U.S. Department of Energy and contractor reach $30,000 settlement with EPA over spill notification failure

26.06.08 - 17:42 ... source : Environmental Protection Agency - EPA

... Release date: 06/09/2008 Contact Information: Suzanne Powers, EPA/Olympia, WA 360-753-9475 powers.suzanne@epa.gov Mark MacIntyre, EPA/Seattle 206-553-7302, macintyre.mark@epa.gov (Seattle, Washington – June 9, 2008) The Department of Energy and CH2M Hill, their cleanup contractor for the Hanford Facility, have agreed to pay a $6800 penalty to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for failing to immediately notify the National Response Center following a spill of radioactive waste at the Facility in 2007. In addition to the penalty, the Company will spend $24,000 to provide new equipment for local emergency responders. CH2M Hill, Hanford Group, Inc. was performing work for the Department of Energy at Hanford, when app ...» Next (HTML)