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• EPA Announces Progress with Environmental Justice Communities, Including the Heartland

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Progress with Environmental Justice Communities, Including the Heartland

  • Release Date: January 15, 2021

• EPA Publishes Midwest Region’s 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  In 2019, 89% of the chemical waste managed at facilities in Region 7 was not released into the environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Midwest Region’s 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• EPA Issues Stop Sale Orders for Unregistered ‘Outlaw Germ Justice Disinfectant Wipes’

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Stop Sale Orders for Unregistered ‘Outlaw Germ Justice Disinfectant Wipes’

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Reaches Settlements with Oil Production Facilities in Hays, Kansas, for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlements with Oil Production Facilities in Hays, Kansas, for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• EPA Awards Funding to Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for Farmworker Pesticide Training in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Funding to Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for Farmworker Pesticide Training in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• EPA Announces Cleanup Plan for Superfund Site in Atlantic, Iowa

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Cleanup Plan for Superfund Site in Atlantic, Iowa

  • Release Date: November 10, 2020

• Iowa Department of Natural Resources and K-State University Selected by EPA for Source Reduction Assistance Grants

  EPA News Release: Iowa Department of Natural Resources and K-State University Selected by EPA for Source Reduction Assistance Grants

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020

• EPA Region 7 Announces Lead Superfund Site Deletions During Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

  Deletions from NPL in Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Lead Superfund Site Deletions During Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

  • Release Date: October 29, 2020

• EPA at 50: EPA Kicks Off Children’s Health Month 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: EPA Kicks Off Children’s Health Month 2020

  • Release Date: October 8, 2020

• EPA Reaches Settlement with CarMax Store in Independence, Missouri, for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with CarMax Store in Independence, Missouri, for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: September 21, 2020

• Iowa State University Awarded $800,000 EPA Grant to Build Resilience and Protect Vulnerable Groups from Environmental Impacts of Natural Disasters

  EPA awards nearly $4 million in funding to five research institutions

  EPA News Release: Iowa State University Awarded $800,000 EPA Grant to Build Resilience and Protect Vulnerable Groups from Environmental Impacts of Natural Disasters

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• Caney, Kansas, Residential Yards Site Added to Superfund National Priorities List

  Weir, Kansas, site proposed for future addition to NPL

  EPA News Release: Caney, Kansas, Residential Yards Site Added to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 1, 2020

• United States and State of Nebraska Reach Settlement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc. for Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws

  EPA News Release: United States and State of Nebraska Reach Settlement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc. for Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws

  • Release Date: August 31, 2020

• Washington University in St. Louis Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  EPA News Release: Washington University in St. Louis Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  • Release Date: August 11, 2020

• EPA Region 7, Kansas and Nebraska Assess PFAS Contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7, Kansas and Nebraska Assess PFAS Contamination

  • Release Date: July 29, 2020