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EEL Current Events and Materials
Air Matters
$20 Billion Emission Trading Market Goes Online
On December 3, 2001 EPA announced the latest innovation in air emissions trading, its øOnline Allowance Transfer SystemÓ (OATS). This online system will enable participants in the sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) markets to record trades directly on the Internet instead of submitting paper forms to EPA for processing. A trading unit is called an allowance and is equivalent to one ton of air emissions. øEPA's tracking systems, which currently hold allowances with a combined current value over $20 billion, record official SO2 and NOx allowance transfers under existing emission cap and trade programs. Anyone anywhere in the world can participate in the market, and hundreds of companies, brokers and individuals are already engaged in trading.Ó
CERCLA Matters
"Brownfields Primer," Copyright 1999, John C. Chambers
This article provides a basic understanding of the Brownfields program that is underway in small towns and major metropolitan areas across the country.
Toxics News
Hudson River (NY) PCBs
EPA Administrator Christie Whitman said that it would move forward on a decision to clean up PCB pollution from the upper Hudson River (NY). EPA has taken the next step in the process by forwarding the Record of Decision (ROD) to the State of New York for its three-week review of the dredging project that will remove PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) from the river. øWe are going ahead with this important cleanup," said Whitman. "We will do so with a continuing open process that will involve all parties. The affected communities also will have the opportunity to comment on all siting issues." The plan would dredge as many as 2.65 million cubic yards of contaminated sediments from the river.
Criminal/CWA Matters
NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL SEWAGE DISCHARGE
øThe indictment of Frederick B. Lawrence Jr., and Bradley G. Beaudoin, both of Troy, N.H., was announced on Nov. 30 [2001]. Lawrence, chairman of the Troy Water and Sewer Commission, and Beaudoin, the superintendent of the Troy Waste Water Treatment Plant, were charged with installing an illegal pipe that allowed raw sewage and wastewater to leak into the Ashuelot River. Such pollution can make the waters unsafe for drinking, recreation, fish and wildlife. An indictment is merely an accusation and all defendants are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty in a court of law. If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of up to three years in prison and/or a maximum fine of up to$250,000. The case was investigated by EPA's Criminal Investigation Division with the assistance of EPA's National Enforcement Investigations Center and is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Concord, N.H.Ó
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