Thursday - October 24, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday September 21, 2024 ( 3 items )  

EPA Announces Partnerships With Six Massachusetts Cities to Accelerate Replacement of Lead Water Pipes and Protect Public Health
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Cities of Chelsea, Fall River, Malden, Melrose, Revere, and Taunton are joining communities across the country who are accelerating replacement of lead service lines * * * BOSTON (Sept. 20, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced collaborations with the Cities of Chelsea,  more

EPA Fines Ayer, Mass. Company for Peanut Oil Spill
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Catania-Spagna Corporation (Catania) to resolve alleged violations of Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, stemming from a peanut oil spill at the company's headquarters in Ayer, Massachusetts. EPA alleged that the company released 6,830 gallons of peanut oil into a n  more

ERO Boston arrests Haitian national charged with sex crime against Massachusetts resident
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 30-year-old Haitian noncitizen charged with sexually assaulting a Massachusetts resident. Officers from ERO Boston arrested Jefferson Jerome Sept. 11 in Dorchester. "Jefferson Jerome stands accused of a horrific crime against a resident of our Massachusetts community," said ER  more