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• Federal, State and Local Agencies Come Together to Speed Up Wildfire Recovery with New Temporary Processing Site at Will Rogers State Beach Parking Lot

  Emergency Response

  EPA News Release: Federal, State and Local Agencies Come Together to Speed Up Wildfire Recovery with New Temporary Processing Site at Will Rogers State Beach Parking Lot

  • Release Date: February 5, 2025

• EPA announces use of Sepulveda Basin as California National Guard personnel, equipment staging area

  Emergency Response

  EPA News Release: EPA announces use of Sepulveda Basin as California National Guard personnel, equipment staging area

  • Release Date: January 31, 2025

• EPA Completes Air Monitoring Near Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire

  Emergency Response -- Monitoring by the state and Vistra will continue to watch for any risks to public health

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Air Monitoring Near Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire

  • Release Date: January 20, 2025

• EPA Air Monitoring Results Near Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire Not Exceeding Health Standards

  Emergency Response

  EPA News Release: EPA Air Monitoring Results Near Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire Not Exceeding Health Standards

  • Release Date: January 18, 2025

• EPA Fines Roquette America Inc. of Keokuk, Iowa, for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Roquette America Inc. of Keokuk, Iowa, for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: October 3, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Completes Oversight of Removal Activities at C6-Zero Site in Marengo, Iowa

  Explosion and fire at the site in December 2022 started a multi-agency, multi-year investigation and cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Completes Oversight of Removal Activities at C6-Zero Site in Marengo, Iowa

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA Completes Hazardous Material Removal from Illegal Lab in Reedley, California

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Hazardous Material Removal from Illegal Lab in Reedley, California

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• EPA Fines Altoona, Iowa, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Altoona, Iowa, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• EPA Fines Red Star Yeast Company LLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Red Star Yeast Company LLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• EPA Monitoring Radium Concentrations in Silex, Missouri, Public Water System

  EPA News Release: EPA Monitoring Radium Concentrations in Silex, Missouri, Public Water System

  • Release Date: September 29, 2023

• EPA Fines Waterloo, Iowa, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Waterloo, Iowa, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: August 14, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Springfield, Missouri, for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  Selected grant will train environmental workers and expand the city’s Green for Greene job training program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Springfield, Missouri, for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: January 10, 2023

• EPA Settles Clean Air Act Case with Polyurethane Facility in Earth City, Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles Clean Air Act Case with Polyurethane Facility in Earth City, Missouri

  • Release Date: January 4, 2023

• La EPA publica informe sobre resiliencia y escombros tras los desastres naturales

  El informe destaca medidas necesarias para proteger a las comunidades vulnerables y reducir el desecho de escombros tras los desastres, incluso a lo largo de las costas de California

  EPA News Release: La EPA publica informe sobre resiliencia y escombros tras los desastres naturales

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• EPA Publishes Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

  Report highlights actions needed to protect vulnerable communities and reduce disaster debris disposal, including along California’s Coasts

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022