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A federal appeals court has upheld two decisions that threw out most of a lawsuit field against chemical giant DuPont Co. by Parkersburg residents over the pollution of their city's water with the toxic chemical C8. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals backed the rulings made in October 2008 and September 2009 by Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin.
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A federal judge on Monday dismissed most of a lawsuit filed against chemical giant DuPont Co. by Parkersburg residents over the pollution of their city's water with the toxic chemical C8. S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin dismissed claims of negligence, nuisance, trespassing and battery, almost a year to the day after refusing to allow Parkersburg residents to pursue their case against DuPont as a class-action lawsuit.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting a petition submitted by Eastman Chemical Corporation--Texas Operations (Eastman Chemical) to exclude from hazardous waste control (or delist) a certain solid waste. This final rule responds to the petition submitted by Eastman Chemical to delist three waste streams generated from its rotary kiln incinerator (RKI). These waste streams are the rotary kiln incinerator (RKI) bottom ash, RKI fly ash, and RKI scrubber water blowdown. The RKI bottom ash and the RKI fly ash are derived from the management of several F-, K-, and U-waste codes. These waste codes are F001, F002, F003, F005, F039, K009, K010, U001, U002, U031, U069, U107, U112, U117, U140, U147, U161, U213, and U359. The Scrubber water blowdown produced by the RKI's air pollutio...
... blowdown produced by the RKI's air pollution control equipment is also derived from the managem...
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kward@wvgazette.com A federal judge has blocked DuPont Co. from using an expert who once worked for the plaintiffs' lawyers in a case over pollution of Parkersburg city water with the toxic chemical C8.
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...Intent C. Defenses D. Penalties IV. CLEAN WATER ACT A. Purpose B. Elements of a CWA Offense 1. Vio... on violators of federal and state air pollution control laws and regulations. Section IV studies t..., and distribution or disposal of chemicals that pose a danger to the public or the environmen...
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Supt. Bisbee of the Auburn water system recently sent the state chemist, H.D. Evans, a sample of Lake Auburn water, and has received the following letter in reply: "The analysis shows the water to be in its usual first class condition. It is entirely free from all evidence of sewage pollution, either chemical or bacterial. The water shows no effect from the recent prolonged drought. In its present condition it represents one of the best drinking waters in the state."50 years ago, 1958 Four members of the Society of Industrial Realtors will be guests of the Hillcrest Poultry Co. for a chicken barbecue this afternoon as part of their tour of the Twin Cities. The realtors, part of a group of eight spending the week surveying Maine's industrial potential, will go from the railroad station t...
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kward@wvgazette.com DuPont Co. lawyers worried that the company was "vulnerable" to a lawsuit over pollution of Wood County water supplies with the chemical C8, documents released Thursday showed.
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BEIJING - Senior executives of a state-owned oil company will be punished for a toxic river spill that cut off water supplies to millions of people living in northeastern China and Russia, state media reported today. The disaster last November was one of China's worst cases of water pollution. A chemical plant blast spilled tons of benzene and other toxic material into the Songhua River in Jilin province, forcing authorities to shut down water supplies.
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Tips for preventing water pollution at home: * Eliminate or reduce your use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. If you must use them, do so sparingly.
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Toxic air emissions fell in both Bergen and Passaic counties in 2010 for a second straight year, but the economic downturn was as much a factor as clean-air technology. The North Jersey trend ran counter to pollution numbers in other parts of the state, where significant increases in air and water emissions at a few large chemical plants and refineries pushed the statewide preliminary emissions number up 24 percent for the year.
