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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS – (Jan. 25, 2023) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 released the 2022 Year in Review outlining major accomplishments and environmental progress over the past fiscal year.


Chair Rodgers Announces Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership, Subcommittee Membership for the 118th Congress

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today announced the committee’s leadership and subcommittee membership for the 118th Congress.


La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

News Release: DENVER - Enero es el Mes Nacional de Acción contra el Radón y la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) está trabajando con nuestros socios para correr la voz sobre los riesgos para la salud que presenta el radón en los hogares, la importancia de las pruebas ...


EPA and DOJ Extend Comment Period for Proposed Lower Passaic River Cleanup Agreement in New Jersey

News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have extended the public comment period on a proposed consent decree to March 22, 2023. The agreement involves 85 potentially responsible parties who will be required to pay a total of $150 million to support ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest action to protect communities and hold facilities accountable for controlling and cleaning up the contamination created by coal ash disposal. The Agency issued six proposed determinations to deny facilities’ requests to continue disposing of coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash) into unlined surface impoundments.


Starfield: Settlement with railroad service 'is expected to reduce tons' of polluted emissions 'where their trains operate'

A consent decree announced this week with a U.S.-based international freight transportation company over alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations could potentially reduce greenhouse emissions worldwide.


News Release: PUERTO RICO - Path Stone Corporation is one of among 29 organizations receiving $14.3 million across the country through EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program to recruit, train and place workers for community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield sites. The organization will get a $500,000 ...


Chairs Rodgers and Bilirakis Announce First Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and incoming Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) today announced a hearing on enhancing American global technology leadership to counter competition from China and prevent the Chinese Communist Party from deciding our economic future.


Chairs Rodgers and Guthrie Announce First Health Subcommittee Legislative Hearing

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and incoming Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced the first legislative hearing in the Subcommittee on Health of the 118th Congress. It will focus on the illicit fentanyl poisoning crisis, the cybersecurity breach of suicide lifelines, and Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) measures.


News Release: DENVER - January is National Radon Action Month and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working with our partners to spread the word about radon health risks in homes, the importance of testing, and steps homeowners can take to reduce risk in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains states of ...


EPA Begins Hazardous-Waste Cleanup at Former Auto Shop in Edenville, Michigan

News Release: CHICAGO (Jan. 25, 2023) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a hazardous-waste cleanup at the Vincent’s Marathon site, 6674 M-30, Edenville, Michigan. At the state of Michigan’s request, EPA will remove 55-gallon drums and small containers of hazardous waste including benzene, perchloroethylene, and chlordane from the former gas station and auto repair shop. EPA anticipates that the cleanup will be completed by mid-spring.


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program (Renewal) on Jan. 24

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chair Rodgers Responds to Granholm’s Baseless Claims About H.R. 21

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding misleading statements made by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm at yesterday's White House briefing on H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit discussed on Jan. 24 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Two Organizations in California Receive EPA Grants to Combat Food Waste, Climate Change

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced two grants to organizations in California – Monterey One Water and the Yurok Tribe – to divert food waste from landfills by expanding anaerobic digester capacity. Anaerobic digestion is a process in which microorganisms break ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced the first hearing of the 118th Congress, which will focus on restoring American energy dominance and strengthening U.S. economic, environmental, and national security...


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a nine page proposed rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.