EPA grants Puerto Rico $46M for clean water projects
October 17, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $46 million to Puerto Rico to help finance improvements to water projects that are essential to protecting public health and the environment. The funds will primarily be used to upgrade sewage plants and drinking water systems throughout the island.
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Suiza Dairy settles EPA case; to pay $275K fine, invest $3.7M
October 2, 2012
Puerto Rico dairy producer Suiza Dairy has agreed to pay a penalty of $275,000 and invest some $3.75 million in plant upgrades to settle Clean Air Act violations, as per an agreement with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Energy Answers WTE plant gets support from Arecibo neighbors
August 28, 2012
A group of Arecibo residents has gathered and submitted more than 1,500 signatures in favor of the proposed $500 million, 77-megawatt waste-to-energy plant project by Albany, NY-based Energy Answers International Inc. for the Cambalache sector of the northern Puerto Rico town.
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Op-Ed: Eliminating ‘energy vampires’ at home
August 27, 2012
With energy costs increasing every day in Puerto Rico, we have to be extremely vigilant about energy vampires in our homes. As much as half of the energy used in our homes goes to heating and cooling.
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EPA to hold public hearings on Arecibo waste-to-energy facility air permit
July 20, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled a new round of public hearing sessions to accept public comments on its proposed action to approve an air permit to Energy Answers International Inc., which has announced plans to build a $500 million, 77-megawatt waste-to-energy plant at the former site of the Global Fibers Paper Mill in Arecibo.
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EPA OKs $70K ‘green’ education grant to Turabo University
July 18, 2012
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $70,000 to enable the Turabo University in Gurabo, to work with junior high school students and teachers in developing web pages focusing on their local environment.
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EPA grants $60K to Martín Peña Channel’s ENLACE group
July 3, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing a $60,000 grant to ENLACE, an organization that serves communities along the Martin Peña Channel in San Juan to educate people about water quality in the canal and what can be done to reduce pollution.
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EPA, local gov’t reps discuss island’s environmental challenges
June 12, 2012
Puerto Rico’s high asthma rates, and recycling and pollution prevention efforts were some of the issues on the agenda of a meeting that took place late last week between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local government representatives in New York, the agency said Monday.
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Arecibo to pay $35K fine, pump $56M in sewer system upgrades to settle Clean Water Act violations
June 5, 2012
The town of Arecibo has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act and violations of its Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.
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Arecibo residents express mixed feelings about waste-to-energy plant project
May 25, 2012
Arecibo-area residents got their chance to express their concerns about the waste-to-energy incinerator project that New York-based Energy Answers is proposing to build in their neighborhood during an informative meeting that drew heavy participation this week.
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EPA to hold public meeting, hearing on permit for Arecibo waste-to-energy plant
May 15, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it will hold a public hearing June 25 to give the public a chance to express their concerns about the proposed waste-to-energy plant project slated for Arecibo.
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Proposed Arecibo waste-to-energy plant gets EPA nod
May 10, 2012
The proposed $500 million waste-to-energy plant that Albany, NY-based Energy Answers is seeking to build in Arecibo got an important endorsement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this week, when it approved a key permit needed to move the project forward.
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Arecibo Battery Recycling Co. to pay EPA fine, invest $3M to reduce pollution
February 24, 2012
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.
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EPA confirms toxic emissions drop in P.R., up for USVI
January 5, 2012
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.
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EPA orders Condado Duo developer to pay $473K penalty for polluting lagoon
December 16, 2011
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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