KGAB 650AM » EPA http://kgab.com KGAB, Your source for Cheyenne news and talk Tue, 21 May 2013 03:20:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 EPA Mandates Farm Chemical Storage Regulations [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/epa-mandates-farm-chemical-storage-regulations-audio/ http://kgab.com/epa-mandates-farm-chemical-storage-regulations-audio/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:05:36 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=248860 People who store fuel, crop oil or several other materials on farms or ranches must comply with spill control and countermeasure plans by May 10th. The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld the life without parole sentence handed down to a Rock Springs man convicted of sexually abusing a 15 year old girl. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/epa-mandates-farm-chemical-storage-regulations-audio/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of the U.S.D.A.) UW Scientists Recognized [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/uw-scientists-recognized-audio/ http://kgab.com/uw-scientists-recognized-audio/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:30:57 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=247982 The Environmental Protection Agency has announce $49,000 in penalties against Wyoming Ethanol in Torrington. Amy Richards reports. Two university of Wyoming scientists have  been recognized for outstanding research work. Joy Greenwald reports. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/uw-scientists-recognized-audio/feed/ 0 University of Wyoming (Adam Porter/TSM) Appeals Court Will Not Rehear Power Plant Pollution Case [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/appeals-court-will-not-rehear-power-plant-pollution-case-audio/ http://kgab.com/appeals-court-will-not-rehear-power-plant-pollution-case-audio/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:45:05 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=238827 A federal appeals court will not reconsider a decision blocking an Obama administration effort to tighten restrictions on power plant pollution. The Wyoming Business Council's Main Street Program discuss Cheyenne's application for the program during their meeting next month. Doug Randall reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/appeals-court-will-not-rehear-power-plant-pollution-case-audio/feed/ 0 dave Johnston Power Plant(pera propria/Wikipedia) Mead Disappointed With EPA Decision [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/mead-dissapointed-with-epa-decision-audio/ http://kgab.com/mead-dissapointed-with-epa-decision-audio/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:24:32 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=236868 Governor Matt Mead says he's disappointed with the Environmental Protection Agency decision to take more public comments on a report on pollution in a Wyoming Gas Field. The Casper-Natrona County Airport has begun the process of developing a 20 year master plan. Business Reporter Sharon Fain has more. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/mead-dissapointed-with-epa-decision-audio/feed/ 0 Wyoming Governor Matt Mead Richfield Oil Buys Well/Mineral Lease [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/richfield-oil-buys-wellmineral-lease-audio/ http://kgab.com/richfield-oil-buys-wellmineral-lease-audio/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:36:09 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=235907 The U.S. Environmental Protection Industry has again extended the public comment period for it's study of groundwater pollution in a central Wyoming gas field. Amy Richards reports. Utah based Richfield Oil has purchased a shut-in well and associated 640 acre mineral lease in Southwest Wyoming. Business Reporter Sharon Fain has details. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/richfield-oil-buys-wellmineral-lease-audio/feed/ 0 (Mario Tama/Getty) EPA Releases Fracking Update [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/232291/ http://kgab.com/232291/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:00:21 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=232291 FMC Corporation and local emergency management in Sweetwater County developed a plan to deal with subsidence from trona mining. Doug Randall reports. The Environmental Protection Agency released a progress report Friday on its research into potential impacts of natural gas hydraulic fracturing and drilling on drinking water. The update does not come to any conclusions. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/232291/feed/ 0 Photo from Flickr via eggrole Casper College Gets Water Grant [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/casper-college-gets-water-grant-audio/ http://kgab.com/casper-college-gets-water-grant-audio/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:05:14 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=200322 Casper College has received almost $100,000 in a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to continue training programs for safe drinking water over the next three years. Amy Richards reports. Anadarko Petroleum wants to nearly double the size of it's operations in the Patrick Draw Field east of Rock Springs.

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]]> http://kgab.com/casper-college-gets-water-grant-audio/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of BOPU) Federal Judge Dismisses Bear Mauling Lawsuit [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/federal-judge-dismisses-bear-mauling-lawsuit-audio/ http://kgab.com/federal-judge-dismisses-bear-mauling-lawsuit-audio/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:05:03 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=188299 A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death suit that claimed negligence by federal researchers led to the fatal mauling of a man in Wyoming's Shoshone National Forest. Doug Randall reports. A Wyoming landowners group and others want the environmental protection agency to require oil and gas extractors to disclose the chemicals emitted from oil and gas production each year. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/federal-judge-dismisses-bear-mauling-lawsuit-audio/feed/ 0 Wolf Follows Grizzly (Courtesy of Doug Smith/Yellowstone National Park) Sinclair Refinery Agrees to EPA Fine http://kgab.com/sinclair-refinery-agrees-to-ep/ http://kgab.com/sinclair-refinery-agrees-to-ep/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:05:27 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=159085 Sinclair Refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming has agreed to pay a $378,000 penalty, update process equipment operating procedures, perform required training to workers, improve maintenance of equipment and perform integrity tests on pressure vessels and piping that will reduce the possibility of an accidental release of hazardous chemicals at the refinery.

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]]> http://kgab.com/sinclair-refinery-agrees-to-ep/feed/ 0 Sinclair Refinery (Courtesy of K2 radio) More Analysis Needed on U.S.G.S. Pavillion Water Report [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/more-analysis-needed-on-u-s-g-s-pavillion-water-report-audio/ http://kgab.com/more-analysis-needed-on-u-s-g-s-pavillion-water-report-audio/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:05:31 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=129392 Both sides of the debate over whether hydraulic fracturing has contaminated groundwater near Pavillion, Wyoming say they need more time to analyze the results of testing done by the U.S. Geological Survey. Doug Randall has the details.  An infectious disease specialist at Campbell County Memorial hospital says one of three people treated there for Group A Streptococcal infections has died. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/more-analysis-needed-on-u-s-g-s-pavillion-water-report-audio/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of epa.gov Jury Duty Experience Available in Laramie Saturday [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/jury-duty-experience-available-in-laramie-saturday-audio/ http://kgab.com/jury-duty-experience-available-in-laramie-saturday-audio/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:13:31 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=118764 The EPA announced two clean air act settlements with Kinder Morgan in which the company has agreed to pay a total of $316,000 for violating risk management plan provisions at natural gas plants in Casper and Douglas. Amy Richards has a report. If you've ever been curious about what goes on behind the scenes during jury duty, there's an opportunity to find out Saturday in Laramie. Deborah Smith of Wyoming News Service has a report. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/jury-duty-experience-available-in-laramie-saturday-audio/feed/ 0 (Photo: Trevor T. Trujillo, Townsquare Media) State May Expand Bison Hunt [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/state-may-expand-bison-hunt-audio/ http://kgab.com/state-may-expand-bison-hunt-audio/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:41:56 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=98589 Wyoming may expand bison hunting because the state's population is above management goals. Amy Richards reports. Some livestock groups and others are calling for the E.P.A. to issue a waiver on renewable fuel standards. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/state-may-expand-bison-hunt-audio/feed/ 0 Yellowstone Bison (Courtesy of National Park Service) Sinclair Oil Fined by the EPA [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/sinclair-oil-fined-by-the-epa-audio/ http://kgab.com/sinclair-oil-fined-by-the-epa-audio/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:05:21 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=96995 Sinclair Oil has agreed to pay a $3.8 million dollar fine for exceeding air pollution limits at two of its refineries in Wyoming. Doug Randall has the details.  A  man faces charges for making threats toward employees at the Verizon store in the Eastridge Mall in Casper. Kevin Koile reports. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/sinclair-oil-fined-by-the-epa-audio/feed/ 0 The Sinclair Oil Refinery Complex. (Google Maps, USDA Farm Service Agency, GeoEye) Mead to EPA State Should Have Primacy in Regulating Haze http://kgab.com/mead-to-epa-state-should-have-primacy-in-regulating-haze/ http://kgab.com/mead-to-epa-state-should-have-primacy-in-regulating-haze/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:00:43 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=94092 Governor Matt Mead told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that Wyoming should have primacy in regulating regional haze. In a letter commenting on the EPA's disapproval of part of Wyoming's State Implementation Plan (SIP),  Governor Mead said that the federal plan would be more costly and without any apparent benefit over the state plan.

