DTSC Director Issues Response To Scathing Report On Agency Managers
Friday, March 22, 2013By Greg Hyatt, INSIDE CAL EPAINSIDE CAL EPAToxics department director Debbie Raphael this week issued a statement on the agency's website defending its top managers and policies...
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Top Toxics Regulator Suspends Lead Battery Recycler Exide But Consumer...
Contact Info Name:Liza Tucker Phone Number:310-392-7931 direct; or 626-372-1964 cellWednesday, April 24, 2013 Related Focus Areas: Toxics WatchdogThumbnail: SANTA MONICA, CA –The Department Toxic...
View ArticleCalifornia Suspends Operations at Vernon Battery Recycler
Wednesday, April 24, 2013By Jessica Garrison & Kim Christensen, LOS ANGELES TIMESLOS ANGELES TIMESToxics regulators say Exide Technologies has been releasing hazardous waste into the soil beneath...
View ArticleRegulators Close Exide Technologies Car Battery Recycler in Vernon; Cite...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013By Molly Peterson, KPCC 89.3 FM (Pasadena, CA)KPCC 89.3 FM (Pasadena, CA)The California Department of Toxic Substances Control has shut down a battery recycling plant in Vernon...
View ArticleLA Battery Recycling Plant Faces Legal Headaches After State Agency Suspends...
Friday, May 3, 2013By Fiona Smith, LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNALLOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNALA lead acid battery recycling plant just south of downtown Los Angeles is under growing legal pressure after...
View ArticleKey Official In California Toxics Department Steps Down
Monday, May 13, 2013By Jessica Garrison, LOS ANGELES TIMES - LA NOW BLOGLOS ANGELES TIMES - LA NOW BLOGThe chief deputy director of the state Department of Toxic Substances Control has stepped down...
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Top Toxics Regulator’s Chief Deputy Resigns Amid State Conflict of Interest...
Consumer Watchdog First Brought Complaint Against Chief Deputy Director of The Department of Toxic Substances ControlContact Info Name:Liza Tucker Phone Number:310-392-7931 direct, 626-372-1964...
View ArticleNo. 2 at California Toxic Substances Control Department Resigns
Monday, May 13, 2013By Jon Ortiz, SACRAMENTO BEESACRAMENTO BEEOdette Madriago, the chief deputy director of the Department of Toxic Subtances Control has resigned from her post to take a lower-level...
View ArticleDTSC Second-in-Command Steps Down
Monday, May 13, 2013By Vicky Nguyen, Liz Wagner & Felipe Escamilla, KNTV NBC BAY AREAKNTV NBC BAY AREAThe state toxic department’s chief deputy director relinquishes role weeks after NBC Bay Area...
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KNTV NBC BAY AREA - DTSC Second-in-Command Steps Down
Source:KNTV - NBC, San Francisco, CADTSC Chief Deputy Director Odette Madriago steps down just weeks after NBC Bay Area uncovered a stock portfolio full of investments into companies the department...
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New Documents Reveal Top Toxics Regulator Knew of Exide Safety Risks for Years
Contact Info Name:Liza Tucker Phone Number:310-392-7931 direct; 626-372-1964 cellThursday, May 30, 2013 Related Focus Areas: Dirty Money WatchReforming PoliticsToxics WatchdogThumbnail: SANTA MONICA,...
View ArticleReport: Toxics Regulator Aware Of Recycling Plant Risks For Years
Thursday, May 30, 2013By Staff Reporters, KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles, CAKCBS TV-2 Los Angeles, CASANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com)— State regulators knew about potentially hazardous lead and arsenic emissions at a...
View ArticleAgency Failed to Collect Millions in Cleanup Fees
Thursday, May 30, 2013By Tracie Cone, ASSOCIATED PRESSASSOCIATED PRESSSACRAMENTO, CA - A state agency in charge of environmental cleanup said it has set up a team to go after more than $185 million in...
View ArticleCalifornia Agency Failed to Collect $100 Million for Cleanup of Contaminated...
Thursday, May 30, 2013By Jim Sanders, SACRAMENTO BEESACRAMENTO BEEA California agency spent $100 million in public funds over the past 26 years to clean contaminated property for which polluters were...
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Consumer Watchdog Requests Financial Audit After Toxics Regulator Reveals...
Contact Info Name:Liza Tucker Phone Number:310-392-7931 direct; 626-372-1964 cellThursday, May 30, 2013 Related Focus Areas: Dirty Money WatchReforming PoliticsToxics WatchdogThumbnail: SANTA MONICA,...
View ArticleToxic Waste Regulators Failed to Collect $185M From Polluters
Friday, May 31, 2013By Keith Esparros, KNBC TV-4 LOS ANGELES, CAKNBC TV-4 LOS ANGELES, CAThe State Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) admits it failed to collect nearly $185 million from...
View ArticleCalifornia Toxics Agency Fails to Collect from Polluters
Friday, May 31, 2013By Jessica Garrison, LOS ANGELES TIMESLOS ANGELES TIMESThe state Department of Toxic Substances Control has prioritized cleanup over reimbursement, agency memo says. Toxics director...
View ArticleState Toxics Control Agency Admits Not Collecting $184.5 Million in Cleanup Fees
Friday, May 31, 2013By Ken Broder, ALLGOV.COMALLGOV.COMThe state agency that regulates toxic polluters regularly spends millions of dollars to clean up sites without collecting money from the...
View ArticleDTSC Admits It Failed to Collect Millions Owed to CA
Friday, May 31, 2013By Vicky Nguyen and Liz Wagner, NBC TV BAY AREA, CANBC TV BAY AREA, CAToxic regulator reveals it has not recouped $185 million in public funds from pollutersThe state agency in...
View ArticleEditorial: State Toxics Agency Could Use A Cleanup
Saturday, June 1, 2013Editorial, SACRAMENTO BEESACRAMENTO BEEApparently, Caltrans isn't the only state agency that needs thorough scrutiny. Evidence is mounting that the state Department of Toxic...
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