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Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... construction projects.“Tractors and bulldozers contribute significantly to air pollution,” said Alan J. Steinberg, EPA Regional Administrator. “Just one large bulldozer produces 800 pounds of air pollution a year, which is equivalent to the pollution associated with 26 cars. Our regulatory requirements work in tandem with these funds to help clean up the tractors and other equipment...
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Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... pursue parties that violate the law and fail to protect farm workers and pesticide handlers,” said Alan J. Steinberg, Regional Administrator. “EPA is making sure that those parties who deal with pesticides do so safely and by the rules in place to protect workers, pesticide handlers and the environment.” PRDA applies pesticides at farms located throughout Puerto Rico. On March 13,...
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Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... throughout the Upper Hudson are protected during dredging,” said EPA Regional Administrator Alan J. Steinberg. “We have developed a series of safeguards and contingency plans that will be in place to protect water supplies as we proceed with this important project.” Halfmoon and Waterford currently get their drinking water from water intakes in the upper Hudson River. When constructed,...
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Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... guilty party at MRS, while our environmental experts dealt with the pollution at the site,” said Alan J. Steinberg. “Not only has justice been served, but the work at MRS Plating Facility has been finished and the site requires no further cleanup work.” When two releases of liquid chromium-contaminated plating waste occurred in fall 2006 at the former electroplating facility, the...
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Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... River.“Diesel engines can be very dirty and they contribute significantly to air pollution,” said Alan J. Steinberg, EPA Regional Administrator. “But they don’t have to be dirty - we can put controls on old engines and use cleaner engines in our new equipment to drastically cut pollution from these sources.” NYSDEC Commissioner Pete Grannis said, "As technologies to improve air quality...
