Topics

Newark, N.J. (Jan. 15, 2026) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a plan to clean up contaminated sediment, soil and industrial waste in Pierson’s Creek, a 1.5-mile waterway...

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

Contact Information: Jonathan Klusmeyer, klusmeyer.jonathan@epa.gov, 913-313-2991 LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 17, 2025) –U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the City of Kansas City,...

San Juan, Puerto Rico (Dec. 12, 2025) Last week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Administrator Michael Martucci traveled to Puerto Rico to engage with local officials to assess...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA & Army Corps Unveil Clear, Durable WOTUS...

Contact Information: Jonathan Klusmeyer, 913-343-2991, klusmeyer.jonathan@epa.gov LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 18, 2025) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the State of...

Contact Information: Jonathan Klusmeyer, 913-343-2991, klusmeyer.jonathan@epa.gov LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 18, 2025) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the State of Kansas’

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,...

LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 10, 2025) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 would like to clarify the following information after receiving community feedback on the status of the Santee...

PHILADELPHIA (October 6, 2025) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 (EPA) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) announced the first-ever signing...

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 Contact Information: EPA Press Office, press@epa.gov...

New York, N.Y. (Sept. 30, 2025) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken action against four companies in New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico for failing to report the use of...

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

Newark, N.J. (September 29, 2025) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have reached concurrent settlements with...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 25, 2025) – Today, at a...

Corozal, P.R. (September 12, 2025) - In a step that illustrates another Superfund success, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to delete the Corozal Well Superfund site,...

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 Contact Information: Shannan Beisser, 816-520-1949,...

Contact: Stephen McBay, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov, 929-243-0417 Plumsted Township, N.J. (August 12, 2025) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the public comment period for its...

Contact: Stephen McBay, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov, 929-243-0417 New York, N.Y. (August 11, 2025) - EPA Region 2 continues to deliver measurable results that are improving human health and...

Contact: Stephen McBay, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov, 929-243-0417 Queens, N.Y. (August 11, 2025) – Last week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Michael Martucci and...

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

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

NEW YORK (July 24, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Genera PR, LLC, which are respectively the owner and operator...

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

Contact Information: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 23, 2025) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for...

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

LENEXA, KAN. (JULY 18, 2025) – Today, at the Flint Hills Regional Council (FHRC) board meeting in Junction City, Kansas, EPA Region 7 Administrator Jim Macy presented a $1 million award to FHRC...

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,...

Trenton, N.J. (July 7, 2025) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding the Historic Potteries site in Trenton, New Jersey, to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) — a...

Contact Information: Jonathan Klusmeyer, klusmeyer.jonathan@epa.gov, 913-313-2991 LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 27, 2025) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 leadership visited...

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 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 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 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 Contact Information: Kellen Ashford,...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (June 12, 2025) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a settlement with TwinMed LLC over claims of illegal distribution of unregistered disinfectants...

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

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (June 4, 2025) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Ultramar Inc., doing business as Valero Wilmington Refinery, over chemical...

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will provide to the states of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia a total of $962,000 in grant funding to monitor water quality...

San Juan, P.R. (May 28, 2025) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing $9.7 million in grant funding that states, Tribes, and territories will use to monitor water quality...

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

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

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

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

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

Contact: Nikita Joshi, joshi.nikita@epa.gov, 934-210-9347 Albany, N.Y. (May 22, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is partnering with the City of Albany and the New York State...

PHILADELPHIA— Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 30 recipients in EPA Region 3 have been selected to receive over $21 million in Brownfields Grants to help...

NEW YORK (May 16, 2025) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Camden Redevelopment Agency in New Jersey has been selected to receive $650,000 in Brownfields...

NEW YORK (May 16, 2025) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that 10 recipients across New York have been selected to receive more than $8 Million in Brownfields Grants to...

PHILADELPHIA— Today, May 16, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 30 recipients in EPA Region 3 have been selected to receive over $21 million in Brownfields...

San Juan, P.R. (May 15, 2025) – This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Michael Martucci traveled to Puerto Rico to focus on the benefits to people and local...

Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE. UU., Región 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska y nueve naciones tribales Información de contacto: Kellen Ashford,...

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

Contact: Stephen McBay, 929-243-0417, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov Trenton, N.J. (May 8, 2025) - Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Administrator Michael Martucci engaged with New...

