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• EPA Issues Explanation of Significant Differences for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site

  Changes outlined by EPA Region 7 are necessary for cleanup of the site

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Explanation of Significant Differences for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site

  • Release Date: January 17, 2025

• EPA Region 7 Celebrates New Electric Buses for El Dorado Springs Schools in Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Celebrates New Electric Buses for El Dorado Springs Schools in Missouri

  • Release Date: January 15, 2025

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

  Jan. 16 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: January 13, 2025

• Test, Fix, Save a Life: EPA Region 7 Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  EPA News Release: Test, Fix, Save a Life: EPA Region 7 Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  • Release Date: January 8, 2025

• EPA and Continental Cement Company in Hannibal, Missouri, Settle Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA and Continental Cement Company in Hannibal, Missouri, Settle Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 8, 2025

• EPA Penalizes Four Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Four Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: January 7, 2025

• EPA Fines Truck Stops in Iowa and Missouri for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Truck Stops in Iowa and Missouri for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 6, 2025

• Hy-Vee Inc. to Pay Penalty for Violating EPA Pesticide Order

  EPA News Release: Hy-Vee Inc. to Pay Penalty for Violating EPA Pesticide Order

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $64.3M for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Missouri

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $64.3M for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Missouri

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• EPA Deputy Administrator McCabe Joins EPA Region 7 to Present $500K Check to St. Louis Community College for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  Funding will provide workforce training for 88 St. Louis area students

  EPA News Release: EPA Deputy Administrator McCabe Joins EPA Region 7 to Present $500K Check to St. Louis Community College for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: February 22, 2023

• EPA Directs Ameren to Conduct Additional Cleanup Work to Address Elm Point Wellfield Contamination

  U.S. Department of Justice also filed a motion to withdraw the proposed Consent Decree for Operable Unit 4

  EPA News Release: EPA Directs Ameren to Conduct Additional Cleanup Work to Address Elm Point Wellfield Contamination

  • Release Date: February 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $24M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Missouri to Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $24M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Missouri to Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: February 14, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: February 13, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to Full Employment Council of KCMO for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  Funding will provide workforce training for 60 Kansas Citians

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to Full Employment Council of KCMO for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: February 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Cleanup Project in Missouri

  EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Cleanup Project in Missouri

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023