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• EPA Announces Kansas Selectee to Receive Nearly $600K in Grants to Help Businesses Prevent Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Kansas Selectee to Receive Nearly $600K in Grants to Help Businesses Prevent Pollution

  • Release Date: October 31, 2024

• EPA Region 7 to Host Open House for Former United Zinc Superfund Site on Oct. 29

  EPA officials will present site updates and information about the new residential soil lead guidance to the Iola community

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Host Open House for Former United Zinc Superfund Site on Oct. 29

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $33M for Water Infrastructure in Kansas Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $33M for Water Infrastructure in Kansas Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• EPA Region 7 to Host Open House for Cherokee County Superfund Site in Historic Tri-State Mining District

  EPA officials will present site updates and information about the new residential soil lead guidance to the community on Oct. 28

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Host Open House for Cherokee County Superfund Site in Historic Tri-State Mining District

  • Release Date: October 22, 2024

• EPA Fines Leavenworth Military Housing Renovator for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Leavenworth Military Housing Renovator for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: October 21, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $5.5M to Missouri Selectees to Upgrade Older Diesel Engines to Cleaner and Zero-Emission Solutions

  Selectees have projects benefitting Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $5.5M to Missouri Selectees to Upgrade Older Diesel Engines to Cleaner and Zero-Emission Solutions

  • Release Date: October 18, 2024

• EPA Awards $175K to Kansas State University to Support National Radon Hotline and Website

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $175K to Kansas State University to Support National Radon Hotline and Website

  • Release Date: October 18, 2024

• EPA Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces over $27.7M in Funding to Kansas to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America Agenda for clean drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces over $27.7M in Funding to Kansas to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

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

  Oct. 17 outreach event will provide opportunity for 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: October 3, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Fines Cobalt Boats for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Cobalt Boats for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Kansas

  • Release Date: December 19, 2023

• EPA Fines Lawrence, Kansas, Landfill for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Lawrence, Kansas, Landfill for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: December 12, 2023

• Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing Will Pay Over $23M to Address Clean Air Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm Related to Its Kansas Refinery

  EPA News Release: Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing Will Pay Over $23M to Address Clean Air Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm Related to Its Kansas Refinery

  • Release Date: November 20, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $3.8M in Region 7 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and the anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $3.8M in Region 7 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas, Are Complete

  Mill Creek is once again flowing naturally after the diversion system and final berms were removed

  EPA News Release: Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas, Are Complete

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023