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• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Numerous Consumer and Workplace Uses of Cancer-causing 1-Bromopropane to Protect Public Health

  EPA proposal is latest action under nation’s premier chemical safety law, ensuring worker protections and advancing President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Numerous Consumer and Workplace Uses of Cancer-causing 1-Bromopropane to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: July 31, 2024

• EPA and U.S. Army Announce Joint Sampling Project to Identify PFAS Contamination Near Army Installations

  Joint effort to identify PFAS releases near Army installations builds on critical actions EPA is taking to protect public health from harmful “forever chemicals”

  EPA News Release: EPA and U.S. Army Announce Joint Sampling Project to Identify PFAS Contamination Near Army Installations

  • Release Date: July 26, 2024

• EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

  EPA proposes to begin evaluations on five harmful chemicals, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to deliver environmental justice, end cancer as we know it

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

  • Release Date: July 24, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Fuel Refiner and Distributor Over Violations of the Clean Air Act’s Fuel Requirements

  Lupton Petroleum Products, Inc and Brad Hall Associates, Inc. fined $1M for failing to meet multiple requirements that protect air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Fuel Refiner and Distributor Over Violations of the Clean Air Act’s Fuel Requirements

  • Release Date: July 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $160 Million in Grants to Support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Steel and Other Construction Materials

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $160 Million in Grants to Support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Steel and Other Construction Materials

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA Announces New, Earlier Protections for People from Pesticide Spray Drift

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New, Earlier Protections for People from Pesticide Spray Drift

  • Release Date: July 15, 2024

• La EPA anuncia nuevas protecciones tempranas para las personas contra la deriva al fumigar pesticidas

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La EPA anuncia nuevas protecciones para las personas contra la deriva al fumigar pesticidas.

  • Release Date: July 15, 2024

• EPA and Justice Department Announce $241.5M Settlement with Marathon Oil to Reduce Climate- and Health-Harming Emissions in North Dakota

  Settlement includes largest ever Clean Air Act stationary source penalty and will result in over 2.3 million tons worth of pollution reduction

  EPA News Release: EPA and Justice Department Announce $241.5M Settlement with Marathon Oil to Reduce Climate- and Health-Harming Emissions in North Dakota

  • Release Date: July 11, 2024