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• EPA Launches Largest Wildfire Hazardous Material Removal Effort in Agency History

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Largest Wildfire Hazardous Material Removal Effort in Agency History

  • Release Date: February 3, 2025

• La EPA de Trump actualiza al público sobre la asistencia de la agencia tras los catastróficos incendios forestales

  EPA News Release: La EPA de Trump actualiza al público sobre la asistencia de la agencia tras los catastróficos incendios forestales

  • Release Date: January 30, 2025

• Trump EPA Updates Public on Agency Assistance Following Catastrophic Wildfires

  EPA News Release: Trump EPA Updates Public on Agency Assistance Following Catastrophic Wildfires

  • Release Date: January 28, 2025

• EPA is securing chemicals stored at shuttered Cosmo Specialty Fibers facility in Cosmopolis

  EPA News Release: EPA is securing chemicals stored at shuttered Cosmo Specialty Fibers facility in Cosmopolis

  • Release Date: September 17, 2024

• EPA finalizes stronger safety standards to protect at-risk communities from chemical accidents

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes stronger safety standards to protect at-risk communities from chemical accidents

  • Release Date: March 1, 2024

• DEQ and EPA lead cleanup of wood preservative release in Sheridan

  EPA News Release: DEQ and EPA lead cleanup of wood preservative release in Sheridan

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Unified command responds to vessel fire in Tacoma, Washington

  EPA News Release: Unified command responds to vessel fire in Tacoma, Washington

  • Release Date: April 9, 2023

• BNSF Swinomish Channel Derailment UNIFIED COMMAND

  News Media Update #3

  EPA News Release: BNSF Swinomish Channel Derailment UNIFIED COMMAND

  • Release Date: March 18, 2023

• EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  EPA will direct immediate cleanup as appropriate if contaminants from the derailment pose any unacceptable risk to human health

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  • Release Date: March 2, 2023

• EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  EPA Community Welcome Center to provide community with ‘one-stop shop’ for information about the ongoing response to the train derailment; EPA deploys TAGA mobile lab to conduct real-time air-monitoring during waste removal

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  EPA order comes as state-led emergency response transitions to environmental cleanup phase; EPA will continue to work with local, state, and federal partners to ensure the health and safety of East Palestine community

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 21, 2023

• EPA Proposes Stronger Regulations to Protect Communities from Chemical Accidents

  Proposed Rule Aims to Enhance Chemical Safety Provisions and Help Protect the Nation’s Most Vulnerable Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Stronger Regulations to Protect Communities from Chemical Accidents

  • Release Date: August 19, 2022

• Chemical Hazard Reporting & Planning Enforcement Actions by EPA Region 10 in 2021

  EPA News Release: Chemical Hazard Reporting & Planning Enforcement Actions by EPA Region 10 in 2021

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• Chemical Accident Prevention Enforcement Actions Taken by EPA Region 10 in 2021

  EPA News Release: Chemical Accident Prevention Enforcement Actions Taken by EPA Region 10 in 2021

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022