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EPA Announces $4,000,000 from in Clean School Bus Funding for School Districts in New Mexico

News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (October 26th, 2022) —The Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $4,560,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to New Mexico school districts. ...


Biden-Harris Administration announces $2,890,000 from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Colorado School Districts

News Release: DENVER Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $2,890,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to school districts serving the Colorado communities ...


Biden-Harris Administration announces $4,740,000 from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Utah School Districts

News Release: Salt Lake City Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $4,740,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to school districts serving the communities ...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces New York School Districts Will Get $69,620,000 from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

News Release: NEW YORK - Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $69,620,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 22 school districts in New York. The ...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $6.6M from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Kansas School Districts

News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 26, 2022) – Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced the fiscal year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding nearly $6.6 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to six school ...


Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for 389 School Districts

News Release: WASHINGTON (Oct. 26, 2022) — Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe, joined by White House senior Advisor Mitch Landrieu, school district leaders, community members, and school children at the John Lewis Elementary School near the Petworth section of Washington, D.C., announced ...


Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for September 2022 discussed on Oct. 25 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


EPA, Justice Department Announce Flexsteel Industries Agrees to Pay for the Cleanup of the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site in Elkhart, Indiana

News Release: CHICAGO (Oct. 25, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announce Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree that requires the company to pay $9.8 million for the cleanup of contamination at the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in Elkhart, Indiana, and to reimburse EPA for a portion of its past costs incurred at the site.


Air Plan Disapproval; AL; Interstate Transport Requirements for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards discussed on Oct. 25 by Environmental Protection Agency

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


Air Plan Approval; North Carolina; Miscellaneous Emission Control Standards Rule Revisions discussed on Oct. 25 by Environmental Protection Agency

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


EPA to propose requiring Wrangell wastewater plant to disinfect sewage discharges

News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing stricter limits on the amount of pollution Wrangell’s wastewater treatment plant will be allowed to release to Zimovia Strait.



Environmental Protection Agency discusses Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New York; Fuel Composition and Use on Oct. 25

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


Pesticide Registration Review; Decisions and Case Closures for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability discussed on Oct. 25 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


EPA awards $195,000 to Ohio University for project to reuse waste from food and brewery sectors

News Release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $195,736 grant to Ohio University in Athens to fund a project that expands the use of anaerobic digesters to divert food waste from landfills and reduce methane emissions. Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service will use the funding to promote anaerobic digestion in the food and brewery sectors which generate large quantities of organic waste.


EPA Completes Reviews of 14 Superfund Site Cleanups in New England During 2022

News Release: BOSTON (Oct. 25, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed comprehensive reviews of site cleanups at 14 National Priority List Sites (Superfund Sites) in New England, including four federal facilities, by performing required Five-Year Reviews of each site. The Superfund program, ...


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Pesticide Registration Review; Pesticide Dockets Opened for Review and Comment; Notice of Availability on Oct. 25

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

News Release: DENVER – October 23rd-29th is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) and EPA is working to reduce childhood lead exposure through improved compliance with the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule. As part of NLPPW, EPA Region 8 is summarizing compliance activity related ...


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Forty-Second Update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket on Oct. 24

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


E&C Republicans to NIH: Why Resume Taxpayer-Supported Grant  Funding to EcoHealth?

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to National Institutes of Health...