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• EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

  Updated 10-year report shows decreases in chemical releases nationally and regionally

  EPA News Release: EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• EPA settlement with XTO Energy resolves Safe Drinking Water Act injection well violations in Utah

  Ensures compliance with requirements on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with XTO Energy resolves Safe Drinking Water Act injection well violations in Utah

  • Release Date: October 3, 2023

• Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Clean Air Act settlements for facilities operated by Williams Companies, Inc., MPLX LP, and WES DJ Gathering LLC will reduce ozone-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA News Release: Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023

• EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• EPA reaches settlement with landowners in Duchesne County, Utah to restore Duchesne River and floodplain on Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Karl and David Lamb to restore portions of the Duchesne River and floodplain impacted by unpermitted construction activities

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlement with landowners in Duchesne County, Utah to restore Duchesne River and floodplain on Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: June 10, 2021

• U.S. settles with U.S. Magnesium, the largest producer of magnesium metal in the Northern Hemisphere, for alleged illegal disposal of hazardous waste at Rowley, Utah facility

  Magnesium metal producer commits to process changes to treat its waste streams to remove dioxins, furans, hexachlorobenzene and PCBs to reduce environmental impacts from its operations

  EPA News Release: U.S. settles with U.S. Magnesium, the largest producer of magnesium metal in the Northern Hemisphere, for alleged illegal disposal of hazardous waste at Rowley, Utah facility

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• Big West Oil, LLC resolves chemical risk management violations at North Salt Lake facility

  Company corrects Clean Air Act deficiencies to reduce risk of accidental release of flammable mixtures and hydrofluoric acid

  EPA News Release: Big West Oil, LLC resolves chemical risk management violations at North Salt Lake facility

  • Release Date: January 14, 2021

• EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act orders to protect public health in Wyoming and Region 8 Indian Country

  Seven Administrative Orders issued to water systems since April 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act orders to protect public health in Wyoming and Region 8 Indian Country

  • Release Date: August 3, 2020

• EPA Region 8 actions protect public from coronavirus and other pathogens

  17 Advisory Letters and 14 Notice of Refusal of Admission Orders issued to companies selling and importing mislabeled and unregistered pesticide products

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 actions protect public from coronavirus and other pathogens

  • Release Date: July 30, 2020

• EPA and Utah DEQ establish procedures and policies for administration of State's self-audit law

  EPA News Release: EPA and Utah DEQ establish procedures and policies for administration of State's self-audit law

  • Release Date: July 28, 2020

• Salt Lake City-based Thatcher Group to resolve alleged violations of pesticide registration and labeling requirements

  Agreement resolves non-compliance identified through inspections in Nevada, New York, and Utah

  EPA News Release: Salt Lake City-based Thatcher Group to resolve alleged violations of pesticide registration and labeling requirements

  • Release Date: November 15, 2019

• EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  Top performers in freight industry include firms based in Colorado, North Dakota and Utah

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  • Release Date: October 7, 2019