxic and flammable substances at its ethanol plant in Yuma, Colorado. An EPA inspection of the plant in October 2011 found the company had violated Risk Management Program regulations under the Clean Air Act. By agreeing to the settlement announced today, the company has certified ...
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Dominion, Duke propose $5B natural gas pipeline
Dominion Resources, Duke Energy and other partners are proposing a $5 billion natural gas pipeline to connect the Southeast with the prodigious supplies of natural gas being produced in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Gas is being relied upon to generate more of the nation's electricity in recent years because enormous new domestic supplies have drastically lowered its price and because ...
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Feds, Duke Energy settle on pollution at coal-burning plants
Duke Energy and the Obama Administration are settling a 15-year-old lawsuit over claims that the largest U.S. electric company violated federal clean air laws by modifying coal-fired power generators without required air pollution control equipment, company and administration officials said Thursday. The Charlotte-based energy company would pay a civil penalty of $975,000, shut down one ...
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Exelon: Competitive Markets Can Achieve Clean Energy Goals at One-Fourth the Cost of Other Approaches
A new analysis by Exelon under its Exelon 2020 strategy finds that by letting competitive electricity markets work, the electric utility industry can slash harmful air pollutants for as little as one-quarter the cost of other politically popular approaches, such as subsidizing favored energy technologies. “The evidence is clear: Markets are delivering more than ...
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Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC to Pay $10,150 for risk management plan violations at Council Bluffs Ethanol Plant
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC has agreed to pay a $10,150 civil penalty and spend at least $38,729 on a supplemental environmental project for failing to file a risk management plan and implement risk management regulations at its dry-mill ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa. According to an administrative consent agreement and final order filed by EPA Region 7 in Kansas City, Kan., an ...
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Kerr-McGee Reaches Major Settlement on Natural Gas Production in Colorado and Utah
Washington, D.C. - Kerr-McGee Corp. will spend $18 million on pollution controls in the first comprehensive settlement under the Clean Air Act that will reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas at production facilities across Utah and Colorado. The control measures and operational improvements are expected to reduce annual emissions of air pollutants by more than 2,500 tons in Utah and ...
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US moves toward ban on coal-fired power plants to focus on renewables
In a report compiled in early 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy listed 151 coal-fired power plants in the planning stages and talked about a resurgence in coal-fired electricity. But during 2007, 59 proposed U.S. coal-fired power plants were either refused licenses by state governments or quietly abandoned. In addition to the 59 plants that were dropped, close to 50 more coal plants are being ...
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Air Pollution Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Air Pollution Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants http://www.reportlinker.com/p0118041/Air-Pollution-Control-for-Coal-Fired-Power-Plants.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Coal_energy INTRODUCTION STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES This is an update by the same author, a Ph.D. ...
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