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Contact: Stephen McBay, (212)-637-3672, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov Brooklyn, N.Y. (Oct. 2, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to protect people living and working...

WASHINGTON – Today, Oct. 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a final rule to restore the pesticide Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) requirements under the 2015 Agricultural...

NEW YORK (October 2, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Argos Puerto Rico Corp., owner and operator of a Portland cement manufacturing plant located at Espinosa...

NEW JERSEY (Oct. 1, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Clean Air Act permit to Atlantic Shores, LLC to construct two offshore wind farms. The two permitted...

WASHINGTON – Today, October 1, 2024, EPA is recognizing October as Children’s Health Month. Every year, EPA begins the fall season by raising awareness about the crucial role our environment...

WASHINGTON – La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) anuncia tres nuevas oportunidades de financiamiento para apoyar la educación sobre la...

WASHINGTON – Today, Oct. 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing three new funding opportunities to support pesticide safety education for farmworkers, training for health care...

Ovintiv USA to pay $5.5M penalty and upgrade oil and gas facilities in Utah to resolve Clean Air Act violations Compliance measures address violations at 22 facilities in Utah including on Uintah...

PHILADELPHIA (September 27, 2024) - Max Environmental Technologies, Inc. (MAX) will take steps to properly manage the treatment and disposal of industrial wastewater at the company’s waste...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Contact Information: EPA Press Office...

WASHINGTON — Today, September 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released resource tools to help protect public health and local water bodies in communities that rely on lagoons for...

Contact: Stephen McBay, (212)-637-3672, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov Carlos Vega, (212)-637-3662, vega.carlos@epa.gov Edgewater, N.J. (Sept. 27, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced selections for membership of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee...

WASHINGTON — Today, Sept. 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with the Lima Refining Company (LRC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of...

Contact: Stephen McBay, (212)-637-3672, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov NEW YORK (Sept. 27, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is extending the public comment period for the proposed early...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Makes $965M Available to Fund Clean School Buses...

Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) DENVER — Today, Sept. 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the latest round of funding from the Clean School Bus Rebate Program

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Biden-Harris Administration Announces $348 Million...

Contact: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) DENVER – Today, September 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized three organizations in Region 8 - the Northern Colorado Water...

WASHINGTON – Today, September 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented 51 awards to water utilities, government agencies, manufacturers, retailers, builders, and other...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the winners of the 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for new and innovative green chemistry technologies....

WASHINGTON — Today, Sept. 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the latest round of funding from the Clean School Bus Rebate Program with up to $965 million available to school...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA’s GreenChill Program Recognizes Top...

DENVER - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Mountain Meadows Lamb Corporation, doing business as Superior Farms, Inc., which...

WASHINGTON — Today, Sept. 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is honoring 47 truck carriers and freight shippers as industry leaders in supply chain, environmental, and energy...

WASHINGTON (September 25, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $49 million in new technical assistance funding to help rural, small and...

BALTIMORE – Today, Sept. 25, in a ceremony at the FMI – The Food Industry Association’s Energy and Store Development Conference, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Launches Nationwide Environmental Justice...

WASHINGTON – Today, September 25, in commemoration of Climate Week NYC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and AmeriCorps announced the Environmental Justice Climate Corps, a new...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced 43 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winners across 20 states and the District of Columbia, recognizing...

WASHINGTON – Today, September 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the finalization of national discharge standards to control the release of pollutants and invasive species...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Finalizes Rule to Accelerate American Leadership...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule to establish a new program to better manage, recycle, and reuse climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons...

Contact Information: JoAnne Kittrell, kittrell.joanne@epa.gov, (617) 918-1822; EPA Region 1 Press Office (R1_Press@epa.gov) BOSTON (Sept. 20, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection...

PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 19, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz met with residents, community leaders and local nonprofit Groundwork...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Haskell Indian Nations University Career Counselor...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 19, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the launch of a Spanish-language version of ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, its popular online energy measurement...

WASHINGTON (September 18, 2024) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the winners of its 11th annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 18, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the Water Quality Indicators (WQI) tool, the first EPA interface that allows users to compare millions of data...

September 16, 2024 Contact Information Honor Morgan (morgan.honor@epa.gov) Bozeman, Mont. –– Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Bridger Bowl Ski Area of...

WASHINGTON (September 18, 2024) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the winners of its 11th annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 18, as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to prevent pollution and empower people to find products with ingredients that are safer for public...

WASHINGTON - Today, September 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is releasing a new tool called the “Kids and Climate Health Zone.” This Zone is a collection of stories and...

WASHINGTON (September 16, 2024) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the members of the inaugural Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving...

WASHINGTON — Today, Sept. 17, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Green Power Leadership Award winners for 2024, honoring four leading organizations in EPA’s Green Power...

