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Nance: Air monitoring 'funding will allow vulnerable communities to have better data on toxic pollutants'

For air quality monitoring in underserved areas, the New Mexico Energy Department and the Pueblo de San Ildefonso is receiving $545,099 in funds.

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Rodgers, Barrasso Request Accountability Review of Illicit Technology Transfers to China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) urging the agency to review the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Technology transfer activities to ensure they are working in the best interest of the American people-not helping adversaries like China.

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Environmental Protection Agency discusses Nitric Acid; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance on Nov. 8

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Utica Resource Operating Agrees to Pay $1 Million Penalty and Mitigate Past Excess Air Pollution at Oil and Gas Production Wells

News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States today announced that Utica Resource Operating LLC (URO) has agreed to a settlement resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations at URO’s oil and gas production well facilities in Ohio. The settlement addresses URO’s failure to capture and control air emissions from storage vessels and to comply with associated inspection, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements.

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EPA Takes Action to Address Illegal Destruction of Streams and Wetlands in Missouri and Nebraska

News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 7, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Michael Zahner of Bollinger County, Missouri, and Mark Schmidt of Lancaster County, Nebraska, to take immediate steps to comply with the federal Clean Water Act.

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Nance: 'Lemi Shine has shown continued dedication to providing safer products'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Texas-based Lemi Shine as a leading Safer Choice Formulator Product Manufacturer.

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EPA Announces Austin-Based Lemi Shine Among 2022 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS (Nov. 7th, 2022) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing Lemi Shine as an outstanding Safer Choice Formulator Product Manufacturer. Lemi Shine has prioritized educating consumers about how products that are safer for human health and the environment can also be affordable and perform well. The EPA commends Lemi Shine’s dedication to formulating and manufacturing products with safer chemical ingredients.

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Environmental Protection Agency discusses Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Colorado; Revisions to Colorado Code of Regulations; Regulation Number 3 on Nov. 7

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Garcia: 'Cleaner air and less pollution are a net positive for every community in New York'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced nearly $18.5 million in rebate awards for three New York City school districts to purchase 51 new clean school buses.