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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.
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EPA Awards Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes Part of $3.8 Million in Grants to Train Environmental Workers for Jobs Created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding
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.
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EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Orchard for Clean Water Act Violations, Orders Restoration of Wetlands
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.
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EPA fines three companies for installing "defeat devices" in vehicles designed to bypass emissions controls which violate 'air quality standards that protect public health'
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.
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“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the House of Representatives section on Feb. 3
“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H946-H947 on Feb. 3
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Leader Rodgers: Democrats’ Radical Agenda is Making Rising Prices and Empty Shelves Worse
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.
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Public Comment Period on EPA’s Proposed Settlement Agreement with New Indy Catawba, LLC Extended
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.
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EPA Selects Coalfield Development Corporation, West Virginia, to Receive $199,790 in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce
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.
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EPA Selects Civic Works Inc. of Baltimore for $200,000 in Brownfields Job Training Grants
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.
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EPA Selects Auberle to receive $199,327 in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build Skilled Environmental Workforce
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.
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Judge Freezes Assets and Appoints Receiver at Pesticides Distributor in St. Joseph, Missouri
On Jan. 14, 2022, Judge Greg Kays of the Western District of Missouri issued an order appointing a receiver to take control of facilities owned by defendants HPI Products Inc., St. Joe Properties LLC, and William Garvey, after the defendants repeatedly failed to comply with a 2011 settlement intended to resolve alleged longstanding violations of state and federal environmental laws.
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EPA’s proposed rule reaffirming regulation of power plants’ hazardous air pollutants ‘revokes a 2020 finding’
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule that reaffirms that hazardous air pollutants such as mercury from power plants should be regulated.
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Proposed rule published on Feb. 4 by Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on Feb. 4
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Notice published by Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 4
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Week ending Feb. 5: 16 notices published by Environmental Protection Agency
There were 16 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending Feb. 5, according to the Federal Register.
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EPA celebrates 'critical' Pesticide Safety Awareness Month
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expanding their pesticide outreach and education program in order to meet the needs of pesticide applicators in a better way.
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EPA fines Kansas cleaning products company nearly $145,000 for violating Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Plan Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined a Kansas-based cleaning products manufacturer Fuller Industries Inc. for violations of the federal Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Plan Rule.
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EPA hosts public listening session on combatting lead
The Environmental Protection Agency (or EPA) has recently said it will hold a series of virtual public listening sessions, including one on Feb. 22 for residents of the Southwest Pacific region, to help them draft their strategy on combatting lead.
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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Feb. 3?
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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