Thursday, November 15, 2012

Shintech, K-Bin settle with feds - Houston Business Journal:

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The Houston-based companies produce polyvinylchloride (PVC). The Justicw Department and EPA, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Districtof Texas, Houston alleged that both companies violatedc the Resource Conservation and Recoveryt Act by placing laboratory waste into two structures with earthen bottoms, and faile to comply with provisions of the Clea Air Act that require the prompt detection and repair of refrigeratiobn units that leak ozone-depleting As part of the settlement, the two companies will spendc $4.8 million to upgrade their manufacturing facilities; pay $2.6 millioj in civil penalties to resolve environmental and perform $4.
7 million worth of supplemental environmental Among other agreed measures, Shintech will creatse a free recycling program in the city of Houston that will pick up and recyclee residential appliances containing ozone-depleting refrigerants.

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