EPA Watch: Week of July 13, 2026 — $69M Keystone Pipeline Spill Settlement Enters Public Comment
A $69M Keystone pipeline spill settlement, Chemours' $450M PFAS deal and a Montana Superfund decree lead this week's EPA enforcement digest.
EPA Watch: Week of July 6, 2026 — Chemours Pays $450M in Landmark PFAS Settlement
A landmark $450 million PFAS settlement with Chemours anchors this week's federal environmental enforcement digest, alongside Clean Air Act, Superfund, and criminal water-pollution actions.
EPA Watch: Week of June 29, 2026 — Chemours’ $450M PFAS Settlement
A $450 million Chemours PFAS settlement anchored a week of EPA enforcement spanning toxic-chemical reporting, PCB waste, lead paint, and a criminal sewer-dumping sentence.
Environmental Watch: June 2026 — Chemours’ $450M PFAS Settlement Leads the Month
A $450M Chemours PFAS deal headlines June, but EPA's record FY2025 case count rests on a single $1.6B outlier as federal ESG oversight keeps receding.
EPA Watch: Week of June 22, 2026 — Chemours Hit With $450 Million PFAS Settlement
Chemours’ $450M PFAS settlement leads our weekly EPA enforcement digest, with a Superfund decree, a $500K asbestos fine, and Clean Water Act criminal pleas.
EPA Watch: Week of June 15, 2026 — Union Pacific Settles PCB Disposal Case
EPA Watch is TIJ's weekly enforcement review: Union Pacific's $155,234 PCB settlement, a proposed $308,173 penalty against Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, criminal guilty pleas over falsified Texas wastewater data, two…
Environmental Watch: May 2026 — Federal Enforcement at 20-Year Low as States, Plaintiffs Fill the Gap
Federal environmental enforcement is running below its 20-year baseline while state attorneys general and private plaintiffs absorb a growing share of recoveries — including New Jersey's $2 billion PFAS settlement…
EPA Watch: Week of June 3, 2026 — KX Wheels $700K Defeat-Device Settlement, $133M Monsanto PCB Recoveries
A weekly review of EPA and state environmental enforcement: KX Wheels Clean Air Act consent decree, Michigan and Rhode Island Monsanto PCB settlements, CERCLA cost recovery at the Burley Asbestos…
EPA Watch: Week of May 12 — DOJ Sues DC Water Over 200-Million-Gallon Potomac Sewage Discharge
Federal enforcement this week was led by a Justice Department Clean Water Act complaint against DC Water over the January Potomac Interceptor collapse that released more than 200 million gallons…
EPA Watch: Week of May 1, 2026 — California Landfills Settle Clean Air Act Cases for $411,936
EPA Region 9 closed the week with paired Clean Air Act settlements at two California municipal landfills, while a $7.275 million Pennsylvania oil-and-gas package and a $700,000 BASF TSCA settlement…