News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a new and improved Framework for the Assessment of Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing under its Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program, and a webpage highlighting ecolabel criteria that address perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the extension of the public comment period for the proposed Screening Level Approach for Assessing Ambient Air and Water Exposures to Fenceline Communities Version 1.0 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

On January 25th, EPA resumed publishing notices of substantial risks provided by companies under section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to its ChemView database.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing two grant funding opportunities for states and Tribes to develop and provide businesses with information, training, and tools to help them adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices. Approximately $14 million in grants with no cost share/match requirement are made possible by the $100 million investment in the P2 program provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing two grant funding opportunities for states and Tribes to develop and provide businesses with information, training, and tools to help them adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices. Approximately $14 million in grants with no cost share/match requirement are made possible by the $100 million investment in the P2 program provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Concho, Oklahoma, are among 19 organizations chosen to receive a total of $3,797,102 in grants for job training programs across the country.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Edward Lynn Brown, owner of an almond orchard near Merced, California, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act that impacted more than two acres of rare vernal pool wetlands.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently said that it has reached settlements with companies in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska for selling automobile "defeat device" violations.

“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H946-H947 on Feb. 3

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) demanded that Democrats start taking Americans’ inflation and supply chain concerns seriously at today’s hearing on price gouging.

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) extended the comment period on the proposed consent decree between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and New Indy Catawba, LLC to address hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emissions from the company’s paper mill in Catawba, South Carolina.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the selection of Coalfield Development Corporation of Wayne, West Virginia, as one of 19 organizations to receive approximately $200,000 each in grants for job training programs across the country.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the selection of Civic Works of Baltimore, Maryland, as one of 19 organizations to receive approximately $200,000 in grants for job training programs across the country.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the selection of Auberle of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, as one of 19 organizations to receive approximately $200,000 in grants for job training programs across the country.