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- Chevron $1 million in oil spill suit to be used to reestablish ecosystem. (Apr-30-07)
- Mt. Hood Chemical Corp. $90,000 penalty for EPA FIFRA violations. (Apr-30-07)
- Durgin and Crowell, Inc. Department of Environmental Services fines company $76,000 for Air Pollution Control Act violation. (Apr-25-07)
- US Government and Caribbean Petroleum Corp. $10 million settlement fund to clear up oil spill damage on San Juan coast. (Apr-25-07)
- Kerr Real Estate Inc. $630,000 payout for cutting 4,000 trees on federal property. (Apr-25-07)
- Log Cabin Partners LLC $47,500 payout for illegally cutting trees and overlay district ordinance violations. (Apr-25-07)
- Beede Waste Oil Site $74 million settlement to clean up toxic Superfund site. (Apr-22-07)
- Superior Asphalt $7,500 penalty for environmental violations. (Apr-21-07)
- New York, NY $80,000 settlement for city's indiscriminate use of toxic pesticides. (Apr-20-07)
- AES Corp. Illegal ash dumping lawsuit settled for $6 million. (Apr-19-07)
- Newport News Indian tribe to receive $650,000 as compensation in decade long water rights lawsuit. (Apr-16-07)
- Norcal Waste Systems $129,000 settlement ends controversial trash-hauling contract and litigation. (Apr-16-07)
- Joslyn Sunbank Company $495,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit over hazardous waste violations. (Apr-16-07)
- Valero St. Charles Refinery Close to $6 million paid for EPA fine particle pollution. (Apr-13-07)
- Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center $1 million paid for illegal construction of parking lot. (Apr-11-07)
- Jackson County Board of Education Couple receives $280,000 compensation from property damage lawsuit. (Apr-10-07)
- Nevada Power Company $1.1 million fine for EPA violations. (Apr-9-07)
- British Rail and Swindon Pressings BP128,500 as damages for asbestos exposure (Apr-5-07)
- Los Angeles, CA $1 million settlement to restore Jewish heritage center. (Apr-5-07)
- Van Can Company Settlement and fine for waste storage violations. (Apr-3-07)
- Warren County Landfill Department of Environmental Protection fines landfill over odor emissions. (Apr-3-07)
- Claremont, CA $17.5 million as compensation in Grand Prix fire. (Apr-3-07)
- University of the Virgin Islands $119,000 settlement for EPA violations. (Apr-2-07)
- J.McDaniel Transportation, Inc. $25,000 settlement for natural resource restoration. (Apr-2-07)
- Dynegy Inc. Land worth $2.25 million awarded as settlement for environment pollution. (Mar-30-07)
- Federal Insurance Co. $20 million insurance coverage for asbestos claims. (Mar-28-07)
- PPL Montana et al. $150,000 settlement with EPA over nitrogen oxide violations. (Mar-27-07)
- Eastman Chemical $97,900 settlement with EPA for failure to submit toxic chemical reports. (Mar-26-07)
- Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. $50 million whistleblower settlement for ocean pollution. (Mar-26-07)
- United Airlines $400,000 fine for disregarding pollution control requirements. (Mar-23-07)
- BNSF Railway $459,000 settlement with EPA for compromising land and wildlife in Clovis. (Mar-23-07)
- EPEC Polymers Inc. $23.4 million settlement for waste pollution. (Mar-23-07)
- Colorado Department of Transportation Woman awarded $80,000 in environment contamination lawsuit. (Mar-22-07)
- Rich-Tex, Inc. $868,000 product liability settlement awarded for an asbestos related death. (Mar-19-07)
- Shell Chemical Co. $6.5 million settlement awarded to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for environmental violations. (Mar-16-07)
- Williams Refining Co. $2.2 million in civil penalties for benzene emissions. (Mar-15-07)
- Smithfield Foods $50 million settlement over 25 years to improve hog waste pollution. (Mar-15-07)
- University of California Santa Cruz City settle environment protection suit with $110,000 payout. (Mar-12-07)
- The Village of Gowanda Village fined $1500, spends $38,000 for violating EPA federal Clean Water Act. (Mar-12-07)
- Boy Scouts of America $330,000 settlement and 9,000 trees planted after a wildfire destroyed 14,200 acres. (Mar-9-07)
- PPL $1.5 million in damages after ash spill at its Steam Electric Station. (Mar-8-07)
- Nantucket, MA $1.2 million settlement for expenses related to the off-island shipping of construction and demolition waste. (Mar-8-07)
- Alcoa Inc. $859,000 in penalties for nitrogen oxide pollution. (Mar-8-07)
- Foss Maritime Co. Tug and barge company pays $265,000 to restore natural resources after an oil spill on tribal land. (Mar-6-07)
- Honeywell International Inc. $500,000 fine for underreporting hazardous waste. (Mar-5-07)
- Los Angeles County, CA Sanitation districts to pay state $4 million to set up recycled-water distribution system. (Mar-5-07)
- San Bernardino County, CA $102 million for damaging commercial and residential developments. (Feb-28-07)
- Trafigura $198 million as compensation for oil waste. (Feb-22-07)
- Atlantic Richfield Co. $215 million settlement for restoration damage claims. (Feb-18-07)
- Pennywise Oil Company, Inc. Oil firm violates EPA's federal acts, fined $22,500 in environmental pollution lawsuit. (Feb-18-07)