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

New York, N.Y. (May 1, 2025) - Illustrating the excellence and benefits of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s work, enforcement staff from the agency sprang into action following a...

NEW YORK (April 30, 2025) – EPA Regional Administrator Michael Martucci served as the keynote speaker at the 4th Annual Mohawk Valley Brownfields Developer Summit on April 29. He expressed 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...

NEW YORK (April 30, 2025) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the agency during President Trump’s...

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...

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...

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,...

Rochester, N.Y. (April 22, 2025) - Last night, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Michael Martucci celebrated with graduates of EPA’s Brownfields job training program....

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,...

April 21, 2025 Contact Information EPA Region 3 Press Office (R3Press@epa.gov) PHILADELPHIA - Today, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that President...

Buffalo, N.Y. (April 17, 2025) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has partnered with the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA) to reduce lead paint exposure risks. In this process,...

Contact: Stephen McBay, 929-243-0417, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov St. Croix, U.S.V.I (April 7, 2025) - EPA Regional Administrator Michael Martucci traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) last week to...

Contact: Elias Rodriguez, 212-637-3664, Rodriguez.Elias@epa.gov Nikita Joshi, 934-210-9347, Joshi.Nikita@epa.gov San Juan, P.R. (April 2, 2025) - EPA Regional Administrator Michael Martucci...

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...

Contact: Nikita Joshi, 934-210-9347, joshi.nikita@epa.gov Orange County, N.Y. (March 14, 2025) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Michael Martucci traveled to...

Contact: Stephen McBay, 929-243-0417, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov New York, N.Y. (March 12, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional office helps businesses and municipalities...

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...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 - 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations EPA Partnership with City of Springfield, Missouri,...

Contact: Stephen McBay, 929-243-0417, mcbay.stephen@epa.gov Colonie and Guilderland, N.Y. (March 5, 2025) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking a step forward by announcing...

Today we launched our new "Call it a Comeback" e-Newsletter so the American people can stay up to date on the latest work our agency is undertaking. To sign up for the newsletter, press releases...

This message is to notify you that EPA is transitioning to a new email service provider. If you’d like to continue receiving press releases and other communications products, including the new,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin signed a final rule approving the State of West Virginia’s request to regulate the injection of carbon...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a $110 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Weber Basin...

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a $147 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Florida Keys...

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a video on social media urging staff to return to full-time work in the...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency has taken action to overhaul all Biden-Harris Administration WaterSense...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, February 13, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled to New York City to visit the EPA’s Region 2 Headquarters in downtown...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency has found billions of taxpayer dollars parked at a financial institution by the Biden-Harris...

WASHINGTON – Over the last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began implementing President Trump’s Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing...

EPA and LA County Identify Third Staging Area in Altadena LOS ANGELES, Calif. (February 10, 2025) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the County of Los Angeles have signed a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s first full week on the job included visits to three priority disaster sites for the agency to survey recovery...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (February 7, 2025) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the County of Los Angeles have signed a lease agreement effective February 7, 2025, for a new staging...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, February 6, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled to Los Angeles, California, to survey damage and meet with EPA personnel...

New York, N.Y. (February 6, 2025) - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that President Donald J. Trump has appointed Michael Martucci as the Regional...

Contact Information: Jonathan Klusmeyer, klusmeyer.jonathan@epa.gov, 913-313-2991 LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 6, 2025) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin...

WASHINGTON – Today, in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to...

WASHINGTON – On Monday, February 3, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin took his first official trip in his new role, to East Palestine, Ohio, with Vice President...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently undergoing the largest wildfire hazardous waste cleanup in the history of the agency as it assists local governments and...

WASHINGTON – On January 29, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin was confirmed by a bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate and subsequently sworn in as the 17th EPA...

WASHINGTON – On January 29, 2025, Lee Zeldin was sworn in as the 17th Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Administrator Zeldin will work closely with the dedicated career...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been assisting the local government and residents in the wake of catastrophic fires in Los Angeles County. EPA has been assigned by the...

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

Hewlett, N.Y. (Jan 17, 2025) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated its 2017 cleanup plan for the Peninsula Boulevard Groundwater Plume Superfund Site in Hewlett, New York, to...