Tag: Environmental Law

Greek Shipping Companies Illegally Discharged Oil Into Port Arthur

Attorney Review Guide
May 6, 2019

Two Greek shipping companies, Avin International LTD and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, were sentenced today in the Eastern District of Texas before Judge Marcia A. Crone on charges stemming from several discharges of oil into the waters of Texas ports by the oil tanker M/T Nicos I.V., announced Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark for […]

ExxonMobil to Pay Civil Penalty & Take Measures to Resolve Clean Air Act

Attorney Review Guide
March 8, 2019

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) & The Department of Justice announced a settlement with ExxonMobil Oil Corporation (ExxonMobil) today to resolve federal Clean Air Act claims arising from a 2013 fire at the company’s oil refinery in Beaumont, Texas that killed two employees and injured ten others.  In a complaint filed today with the settlement, […]

Biodiesel Fuel Company Sentenced for 45,000 Gallons of Wastewater

Attorney Review Guide
February 8, 2019

The Department of Justice has announced that yesterday, an Elizabeth, New Jersey, biodiesel fuel company was sentenced for discharging more than 45,000 gallons of wastewater from its commercial biodiesel fuel production facility into the Arthur Kill, a waterway separating New Jersey from Staten Island, New York, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental […]