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Intel air quality: Committee created by fluoride settlement begins work
The first meeting of a committee created in the wake of Intel’s failure to disclose fluoride emissions began with a polite – but adversarial – greeting. “I’m pleased to meet you,” said committee member Dale Feik, addressing Intel attorney Tom Wood. “I’m a critic of you.” Feik, a member of the Washington County Citizen Action […]
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Pure Wafer vs. City of Prescott lawsuit may require outside counsel
PRESCOTT – Outside legal representation for a lawsuit the city is facing over its agreement with Pure Wafer, Inc. will be among the issues the Prescott City Council will consider this week. The study session will take place at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Prescott City Hall, 201 S. Cortez St. The agenda includes a professional services […]
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Intel committee, established after disclosure of fluoride emissions, to hold first meeting
The first meeting of the newly created Intel Air Quality Advisory Committee – established after the company admitted last year to emitting fluoride for decades in Washington County – will be held Wednesday night at the Hillsboro Public Library’s Shute Park branch. The committee is comprised of representatives from Intel and two watchdog groups, Neighbors […]
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Contract worker gets subsidy for toxic injury
A Seoul court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a 45-year-old man who requested state subsidy for a nerve disorder he reportedly suffered from exposure to hydrofluoric acid at Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor plant. In May 2012, the man, surnamed Yoon, an employee of a Samsung Electronics’ subcontractor, did not wear protective equipment including gloves when […]
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Intel strikes deal with Oregon environmental groups on air quality
Intel pledged Thursday to adopt a broad regime of air quality monitoring and public reporting of atmospheric pollutants, settling with environmental groups that had threatened to sue over the company’s failure to disclose fluoride emissions at its Washington County computer chip factories. State regulators and the company said fluoride emissions were within safe levels, but […]
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Intel will pay for emissions oversight
Intel will pay a $143,000 civil penalty and agree to other terms in an agreement signed April 23 with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The mutual agreement and order between DEQ and Intel comes after the semiconductor manufacturing company’s failure to report fluoride emissions; failure to obtain a permit to emit fluorides; and for […]
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How Intel’s $143,000 fluoride fine stacks up against DEQ’s largest penalties
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s $143,000 fine to Intel for a fluoride reporting mistake is the third highest penalty the agency has issued for an air quality violation since 1998. Across all DEQ departments, Intel’s fine ranks as the 20th largest during that time frame, according to a DEQ spreadsheet. Intel’s fine came after […]
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Intel’s fluoride error: What the $143,000 DEQ fine means for D1X construction and emissions
Intel will have to obtain a permit for construction already underway at its multibillion-dollar D1X factory in Hillsboro. That was perhaps the most confusing takeaway from DEQ’s announcement Thursday that Intel will pay $143,000 for failing to disclose its fluoride emissions. Since last fall, when it first surfaced that Intel had been emitting fluoride without […]
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Intel will pay $143,000 penalty for fluoride violations in Hillsboro
Intel will pay $143,000 – one of the largest air-quality penalties in Oregon history – for violating environmental laws by failing to disclose fluoride emissions at its Washington County computer-chip factories. The company’s deal with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality outlines additional steps Intel must take to correct its lapse, first reported last fall. […]
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Judge rules against city in Pure Wafer lawsuit; will cost Prescott hundreds of thousands of dollars
PRESCOTT – A development agreement that helped to attract a major employer to the community 17 years ago could end up costing the City of Prescott hundreds of thousands of dollars in the future. On April 17, U.S. Senior District Court Judge James Teilborg granted a permanent injunction against the city in the lawsuit that […]
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