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• EPA and DOJ file complaint against Bruneau, Idaho, ranch alleging significant violations that threaten fisheries, wetlands and wildlife areas

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOJ file complaint against Bruneau, Idaho, ranch alleging significant violations that threaten fisheries, wetlands and wildlife areas

  • Release Date: February 27, 2024

• EPA, HUD and HHS announce interagency commitments to more robust collaboration on addressing risks of exposures to lead

  Agreements solidify agencies’ dedication to a whole of government approach to preventing lead poisoning

  EPA News Release: EPA, HUD and HHS announce interagency commitments to more robust collaboration on addressing risks of exposures to lead

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• Corn milling company officials sentenced to federal prison for their role in deadly explosion that killed five workers

  Sentencings for willful conduct related to workplace safety, environmental offenses, and fraud follow investigation of company that operated facility

  EPA News Release: Corn milling company officials sentenced to federal prison for their role in deadly explosion that killed five workers

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  Company will also spend $5.5 million for preventive measures and to help address environmental harm caused by its violations

  EPA News Release: Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Greenidge Generation LLC on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Ash Regulations

  Settlement Advances EPA’s National Enforcement Priority of Protecting Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Greenidge Generation LLC on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Ash Regulations

  • Release Date: February 6, 2024

• United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Announce Settlement with City of Lowell to Address Pollution in Merrimack River

  City to Invest Approximately $195 Million in Total to Upgrade Sewage Systems and Protect Drinking Water for Downstream Communities

  EPA News Release: United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Announce Settlement with City of Lowell to Address Pollution in Merrimack River

  • Release Date: February 5, 2024

• EPA reaches settlement with Public Service Company of Colorado over allegations of noncompliance with Coal Combustion Residual Regulations

  Agreement addresses groundwater contamination at Comanche power station in Pueblo, CO

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlement with Public Service Company of Colorado over allegations of noncompliance with Coal Combustion Residual Regulations

  • Release Date: May 23, 2022

• New Enforcement Strategy Advances President Biden’s Environmental Justice Agenda

  Justice Department, EPA Launch Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy and Restore Option for Supplemental Environmental Projects to Help Communities

  EPA News Release: New Enforcement Strategy Advances President Biden’s Environmental Justice Agenda

  • Release Date: May 5, 2022

• Nueva estrategia de implementación de la ley promueve la Agenda de Justicia Ambiental del presidente Biden

  El Departamento de Justicia y la EPA lanzan una estrategia integral de implementación de la ley de justicia ambiental y restablecen la opción de los Proyectos Ambientales Complementarios para ayudar a las comunidades

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA News Release: Nueva estrategia de implementación de la ley promueve la Agenda de Justicia Ambiental del presidente Biden

  • Release Date: May 5, 2022