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• EPA Week In Review

  EPA News Release: EPA Week In Review

  • Release Date: September 27, 2019

• EPA awards North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $3.8 million to improve water quality and watershed health

  EPA partners with the state and agriculture industry to protect and restore watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA awards North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $3.8 million to improve water quality and watershed health

  • Release Date: September 26, 2019

• EPA Administrator Wheeler calls out California’s Environmental Protection Failure

  State’s homelessness crisis threatens human health and the environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler calls out California’s Environmental Protection Failure

  • Release Date: September 26, 2019

• EPA deletes Utah and Wyoming sites from Superfund list

  Deletion of sites from National Priorities List reflect new emphasis on Superfund program progress

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes Utah and Wyoming sites from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 24, 2019

• ICYMI: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and DOT Secretary Elaine Chao: For fuel economy standards, one national program

  EPA News Release: ICYMI: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and DOT Secretary Elaine Chao: For fuel economy standards, one national program

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• EPA and partners release data and findings from Kootenai River sampling effort

  Water quality and fish tissue results show elevated levels of selenium and nitrates associated with upstream sources

  EPA News Release: EPA and partners release data and findings from Kootenai River sampling effort

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Wraps Up Visit to New York City with the U.S. Council for International Business, Bilateral Meeting with Japan

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Wraps Up Visit to New York City with the U.S. Council for International Business, Bilateral Meeting with Japan

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  Milestone at Vasquez Boulevard/ Interstate 70 Superfund site reflects completion of residential cleanups for lead and arsenic

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Meets with New York City’s Leading Food Waste Reduction Organizations in the Bronx

  EPA Administrator Wheeler meets with local NGOs at FreshDirect and later serves meals to the hungry with food redirected from Yankee Stadium.

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Meets with New York City’s Leading Food Waste Reduction Organizations in the Bronx

  • Release Date: September 22, 2019

• EPA Launches ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room’ High School Video Challenge

  Students invited to submit videos that raise awareness about harmful algal blooms

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room’ High School Video Challenge

  • Release Date: September 19, 2019

• EPA awards $500K to University of North Dakota to advance innovation and research on PFAS

  Grant among $6 million nationally to research potential environmental impacts of persistent chemical compounds in waste streams

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500K to University of North Dakota to advance innovation and research on PFAS

  • Release Date: September 17, 2019

• Administrator Wheeler Announces New CASAC Member, Pool of NAAQS Subject Matter Experts

  EPA News Release: Administrator Wheeler Announces New CASAC Member, Pool of NAAQS Subject Matter Experts

  • Release Date: September 13, 2019