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• EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  The Feb. 22 outreach event will enable attendees to learn more about Region 7’s environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• La Región 7 de la EPA invita al público a asistir a una reunión virtual de partes interesadas de la comunidad sobre justicia ambiental

  El evento de difusión del 22 de febrero permitirá a los asistentes obtener más información sobre las iniciativas de justicia ambiental de la Región 7

  EPA News Release: La Región 7 de la EPA invita al público a asistir a una reunión virtual de partes interesadas de la comunidad sobre justicia ambiental

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers nationwide screening levels for the first time in 30 years, impacting sites in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee

  First time in Local Government Advisory Committee’s history that membership will have female majority

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 11, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $5.9M in Awards for Clean School Buses in Iowa, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $5.9M in Awards for Clean School Buses in Iowa, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $15.8M in Awards for Clean School Buses in Missouri, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $15.8M in Awards for Clean School Buses in Missouri, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• EPA Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  Many areas in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska have the potential for elevated indoor radon levels

  EPA News Release: EPA Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  • Release Date: January 4, 2024

• EPA Proposes No Further Action at Barrels, Inc. Superfund Site in Lansing

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes No Further Action at Barrels, Inc. Superfund Site in Lansing

  • Release Date: July 30, 2020

• EPA Proposes Removing the Scrap Processing Co. Superfund Site in Medford from Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Removing the Scrap Processing Co. Superfund Site in Medford from Superfund List

  • Release Date: July 27, 2020

• EPA at 50: Managing Waste Across the Nation and the Heartland

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: Managing Waste Across the Nation and the Heartland

  • Release Date: July 21, 2020

• EPA Proposes Removing a Portion of Fort Wayne Reduction Dump from Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Removing a Portion of Fort Wayne Reduction Dump from Superfund List

  • Release Date: July 16, 2020

• EPA issues $4.1 million cleanup plan for North Alcoa site in East St. Louis

  EPA News Release: EPA issues $4.1 million cleanup plan for North Alcoa site in East St. Louis

  • Release Date: July 16, 2020

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Property Manager for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Property Manager for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri

  • Release Date: July 15, 2020

• Dubuque, Iowa’s North Port Revitalization Highlighted by EPA as a Transformative Brownfields Cleanup

  EPA News Release: Dubuque, Iowa’s North Port Revitalization Highlighted by EPA as a Transformative Brownfields Cleanup

  • Release Date: July 13, 2020

• EPA proposes to Delete DuPage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest Preserve from Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes to Delete DuPage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest Preserve from Superfund list

  • Release Date: July 9, 2020