A former Wisconsin state senator and tourism secretary has been charged in federal court with fraud and with storing and disposing of hazardous electronic waste without a permit, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Madison announced Thursday.

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New Hampshire's attorney general says the state has reached an agreement with a recycling company that will pay $200,000 to resolve hazardous waste allegations.

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An oil recycling facility in Waukesha County will pay $140,000 in fines to the state for 11 violations of Wisconsin hazardous waste laws.

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Contractors have completed the removal of thousands of gallons of hazardous chemicals from an abandoned factory in Washington County.

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State conservation wardens are asking for the public's help in catching those responsible for illegally dumping hazardous waste products in northwestern Wisconsin.

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A judge has ordered Menard Inc. to pay $30,000 for dumping chemicals outside its Onalaska store in January 2007. Menard, a large Eau Claire-based hardware chain, “disposed of herbicide by dumping it onto a snow-covered island in the parking lot,” ...

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By ?KEN THOMAS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has reached a deal on a $773 million environmental trust, the largest of its kind in U.S. history, to clean up dozens of former General Motors sites spread ...

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By Sean Ryan A state program that puts contractors to work cleaning hazardous waste spills also sends agents after builders that violate the rules. In a case settled this week in Clark County, the state did both on the same ...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Mercury Waste Solutions LLC, Union Grove, resolving alleged violations of federal rules on hazardous waste and toxic substances. The company, which recovers and recycles metallic mercury, has agreed ...

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Jim Salter AP Writer Leadwood, MO — The folks in this aptly named southern Missouri town know full well they’re living amid giant piles of what amounts to hazardous waste. To them, that doesn’t make the logic of trucking in ...

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