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]]> http://kgab.com/mead-to-epa-state-should-have-primacy-in-regulating-haze/feed/ 0 dave Johnston Power Plant(pera propria/Wikipedia) EPA to Release Natural Gas Pollution Standards [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/epa-to-release-natural-gas-pollution-standards-audio/ http://kgab.com/epa-to-release-natural-gas-pollution-standards-audio/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:45:43 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=64291 The Environmental Protection Agency is set to release new standards for air pollution caused by natural gas development, including the process commonly known as "fracking". A lawyer for the environmental group Earth Justice says it's been 25 years since some of those standards were reviewed. A proposed pipeline from North Dakota would pass near the eastern border of Wyoming. Amy Richards has a report. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/epa-to-release-natural-gas-pollution-standards-audio/feed/ 0 (Christopher Furlong/Getty) Feds May Investigate Casper Spice [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/feds-may-investigate-casper-spice-audio/ http://kgab.com/feds-may-investigate-casper-spice-audio/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:38:27 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=54641 The EPA will partner with the state of Wyoming and the USGS, in collaboration with the Northern Arapahoe and Eastern Shoshone tribes, to complete additional sampling of wells in the Pavillion area. Amy Richards has a report. Even though Governor Matt Mead signed a bill into law broadening the definition of the synthetic substance known as spice, the compound that is reported to have made at least three people critically ill in Casper last week remains outside of Wyoming drug laws. But Casper  Police Chief Chris Walsh says his agency is approaching federal drug-enforcement agencies about a possible investigation into the matter. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/feds-may-investigate-casper-spice-audio/feed/ 0 (Courtesy Wyoming Department of Health) U.P. Had Great 2011 Due to Coal Shipments From Wyoming [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/u-p-had-great-2010-due-to-coal-shipments-from-wyoming-audio/ http://kgab.com/u-p-had-great-2010-due-to-coal-shipments-from-wyoming-audio/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:05:31 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=45889 A U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency official is defended a draft EPA report that theorizes gas industry activity including hydraulic fracturing may have polluted groundwater in Pavillion,  Wyoming.  Union Pacific says it was more profitable in 2010 than ever before due in part to coal shipments from Wyoming's Powder River basin. Doug Randall has that story. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/u-p-had-great-2010-due-to-coal-shipments-from-wyoming-audio/feed/ 0 (Courtesy of Union Pacific) Encana To EPA: Stop taking Comments On Draft Study [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/41279/ http://kgab.com/41279/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:05:32 +0000 Cheyenne News Staff http://kgab.com/?p=41279 A 41-year-old Wyoming man is in critical condition in a South Dakota hospital after being shot by officers following a vehicle chase in the Rapid City area. Encana wants the Environmental Protection Agency to stop taking public comments on a draft report that theorized a link between hydraulic fracturing and groundwater pollution in the Pavillion, Wyoming area. Doug Randall has more.

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]]> http://kgab.com/41279/feed/ 0 (Mario Tama/Getty) Mead Requests EPA Look at Pavillion Water Issues (AUDIO) http://kgab.com/mead-requests-epa-look-at-pavillion-water-issues-audio/ http://kgab.com/mead-requests-epa-look-at-pavillion-water-issues-audio/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:40:54 +0000 Doug Randall http://kgab.com/?p=37450 Governor Matt Mead is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to review it's finding of contaminants in the drinking water in the Pavillion area. Amy Richards has details. Money continued to flow into the state's main checking account in October ahead of projections, according to a Senior Economist with the state's Economic Analysis Division. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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]]> http://kgab.com/mead-requests-epa-look-at-pavillion-water-issues-audio/feed/ 0 Gov. Matt Mead (R-WY) Yellowstone Will Keep Interim Winter Use Rules For Now [AUDIO] http://kgab.com/yellowstone-will-keep-interim-winter-use-rules-for-now-audio/ http://kgab.com/yellowstone-will-keep-interim-winter-use-rules-for-now-audio/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:05:35 +0000 Amy Richards http://kgab.com/?p=19907 Environmentalists say they are serving formal notice to the Environmental Protection Agency that they are prepared to sue over severe wintertime ozone pollution linked to gas drilling in western Wyoming. Yellowstone National Park will open for

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