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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $14 million in grants awarded to projects that reduce diesel emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older, dirtier engines and vehicles. Of this, over $1.9 million was awarded to projects in Arizona.
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EPA Awards National Grant to Guam for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $14 million in grants awarded across the country to projects that reduce diesel emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older, dirtier engines and vehicles throughout the Southwestern U.S. and Pacific Island territories.
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EPA Awards National Grant for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects in Nevada
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $14 million in grants awarded to projects that reduce diesel emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older, dirtier engines and vehicles.
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EPA Issues Emergency Orders to Three Mobile Home Parks in Thermal, Calif., to Ensure Drinking Water is Safe for Residents
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued three emergency orders under the Safe Drinking Water Act to different mobile home park public water systems located on the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe’s Reservation in California.
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EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Sandoval Zinc Company Superfund Site in Illinois
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begins a 30-day public comment period on its proposed plan to clean up the Sandoval Zinc Company Superfund Site in Illinois.
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EPA to Review Amended Pennsylvania Plan to Help Restore Chesapeake Bay, Local Waters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today said it will fully evaluate Pennsylvania’s amended plan to help restore the Chesapeake Bay.
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Tacoma facility pays $650,000 for hot asphalt spill near Commencement Bay
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Gardner-Gibson, Inc. has paid a $650,000 penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act related to the release of 60,000 gallons of hot, liquid asphalt from its Gardner-Fields, Inc. facility in Tacoma.
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Purple Martins Thrive Again in New York’s Niagara River Area of Concern
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation today announced that purple martins are returning to a 13.5-acre marsh near Buckhorn Island State Park, in the Town of Grand Island, NY (Erie County).
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EPA proposes to disapprove revisions to Wyoming’s 2014 regional haze plan as inconsistent with the Clean Air Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to disapprove the State of Wyoming’s revised regional haze State Implementation Plan to address haze-forming emissions from the Jim Bridger power plant, Units 1 and 2, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
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EPA and Wisconsin achieve cleaner, healthier air in Rhinelander area
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) announced the Rhinelander area will be formally redesignated to attainment of the most recent federal air quality standard for sulfur dioxide.
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West Penn Power to pay $610,00 penalty in Federal-State settlement over discharge violations at coal ash landfills
West Penn Power of Greensburg, Pennsylvania will pay a $610,000 penalty under a settlement to resolve water discharge violations at two coal ash impoundment landfills in southwestern Pennsylvania, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) announced today.
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EPA Issues Emergency Order to TAV Holdings, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Emergency Unilateral Administrative Order (Order) under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to TAV Holdings, Inc. (TAV) located at 3311 Empire Blvd., SW. TAV claims to utilize separation technology to recover metals from auto shredder residue and other waste materials. TAV is located in an overburdened community and is adjacent to a school serving grades 6-8.
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Proposed rule published on Jan. 13 by Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Jan. 13?
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on Jan. 13
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page notice on Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Rule published on Jan. 12 by Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on Jan. 12
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Jan. 12?
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 12
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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E&C Republican Leaders Ask CDC Director for Briefing on Crises Under Her Tenure
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter today to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky requesting a briefing on the multiple crises that have occurred under her leadership at the agency.
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