News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


EPA Finalizes Scope for Part Two of Asbestos Risk Evaluation


EPA Finds HBCD Poses Unreasonable Risks to Human Health and the Environment


EPA Releases Draft Revised Risk Determination for Perchloroethylene for Public Comment


EPA Finalizes Hazard Communication Requirements to Protect Workers’ Health


EPA Releases Draft Revised Risk Determination for Methylene Chloride for Public Comment


Statement by EPA Regional Administrator Martha Guzman on California’s request regarding Exide and Superfund

Statement by EPA Regional Administrator Martha Guzman on California’s request regarding Exide and Superfund



EPA Settlement Resolves Alleged Hazardous Waste Management Violations by E. Greenwich, R.I. Battery Manufacturer


EPA Seeks Public Comment on Additional Ecological Mitigation Measures for Atrazine


Cedar Falls, Iowa, 12th Grader Wins 2022 President’s Environmental Youth Award


EPA to present City of Chattanooga with Brownfield funding to assist in cleanup and assessments


EPA Announces that Indiana’s Clark and Floyd Counties Now Meet Federal Air Quality Standard for Ozone


EPA orders e-commerce platform Wish to stop selling illegal disinfectants


EPA Extends Comment Period on Cleanup Plan for Amphenol/Franklin Power Products Site in Franklin, Indiana


EPA announces selection of 30 members to serve on Environmental Financial Advisory Board


EPA to present City of Chattanooga with Brownfield funding to assist in cleanup and assessments


Louisville Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Methamphetamine in New Albany

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Anthony Shanklin, 47, of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced late yesterday to 7 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of methamphetamine.


Texas Man Sentenced in South Dakota for Drug Conspiracy

News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a San Antonio, Texas, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 5, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The manager of a Birmingham grocery store pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court to wire and tax fraud for his unlawful manipulation of the Supplemental Nutrition Act Program totaling more than $4.6 million, announced United States Attorney Prim F. Escalona, U.S. Department of...


Ford County Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Kidnapping

News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Roberts, Illinois, man, Paul Theesfield, 37, of the 200 block of Maple Avenue, pleaded guilty on July 6, 2022, to attempted kidnapping. Sentencing for Theesfield has been scheduled on Nov. 14, 2022, at the U.S. Courthouse in Urbana, Illinois.