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By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: HONOLULU – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing $350,000 in new grants to advance environmental justice in Hawai'i. The grants will support three new projects on the Islands of O'ahu, Maui, and Kaua'i.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 27, 2022) — As part of the Federal Government’s response to a fire and shutdown at the Bp Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan today issued an emergency fuel waiver to help alleviate fuel shortages in four states whose supply of gasoline has been impacted by the refinery shutdown.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more partial deletions from the National Priorities List (NPL) at the Omaha Lead Superfund Site in Nebraska.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Reiterate request for information, documents, and communications between NARA and law enforcement officials.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: BOSTON (Aug. 22, 2022) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) announced assistance for 25 small and rural communities from across the country ...
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - One year ago today, the last U.S. military flight left Afghanistan, ending our almost 20-year presence in the country. The departure followed a chaotic emergency evacuation after Taliban forces, having quickly took over much of the country, surrounded the city of Kabul and President Ghani fled. House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has issued the following statement to commemorate the U.S. military’s departure.
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.
