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By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Saputo Cheese USA Inc., the owner and operator of a mozzarella cheese and whey protein concentrate production facility in Tulare, California. Saputo Cheese violated provisions of the Clean Air Act intended ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Aug. 17, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has deleted a portion of the Himco Dump site in Elkhart, Indiana, from Superfund’s National Priorities List, or NPL. Cleanup has been completed at the landfill area, four adjacent properties, and 43 downgradient properties. EPA has determined that while operation, maintenance, and monitoring activities will continue there, no further cleanup is needed.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a community meeting for residents of Salinas, Puerto Rico to share information about health risks from the chemical ethylene oxide or EtO, which is being emitted from a facility called Steri-Tech, Inc.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 17, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) to announce assistance for 25 small and rural communities ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Aug. 17, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has deleted a portion of the Summit National site in Deerfield Township, Portage County, Ohio, from the Superfund’s National Priorities List, or NPL. Cleanup continues at the groundwater portion of the site which remains on the NPL along with surface water and sediment areas.
By DOE 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: SAN FRANCISCO - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Amalie Oil Company USA (AOCUSA) for violations of the Clean Water Act and its regulations related to oil pollution prevention at the company’s Vernon, Calif. facility. Under the settlement, AOCUSA will pay a $132,590 penalty.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent letters to four federal agencies-the U.S. Department of Treasury, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Federal Trade Commission -and five digital...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 15, 2022) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a potential Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel. This Panel will focus on the agency’s ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 22, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that Ohio-based Autosales, Inc. will pay a $600,000 penalty under the Clean Air Act for illegally selling aftermarket products that alter vehicles’ emissions-control systems – known popularly as defeat devices ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has deleted a portion of the Tybouts Corner Landfill site in New Castle, Delaware, from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of the nation’s most contaminated hazardous waste sites.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 17, 2022) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing $3.6 million in available funding for federally-recognized Tribes and intertribal consortia to develop or refine wetland programs. During this competitive solicitation, EPA anticipates awarding funding for up to 25 projects that help build wetland capacity, strengthen nation-to-nation relationships, promote equity, and improve climate resilience.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (IBWC), today held a ceremony to announce that IBWC Minute No. 328, “Sanitation Infrastructure Projects in San Diego, California – Tijuana, Baja California for Immediate Implementation and for Future Development,” has entered into force.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 18, 2022) – Residential developer Heartland Development LP will pay a $51,690 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company failed to adequately control stormwater runoff from the Covington Creek and Covington Court construction developments in Olathe, Kansas.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: (Seattle – Aug. 22, 2022) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Smith Frozen Foods, Inc. of Weston, Oregon has agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is launching his annual Ag Tour next week, kicking off the week-long highlight of Arkansas agriculture operations on Monday in Fayetteville.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioners Christy Goldsmith Romero and Summer Mersinger got a firsthand look at the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the University of Arkansas today while discussing a path forward to bring more consumer protection to the crypto industry.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2022
News Release: Committee on Education and Labor Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Department of Education (Department) Secretary Miguel Cardona regarding a proposed rule on comprehensive reviews of change in ownership. This rule will not fix the problems plaguing the control and conversion application process, but it does unfairly target proprietary institutions.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In their massive tax and spending spree, Democrats and President Joe Biden just granted U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra sweeping and unprecedented authority to implement government price controls over prescription drugs.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - As President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, welcomed the nearly $40 billion she secured in the legislation to tackle the climate crisis, lower costs for families, and create good paying jobs in rural America.
