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• City of Corry and Municipal Authority of the City of Corry to Correct Permit Violations and Replace Wastewater Treatment Plant

  EPA News Release: City of Corry and Municipal Authority of the City of Corry to Correct Permit Violations and Replace Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: January 17, 2025

• EPA Finalizes Protections for Workers and Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Protections for Workers and Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Pollution

  • Release Date: January 14, 2025

• EPA Adds Nine Additional PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Nine Additional PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory

  • Release Date: January 3, 2025

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $400,000 in Brownfields Job Training Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $400,000 in Brownfields Job Training Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington D.C. under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington D.C. under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 in Brownfields Job Training Grant to Groundwork Richmond under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 in Brownfields Job Training Grant to Groundwork Richmond under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.6 Billion in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

  105 selected applications funded through the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce pollution, improve climate resilience, and build community capacity to address legacy environmental justice issues around the nation

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1.6 Billion in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Workers

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Workers

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Actions under Nation’s Chemical Safety Law to Protect People from Cancer-Causing Chemicals Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene

  Final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Actions under Nation’s Chemical Safety Law to Protect People from Cancer-Causing Chemicals Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene

  • Release Date: December 9, 2024

• EPA Reforms New Chemicals Review Process to Better Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  Final amendments will ensure that new PFAS and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals are subject to safety review process prior to manufacture

  EPA News Release: EPA Reforms New Chemicals Review Process to Better Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  • Release Date: December 4, 2024

• EPA Proposes Rule to Revoke Most Food Uses of the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Rule to Revoke Most Food Uses of the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos

  • Release Date: December 2, 2024

• City of Salem Wastewater Treatment Plant to pay $25,000 fine for Permit Violations

  EPA News Release: City of Salem Wastewater Treatment Plant to pay $25,000 fine for Permit Violations

  • Release Date: November 18, 2024

• EPA Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Protect Salmon from Chemical Used in Rubber Products

  EPA advances process under Toxic Substances Control Act in response to Tribal petition

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Protect Salmon from Chemical Used in Rubber Products

  • Release Date: November 14, 2024