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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making grants available for New England communities to support EPA's mission to reduce environmental risks, protect human health and improve the quality of life.
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EPA Awards $320,000 for Cleaner School Buses in Arizona

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the winners of two national competitive efforts to support transitions to cleaner school buses: the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Electric School Bus Rebates, and the 2021 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) School Bus Rebates.
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EPA Adds North 5th Street Groundwater Contamination Site in Goshen, Indiana to the Superfund National Priorities List, Taking Action to Address Risks to Public Health and Build a Better America

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the North 5th Street Groundwater Contamination site in Goshen, Indiana will be added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) of contaminated sites that pose significant human health and environmental risks.
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Pallone Introduces Bill to Improve FDA’s Accelerated Approval Program

The Accelerated Approval Integrity Act Improves FDA’s Ability to Ensure Accelerated Approval Products Provide a Clinical Benefit to Patients Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced the Accelerated Approval Integrity Act, which would improve the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ability to ensure that drugs that receive accelerated approval are providing a proven clinical benefit to patients.
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Leader Rodgers: “To win the future, we must continue to make spectrum available, promote innovation, and keep up with wireless demands”

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee on ensuring American leadership in next generation communications technology.
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EPA Awards $320,000 for Cleaner School Buses in Arizona

American Rescue Plan Funds Help Buy Electric School Buses
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EPA Region 7 Selects Three Kansas City Area Winners of 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Video Challenge

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 announced the winners of the 2021 “See a Bloom, Give It Room” Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Video Challenge.
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Republican Leaders Condemn Surgeon General’s Efforts to Collude with Big Tech and Censor Americans

House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), along with House Minority Whip and Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-LA), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, regarding his ongoing pressure campaign to collude with Big Tech and censor Americans online.
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Communications and Technology Subcommittee Leader Latta’s Opening Remarks on Managing our Spectrum Smartly

Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered opening remarks at today’s subcommittee hearing on spectrum management.
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EPA administrator responds to closing of Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan recently responded to the permanent closing of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Oʻahu, Hawaii.
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Bear Creek Sediments Site in Baltimore Added to Superfund Cleanup List

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding the Bear Creek Sediments Site in Baltimore County, Maryland, to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for remedial cleanup action financed under the federal Superfund program.
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EPA grant application closes on May 20

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM grant opened on March 21.
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Le Mars, Iowa, Site Proposed for Addition to Superfund National Priorities List

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed adding five Superfund sites to the National Priorities List (NPL), including the Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa. The NPL includes sites where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risks.
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EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Clean Up Pollution, Address Public Health Risks, and Build a Better America

EPA Proposes to Add Brillo Landfill Site in Cayuga County, New York to Superfund List
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EPA Awards $980,000 for Cleaner School Buses in California

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the winners of two national competitive efforts to support transitions to cleaner school buses: the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Electric School Bus Rebates, and the 2021 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) School Bus Rebates.
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EPA Awards $200,000 for Cleaner School Buses in Hawaii

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the winners of two national competitive efforts to support transitions to cleaner school buses: the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Electric School Bus Rebates, and the 2021 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) School Bus Rebates.
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'Improving energy efficiency serves to confront climate change': Iowa, Nebraska manufacturing plants among most energy efficient in 2021

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that manufacturing plants in Iowa and Nebraska were among the most energy efficient of 2021.
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National Priorities List discussed on March 18 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes 16 notices in week ending March 19

There were 16 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending March 19, according to the Federal Register.
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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on March 18?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on March 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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