CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 10, 2001 | CHRISTINE HANLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Concerned by the rising number of beach closures across Southern California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a sweeping review of sewage-collection systems in 25 coastal cities to determine whether the Clean Water Act is being violated. The EPA has sent in-depth questionnaires to cities and sanitation districts from Santa Barbara to San Diego seeking documents about the operation and maintenance of waste-water lines.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 11, 2001 | SEEMA MEHTA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday fined the former owner of a Chino dairy $48,000 for contaminating a tributary of the Santa Ana River with an overflow of cow manure. Though the river helps replenish Orange County's ground water before it flows into the Pacific Ocean off Huntington Beach, federal officials believe the contamination never seeped past the Prado Dam in Riverside County. The former operators of the Beranna Dairy were fined for violating the federal Clean Water Act.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 2, 2001 | JEAN GUCCIONE and ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Rejecting Glendale's bid to shut down a water treatment plant, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday the city must continue to operate the facility even though it will pump treated water containing chromium 6. Glendale officials have argued they should not have to deliver any supplies to residents as long as the water contains detectable levels of chromium 6--a heavy metal and suspected carcinogen that is a byproduct of manufacturing.
NEWS
March 1, 2001 | GARY POLAKOVIC, TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will proceed with plans to cut diesel exhaust from big trucks and buses by 95%, maintaining a major Clinton administration rule that environmentalists worried President Bush would try to weaken. Shortly after taking office, Bush ordered a review of all regulations approved in the final weeks of the Clinton administration.
NEWS
January 9, 2001 | MARLA CONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state officials filed suit Monday against Los Angeles, demanding that the city stop its frequent sewage spills, which are occurring at a rate of almost two per day. "The high number of spills we've seen in the last few years is a serious public health problem," said Alexis Strauss, director of the EPA's regional water division. Los Angeles recently spent $1.6 billion to upgrade its Hyperion sewage treatment plant to meet environmental standards.
NEWS
January 2, 2001 | From Times Wire Reports
Civil rights groups will publicly confront Democratic senators and demand that they vote against Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) for attorney general. The Rev. Jesse Jackson said lawmakers will be confronted at public events--such as Martin Luther King Day activities--this month. Ashcroft has been known for his staunch anti-abortion stand and for leading a drive to kill the nomination of Missouri Supreme Court Justice Ronnie White, who is black, to the federal bench.