News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s expansive, duplicative government spending that will not secure America’s global competitive edge against China.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter to NBCUniversal asking about the level of influence the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has in NBC’s 2022 Winter Olympics programming.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will collect a $144,924 penalty from Fuller Industries Inc. to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act’s Risk Ma​​​​​nagement Plan Rule.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement between the United States and To Go Stores, LLC., that will protect communities across Puerto Rico and resolve alleged violations of federal environmental laws at 15 gas stations in Puerto Rico.

On January 24th, nine residents who live or work near the ASARCO Superfund site in Hayden, AZ are graduating from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI) program.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for public comment and peer review version 1.0 of a proposed screening level methodology to evaluate potential chemical exposures and associated potential risks to fenceline communities in Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) risk evaluations.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing new initiatives related to commercial buildings that support President Biden’s ambitious climate agenda.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will proceed on March 21, 2022 to withdraw previously published answers to two Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) concerning property management companies and their compliance responsibility under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Lead Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The Justice Department, the Department of Interior, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the State of Colorado today announced a settlement with Sunnyside Gold Corporation and its Canadian parent company Kinross Gold Corporation resolving federal and state liability related to the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site, which includes the Gold King Mine and many other abandoned mines near Silverton, Colorado.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of upcoming public listening sessions on the draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities for communities and stakeholders to provide comments on the plan

On January 20, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the grant application deadline to March 25, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (ET) for communities, Tribes, states, local governments, and other eligible entities seeking funding for ambient air monitoring projects in communities with environmental and health outcome disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic.

On January 20, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the grant application deadline to March 25, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (ET) for communities, Tribes, states, local governments, and other eligible entities seeking funding for ambient air monitoring projects in communities with environmental and health outcome disparities stemming from pollution and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $42 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Par Hawaii Refining, LLC over Clean Air Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act violations at its oil refining facility on Komohana Street in Kapolei, Hawaii.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Barber Valley Development, Inc. have settled a case the agency brought after the company illegally discharged sand, gravel, and rocks into wetlands adjacent to Council Spring Creek in Boise.