The EPA settlement includes the penalty and solar installations for a school and a childcare facility. #NewsismyBusiness
The settlement agreement does not include a breakdown of how the $7.7 million restitution will be distributed. #NewsismyBusiness
The landfill is on the path to closure. #NewsismyBusiness
The company will conduct enhanced monitoring to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act at its gasoline storage facility in Guaynabo. #NewsismyBusiness
The U.S. Department of Labor requested that a federal judge approve a consent judgment requiring the Puerto Rico Police Department to pay $8,732,386 in back wages and interest to 2,642 current and former police officers.
Under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, two pesticide distributors, Superior-Angran LLC and Superior Angran Caribbean Inc. of Guaynabo, will come into compliance with the Clean Air Act and federal pesticides law, the agency announced Thursday.
The Fundación Fondo Acceso a la Justicia Inc., a legal-assistance organization based in Guaynabo, is receiving more than $11.8 million from a Bank of America mortgage settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and six states, said Eric D. Green, independent monitor of the Aug. 2014 case.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a legal settlement with Landfill Technologies of Arecibo, the municipality of Arecibo and the Puerto Rico Land Authority to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
Cemex Concretos, Inc. and Cemex de Puerto Rico, Inc. (known as CEMEX), have settled a claim filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to violations of stormwater discharge procedures under the Clean Water Act, for which it will pay a fine and hand over land, the agency announced Tuesday.
Constructora Santiago II Corp., a federal construction contractor in San Juan, will make a lump sum payment of $40,000 to three female carpenters who were allegedly sexually harassed, retaliated against and denied regular and overtime work hours comparable to those of their male counterparts.
Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Luis Sánchez-Betances announced Tuesday that the island will receive more than $34,000 as part of an agreement between other states, territories, and the federal government and Kmart Corp. to settle allegations that Kmart submitted false claims and false statements through its Kmart Pharmacy Centers to the federal government, state governments, and territories for payments relating to partial fills of prescriptions.
Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico has agreed to pay more than $35 million in back wages and interest to 4,490 current and former employees of the territory’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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