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The Environmental Protection Agency announced that Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. will pay $2.4 million in penalties for environmental violations at the 56-acre manufacturing facility in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.
The company will review stormwater discharges and groundwater contamination and ensure compliance with environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and parallel Pennsylvania laws. The chemical producing facility is bordered on the southeast by the Monongahela River and bisected by a tributary to that river.