Epa Region 7 (midwest)
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Recent News About Epa Region 7 (midwest)
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EPA has approved Kansas’ and Iowa’s 2022 lists of impaired waters.
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $281 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Johnson County, Kansas, to support the Nelson Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements project.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are announcing the winners of the 2022 ENERGY STAR Awards.
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The visit to the Superfund site followed a meeting at Bridgeton City Hall, where McCollister and the Region 7 site team shared the latest update on the status of work at the site and the release of a new interactive online map that shows sampling results.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 and Lincoln University (LU) in Jefferson City, Missouri, have renewed their partnership to provide scientific collaboration, outreach, and career opportunities for students.
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Two Missouri home renovation companies have agreed to pay almost $10,000 collectively in penalties to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act
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Today at the Stanley C. Palmer Engineering Center in Kansas City, Missouri, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister presented a $198,195 novelty big check to Brownfields Job Training grant selectee Heartland Conservation Alliance (HCA).
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will collect civil penalties from two companies that allegedly sold illegal “defeat devices” designed to render automobile emission controls inoperative, in violation of the federal Clean Air Act.
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Today, a team from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 is in Bridgeton, Missouri, to update congressional staff, local officials, and local community representatives on the latest results from the investigation at the West Lake Landfill.
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The U.S.“Redeveloping formerly contaminated sites and returning them to productive reuse is at the heart of the Brownfields program
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation selected for award of a $489,155 grant to establish lower-emission diesel projects to upgrade their municipal fleet.
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Bimbo Bakeries USA in Dubuque, Iowa, and Koch Fertilizer plants in Beatrice, Nebraska, and Ft. Dodge, Iowa, were among the 93 U.S. manufacturing plants that earned the Agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2021.
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21,000 people die from cancer caused by radon exposure each year in U.S.
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 announced the winners of the 2021 “See a Bloom, Give It Room” Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Video Challenge.
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed adding five Superfund sites to the National Priorities List (NPL), including the Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa. The NPL includes sites where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risks.
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The $7 million in ARP funding is directed toward school districts in underserved communities to replace old diesel buses with new, zero-emission electric models; and the $10 million in DERA rebates will assist with 444 school bus replacements across the country.
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EPA awards rebates totaling $17 million to fund clean school buses that reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health
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EPA awards rebates totaling $17 million to fund clean school buses that reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health
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17 Kansas School Districts and One Bus Service Receiving $455,000 in School Bus Rebate OpportunitiesEPA awards rebates totaling $17 million to fund clean school buses that reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health
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The Charleston R-1 School District of Charleston, in southeastern Missouri, received school bus rebate opportunities from both the ARP and DERA programs. The district received $900,000 in electric school bus rebate opportunities through the ARP program.