SAN FRANCISCO -- Roseburg Forest Products has agreed to pay a $75,000 penalty to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act at its softwood veneer plant in Weed, CA.

Woodworkers and wood product firms would be affected.

Window World of St. Louis, Inc., has agreed to pay a $19,529 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it failed to notify owners and occupants of at least 20 St. Louis area residential properties built before 1978 of lead-based paint risks prior to performing renovation work at those locations.

WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) launched a multi-state, multi-million-dollar initiative opposing overregulation, new burdens and restrictions mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The National Association of Manufacturers' new multi-million dollar campaign seeks to enlist U.S. citizens to join its protest against new "job-killing" regulations imposed by the U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency.

PELLA, IA -- Pella Corp., a manufacturer of windows and doors, earned its fifth annual Energy Star Partner of the Year 2011 award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE).

WASHINGTON – In response to federal court orders requiring the issuance of final standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing final Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain incinerators that achieve significant public health protections through reductions in toxic air emissions, including mercury and soot, but cut the cost of implementation by about 50 percent from an earlier proposal issued last year.

WASHINGTON -- The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA)said the revised Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) boiler rule adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on February 23 is much more palpable for the furniture industry than what had previously been proposed.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two California biomass power plants have been fined more than a combined $830,000 for violating the Clean Air Act. The action has implications for lumber processors and the price of raw materials used in both power and wood panel manufacturing.

DETROIT -- Donald Patterson, former City of Detroit Health Department lead inspector, was recently sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after being convicted on wire fraud charges.