Six months after taking action against the Battery Recycling Co. in Arecibo, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday a legal agreement through which the company will have to pay a $112,500 penalty for alleged violations of the hazardous waste law.
Toxic emissions in Puerto Rico were 15 percent lower in 2010 versus the prior year, but higher in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 25th edition of its Toxics Release Inventory report.
The developers of the Condado Duo Hotel complex, International Hospitality Associates, have entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for discharging pollutants into the San Juan stormwater sewer system, which is connected to the Condado Lagoon.
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