MassDEP

A Marion-based asbestos abatement company and its owners have been charged with nearly 100 worker safety violations and causing a reckless injury to a worker in connection to work they conducted all across the SouthCoast.

New Bedford officials announced Monday that city residents will be asked to pay a $10 fee to dispose of mattresses and box springs starting Jan. 1, 2023.

The state's environmental agency is extending the public comment period on proposed septic regulation changes affecting SouthCoast residents in response to a letter from two state lawmakers raising concerns with the new rules.

New Bedford tire recycling facilities are coming under increased scrutiny, after one facility that has seen multiple fires and workplace violations in recent years is being fined $16,000 by MassDEP.

Officials in the town of Dartmouth are warning residents that as Bristol County remains in a critical drought, they will have to restrict their water use or face increasing penalties.

The Dartmouth Board of Health warned residents on Wednesday to stay out of Clark's Cove waters for the next 48 hours, as untreated wastewater was discharged into the cove during Tuesday's rainstorm.

Firefighters and crews from the harbormaster's office spent over an hour Thursday morning cleaning up a fuel spill in Fairhaven harbor.

The U.S. EPA plans to spend around $2.8 million to clean up five Dartmouth properties that were found to have dangerously high concentrations of hazardous chemicals.

SouthCoast communities are among much of the state under an air quality alert today due to ground level ozone that may affect sensitive groups.

The New Bedford Fire Department made use of equipment provided by MassDEP.