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By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a $200,000 grant to the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) to support anaerobic digestion technology in 11 states in the Northeast, New England the Mid-Atlantic, including New Jersey and New York. NEWMOA ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: BOSTON (Aug. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of three organizations in New England to receive funding for projects through the Environmental Education (EE) Grants Program.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 25, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Sivyer Steel Castings LLC in Bettendorf, Iowa, to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Libby, Mont. -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced another portion of the Libby Asbestos Superfund site in Libby, Mt. is protective of human health and the environment and being partially deleted from EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL).
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards from companies or institutions that have developed a new green chemistry process or product that helps protect human health and the environment. EPA ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the launch of the Make a Market Tech Challenge, which invites undergraduate and graduate students to develop a market assessment for patented EPA technologies.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 26, 2022) – Following through on the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to tackle environmental injustice and improve public health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a significant action under Administrator Regan’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to protect people ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Aug. 17, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to delete the soil portion of the Wauconda Sand & Gravel site in Wauconda, Illinois, from the Superfund’s National Priorities List, or NPL. Cleanup continues at the groundwater portion of the site which remains on the NPL.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Aug. 25, 2022) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the start of a hazardous waste cleanup at the Diamond Hard Chrome site, 6110 Grand Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. In February, Ohio EPA referred the site to the federal agency for action. EPA anticipates that its estimated over $1 million cleanup will be completed by the end of the year.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Chair Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, a minibus of six fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) today introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: BROOKFIELD, CONN. (Aug. 30, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reached a settlement with Greenfield Global USA, Inc., based in Brookfield, Conn., for alleged violations of both the Clean Air Act's General Duty Clause (CAA GDC) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). Under the settlement, the company has agreed to pay a penalty of $179,596 and certify compliance with all its CAA GDC and EPCRA requirements.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: DURHAM, CONN. (Aug. 24, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) New England Regional Administrator David W. Cash joined Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England Commander and District Engineer Colonel John A. Atilano II, ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing revisions to the Risk Management Program (RMP) rule to further protect vulnerable communities from chemical accidents, especially those living near facilities with high accident rates. The proposed rule, entitled the “Safer ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 22, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $209,241 settlement with The Andersons Marathon Holdings LLC (Andersons Marathon) facility in Denison, Iowa. This is part of a broader settlement totaling over $1.7 million.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 17, 2022) – The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) is proposing to modify its $4.7 billion, 25-year sewer system upgrade. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which must approve proposed modifications to the sewer project, the revisions will reduce the project’s impacts to underserved communities, will not negatively affect ratepayers, and will reduce discharges of sewage into local waters.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded an announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on their intent to issue a funding opportunity to help states establish low cost loan funds for local governments...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) today introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Aug. 19, 2022) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a notice of violation to Renergy, Inc. alleging permit violations at its Dovetail Energy facility in Greene County and Emerald Bio
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the current water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi...