Woodbine, N.J. (Sept. 17, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Borough of Woodbine, celebrated the...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Contact Information: EPA Press Office, press@epa.gov...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 16, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $117 million for three separate funding opportunities...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Region 7 Fines Linwood Mining and Minerals...

September 16, 2024 Contact Information Honor Morgan (morgan.honor@epa.gov) DENVER – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 recognized two Colorado companies as winners of...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Announces $117 Million in Grants Available to...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 16, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $117 million for three separate funding opportunities...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is joining states, Tribes and local partners in celebrating SepticSmart Week from Sept. 16-20 and to provide homeowners and renters with...

WASHINGTON – Today, September 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $1,000,000 in research grant funding to Cornwell Research Group in Newport News, Virginia, to evaluate the...

WASHINGTON – Today, September 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the launch of a new website, the Climate Resilience and Adaptation Funding Toolbox. CRAFT is a...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a proposed update to the agency’s Recommendations of Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Region 7 Fines Hawkins Inc. of Camanche, Iowa,...

WASHINGTON — Today, Sept. 9, the Partnership for Public Service announced it had awarded the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in Safety, Security, and International Affairs to Steve...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Contact Information: Shannan Beisser,...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Biden-Harris Administration Announces $232 Million...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of $232 million in grant funding through EPA’s Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an Enforcement Alert regarding its work under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM Act) to phase down...

WASHINGTON — Today, September 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of $7.5 billion of Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding. The WIFIA...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA and Forest Service Release Updated AirNow Fire...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service released an updated version of the popular AirNow Fire and Smoke...

Contact: U.S. EPA: Virva Aryan, aryan.virva@epa.gov Spirit Lake Tribe: Joshua Tweeton, JTweeton@spiritlakenation.com Fort Totten, N.D. (September 5, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental...

Contact: U.S. EPA: Virva Aryan, aryan.virva@epa.gov Southern Ute Indian Tribe: Summer Begay, sbegay@southernute-nsn.gov Southern Ute Indian Reservation (September 5, 2024) – Today, the U.S....

WASHINGTON — Today, September 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the release of the final Achieving Health and Environmental Protection Through EPA’s Meaningful Engagement...

Contact: U.S. EPA: Virva Aryan, aryan.virva@epa.gov Rosebud Sioux Tribe: Ivan Crow Eagle, ivan.croweagle@rst-nsn.gov Rosebud, S.D. (September 5, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Announces Over $13M in Grants to Iowa Tribe of...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sept. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selected recipients of $300 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants for Tribes and U.S. territories as...

Contact: Carlos Vega, 646-988-2996, vega.carlos@epa.gov Edison, N.J. (Sept. 5, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities $156 million...

NEW YORK (Sept. 5, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed consent decree that would pay EPA’s past and future costs of cleanup at the Raritan Bay Slag...

PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 4, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $23.8 million in Small Watershed grants to support Chesapeake Bay Watershed restoration efforts....

WASHINGTON — Today, Sept. 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding one site and proposing to add four additional sites to the Superfund National Priorities List. The NPL is a list...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Fines Norfolk, Nebraska, Company for Alleged...

WASHINGTON -- Today, Aug. 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards from companies or institutions that...

PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 29, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today a final settlement over alleged violations related to wastewater treatment plants with Manufactured Home...

NEW YORK (August 29, 2024) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency celebrated the selection of the Bronx River Alliance in partnership Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice for a $1...

WASHINGTON – Today, Aug. 28, following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s emergency suspension of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal), the agency is...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Fines Walmart and Hartz Mountain for Violating...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.48 Million...

WASHINGTON – Today, August 27, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing $1,499,979 in research funding to Clarkson University to develop and demonstrate nanosensor technology...

PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 27, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Khesha Reed as the permanent Deputy Director for EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO),...

Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos, Región 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska y nueve naciones tribales La Región 7 de la EPA ordena a los...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Region 7 Orders Grocery Distributors in Kansas,...

WASHINGTON — Today, Aug. 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of approximately $3.48 million for two, five-year cooperative agreements to build the capacity of...

Contact: Stephen McBay, (212)-637-3672, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov NEW YORK (August 23, 2024) – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued an administrative order on consent to Port...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Announces $34M in Grants to Reduce Air Pollution...

Contact: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) SALT LAKE CITY — Today, Aug. 22, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

WASHINGTON — Today, Aug. 22, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the five selected recipients of $34...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Announces $26 Million in Grants to Protect...

WASHINGTON – Today, August 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $26 million in funding to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities. This...

WASHINGTON: Today, Aug. 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $9 million in grant funding to four institutions for research to address knowledge gaps and better identify and...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations Floating Classroom Event Hosted by EPA Regional...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Awards $25.5 Million in New Grants to Combat...