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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...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PADEN CITY, W.V. (Aug. 24, 2022) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leadership visited formerly abandoned sites in northeastern West Virginia today that are undergoing cleanup or have now been revitalized, thanks to funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – According to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report released today, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) has delivered significant reductions in diesel emissions to protect human health and improve air quality in communities across America. DERA legislation, a bipartisan effort authorized by Congress, emphasizes maximizing health benefits, serving areas of poor air quality, and conserving diesel fuel.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is deleting the Chem-Solv, Inc. site in Cheswold, 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, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced a $1.7 million settlement with The Andersons Marathon Holdings (Andersons Marathon) LLC to resolve alleged Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 30, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has penalized three companies to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). According to EPA, the companies installed and/or sold illegal “defeat devices” in vehicle engines designed to render emissions controls inoperative.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Aug. 18, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and partners, announced assistance for Beverly, Coshocton and South Point, Ohio to grow their outdoor recreation economy through the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities (RERC) program.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 26, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum to help implement over $173 million for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs in the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories. The announcement is a key step forward in the implementation ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 19, 2022) - Asphalt manufacturer Shilling Construction Company Inc. will pay $71,324 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company failed to adequately control stormwater runoff from its Manhattan, Kansas, facility. EPA says these failures led to illegal discharges of pollution into the Kansas River.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 24, 2022) – This week, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) with representatives from the Government of Flanders, Belgium pledging to share publicly available information on enforcement and compliance assurance issues related to PFAS ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is deleting C&R Battery Company, Inc. Superfund Site in Chesterfield County, Virginia, 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: DENVER — 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 from across the country ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH (Aug. 23, 2022) – Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency toured two formerly contaminated sites in Pittsburgh today that are now cleaned up and provide thriving assets for the community.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE (Aug. 18, 2022) —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected four schools and organizations in Oregon and Washington to receive a total of $400,000 in environmental education grants. Nationwide, EPA selected 34 organizations to receive over $3.2 million in funding.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: GREENVILLE, SC (Aug. 23, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed partial deletion of a 70-acre portion of Operable Unit 01 at the U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills Superfund Site, Greenville, SC. from the National Priorities List (NPL). The deletion will benefit the environment, the community of Greenville, and the people of South Carolina.
