HUD report: Former Sanford Housing Authority director responsible for...
In early November 2014, Sanford Mayor Chet Mann read a proclamation honoring Ken Armstrong, the outgoing executive director of the Sanford Housing Authority for his “exemplary service.” “There is a...
View ArticleEPA fines Syngenta $1.2 million for selling misbranded pesticides, failing to...
For three years, Syngenta sold mislabeled pesticides and herbicides to consumers and farming supply stores hundreds of times in at least six states — even while the chemical company was paying fines...
View ArticleThis Week in Pollution: A big fine for the Mt. Olive Pickle Company
For 24 of its 91 years in business, the Mt. Olive Pickle Company illegally discharged industrial storm water through a pipe that emptied onto Vine Street and flowed along Cucumber Boulevard. From...
View ArticleThis Week in Pollution: Randolph Packing cattle slaughter plant in Asheboro...
The Environmental Protection Agency has fined Randolph Packing, a cattle slaughter plant in Asheboro, $48,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act. According to a consent agreement with the company,...
View ArticleAnother bad actor discharging into the Cape Fear River: Cargill fined $75K
The Cape Fear River is again a casualty of industrial pollution and urban runoff, this time because of illegal and unknown discharges from Cargill, which processes and distributes soybeans and their...
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