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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

• 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 Selects Kansas State University to Receive $4M in Grant Funding to Provide Technical Assistance to Tribal Nations and Entities Addressing Brownfields

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive $4M in Grant Funding to Provide Technical Assistance to Tribal Nations and Entities Addressing Brownfields

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Schools in Kansas and Nebraska to Receive Clean School Bus Funding, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Schools in Kansas and Nebraska to Receive Clean School Bus Funding, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024