U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Christie Whitman recently announced that EPA will propose to withdraw the pending arsenic standard for drinking water that was issued on Jan. 22.
Members of the Australian Drilling Industry Association say they are excited about holding International Drill 2001 in Melbourne, Australia, from Oct. 12-14.
Martin County Coal Corp. (MCCC), Inez, Ky., has entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (Order) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act which resulted from the sudden release of approximately 250 million gallons of coal slurry into rivers and streams in Kentucky and West Virginia.
The European Commission wants to make polluting water supplies and other environmental offenses crimes at the European Union (EU) level for the first time.