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• EPA Orders Southern California Water Company to Comply with Safe Drinking Water Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Southern California Water Company to Comply with Safe Drinking Water Law

  • Release Date: May 30, 2024

• Biden Administration Strengthens Commitment to Reducing Food Loss and Waste

  EPA, USDA and FDA Welcome USAID to Federal Interagency Partnership

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Strengthens Commitment to Reducing Food Loss and Waste

  • Release Date: May 30, 2024

• EPA Fines Pesticide Seller in Paris, Missouri, for Allegedly Violating Federal Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Pesticide Seller in Paris, Missouri, for Allegedly Violating Federal Law

  • Release Date: May 30, 2024

• United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  Settlement requires Norfolk Southern to pay for past and future cleanup costs, enhanced rail safety, civil penalty and health monitoring, among other provisions

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• EPA Enforcement Actions at Facilities in Arizona, California and Nevada Address Chemical Safety Deficiencies

  One settlement in Northern California will enhance local emergency response capabilities

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Actions at Facilities in Arizona, California and Nevada Address Chemical Safety Deficiencies

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• EPA Announces Two Awards Totaling $2 Million to Santo Domingo Pueblo for Waste Management

  EPA News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a community grant for $1.5 million and an Environmental Justice Government to Government Award for $539,452 to Santo Domingo Pueblo, totaling $2,039,452.

  • Release Date: May 22, 2024

• EPA and U.S. Bureau Of Indian Affairs Agree on Cleanup Plan for Tuba City Dump

  EPA News Release: EPA and U.S. Bureau Of Indian Affairs Agree on Cleanup Plan for Tuba City Dump

  • Release Date: May 22, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Issues Emergency Order on Drinking Water Safety at Colonial Acres of Humboldt Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility in Humboldt, Nebraska

  Facility’s ongoing Legionella bacterial contamination may endanger public health

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Issues Emergency Order on Drinking Water Safety at Colonial Acres of Humboldt Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility in Humboldt, Nebraska

  • Release Date: May 22, 2024

• EPA Finalizes Order with California Department of Corrections Regarding San Luis Obispo Treatment Plant

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Order with California Department of Corrections Regarding San Luis Obispo Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: May 22, 2024

• EPA settles with Massachusetts solar company for Construction General Permit violations

  Company agrees to pay penalties for stormwater discharges from construction activities

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Massachusetts solar company for Construction General Permit violations

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  November 2019 explosions prompted evacuations of thousands of area residents and released millions of pounds of extremely hazardous substances

  EPA News Release: Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• Idaho company penalized $225,000 for Clean Water Act Violations along St. Joe River

  EPA News Release: Idaho company penalized $225,000 for Clean Water Act Violations along St. Joe River

  • Release Date: May 17, 2024

• Court Approves EPA Settlement Requiring Payment of Response Costs at Missouri Electric Works Superfund Site in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

  EPA News Release: Court Approves EPA Settlement Requiring Payment of Response Costs at Missouri Electric Works Superfund Site in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

  • Release Date: May 15, 2024

• EPA grant set to bring recycling transformation to Northern Shenandoah

  President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law paves the way for cleaner VA

  EPA News Release: EPA grant set to bring recycling transformation to Northern Shenandoah

  • Release Date: May 13, 2024

• EPA settles "Clean Air Act" case in Taunton, Mass

  EPA News Release: EPA settles "Clean Air Act" case in Taunton, Mass

  • Release Date: May 9, 2024