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Announcement kicks off Tribal Nations Summit
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EPA fines county in Hawaii $28,500 for failure to meet design deadline
Deadline missed for the design of wastewater treatment facility.
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EPA Announces Appointments of Regional Administrators for Regions 2, 4, and 8
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced that President Biden will appoint three new Regional Administrators to lead EPA’s work protecting human health and the environment in their respective regional offices. The following individuals will be appointed:
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E&C Announces Additional Details on Section 230 Legislative Hearing to Hold Big Tech Accountable
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced additional details today on the legislative hearing the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold on Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 10:30 a.m. EST in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Holding Big Tech Accountable: Targeted Reforms to Tech’s Legal Immunity."
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Rodgers, Comer Demand Transparency on Biden’s Vaccine Mandates for Federal Employees
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget demanding more information on the Administration’s compliance with the President’s sweeping vaccine mandates for Federal employees.
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E&C Announces Hearing on Interagency Proposal to Regulate Fentanyl-Related Substances
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 10:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances."
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Biden Administration Continues to Miss the Mark in Addressing American Energy Crisis
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), and Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) released the following statement on the administration’s announcement that it will release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
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EPA Fines Mason City, Iowa, Cement Manufacturer for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will collect a $197,500 penalty from Lehigh Cement Company LLC, a Mason City, Iowa, cement manufacturer, to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. According to EPA, the company is a “major air emission source” that failed to comply with state and federal regulations intended to limit harmful releases of air pollution.
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EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal Program Honors 14 Partners for Achievements in Recycling
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program celebrated its 15th anniversary and recognized partners during its second annual RAD Leadership Awards Ceremony.
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EPA awards funding to Denver, Park City, Utah, for projects that 'reduce source pollution'
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has earmarked $40,000 in funding to the Center for EcoTechnology (CET) and Park City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) through the Sustainable Materials Management program.
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EPA releases new national strategy to 'transform' recycling in the U.S.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 2021 national recycling strategy, hoping it can be used to tackle critical recycling challenges and create a stronger, more resilient and cost-effective municipal solid waste recycling system.
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EPA Partners with Tribes to Deploy Air Sensors in Communities
Air quality is a primary concern for many Pacific Northwest tribal communities, where smoke from wildfires and wood-heating devices can affect human health and is often present year-round.
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EPA Announces Appointment of Daniel Blackman as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 4
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced that President Biden will appoint Daniel Blackman to become EPA’s Regional Administrator for Region 4.
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EPA and Army Take Action to Provide Certainty for the Definition of WOTUS
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) announced a proposed rule to re-establish the pre-2015 definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) which had been in place for decades, updated to reflect consideration of Supreme Court decisions.
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Dredging and Capping Work Completed at Grasse River Superfund Site, Massena, NY
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that dredging and capping work is completed at the Grasse River Superfund site (aka Alcoa Aggregation) in Massena, New York.
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EPA adds 32 waters to Minnesota’s 2020 Impaired Waters List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent notice that it has added 32 waterways to Minnesota’s 2020 Impaired Waters List, according to a report by the Red Lake Nation News.
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EPA Awards Over $2 Million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects in Georgia
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded over $2 Million to projects that reduce diesel emissions from Georgia’s existing fleet of older, dirtier engines and vehicles.
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EPA among agencies recommitting to water quality, 'tackling the climate crisis'
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with several other federal agencies and non-governmental partners, took time recently to reflect on a decade of progress under the Urban Waters Federal Partnership program, while recommitting to restoring urban waterways.
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Leader Rodgers Statement on Biden, Democrats’ Radical Agenda to Transform America
News Release: Washington D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s grand socialist agenda.
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E&C Republicans Demand Oversight of Democrats’ Unprecedented, Partisan FCC Funding
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, 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 Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairman Michael Doyle (D-PA) urging them to hold a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversight hearing to address the unprecedented influx of funding to the commission.
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