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• EPA requires industrial facilities to enhance preparation for chemical discharges to water in adverse weather conditions, better protecting the environment and public health

  EPA News Release: EPA requires industrial facilities to enhance preparation for chemical discharges to water in adverse weather conditions, better protecting the environment and public health

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces latest action to better protect communities from treatment of waste explosives

  EPA proposal would strengthen rules for open burning and open detonation to treat waste explosives, reducing environmental and public health impacts

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces latest action to better protect communities from treatment of waste explosives

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• La Administración Biden-Harris anuncia la acción más reciente para proteger mejor a las comunidades del tratamiento de explosivos desechados

  La propuesta de la EPA fortalecería las reglas para la quema y la detonación al aire libre a fin de tratar explosivos desechados, reduciendo los impactos ambientales y de salud pública

  EPA News Release: La Administración Biden-Harris anuncia la acción más reciente para proteger mejor a las comunidades del tratamiento de explosivos desechados

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• Hazardous Waste Facility in Fredonia, Kansas, Settles Enforcement Case with EPA

  EPA News Release: Hazardous Waste Facility in Fredonia, Kansas, Settles Enforcement Case with EPA

  • Release Date: March 7, 2024

• EPA Resolves Enforcement Action with Vishay Dale Electronics LLC for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Columbus, Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Resolves Enforcement Action with Vishay Dale Electronics LLC for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Columbus, Nebraska

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• EPA to take public comment on proposed finding that nearby cleanup work will have no adverse effect on historic properties or cultural resources at Lac Du Flambeau Reservation

  Comment period runs September 29 – October 29

  EPA News Release: EPA to take public comment on proposed finding that nearby cleanup work will have no adverse effect on historic properties or cultural resources at Lac Du Flambeau Reservation

  • Release Date: September 29, 2020

• EPA Announces 2020 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in Oregon and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2020 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in Oregon and Washington

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• Idaho, Oregon, Washington and partners to receive nearly $1 Million in EPA Pollution Prevention Grants

  EPA News Release: Idaho, Oregon, Washington and partners to receive nearly $1 Million in EPA Pollution Prevention Grants

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020

• EPA Completes Cleanup of FMC Corp. Landfill Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Cleanup of FMC Corp. Landfill Superfund Site

  • Release Date: September 22, 2020

• EPA Again Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Cleanup Plan to Address Soil and Groundwater Contamination at the Riverside Industrial Park Superfund Site in Newark, New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Again Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Cleanup Plan to Address Soil and Groundwater Contamination at the Riverside Industrial Park Superfund Site in Newark, New Jersey

  • Release Date: September 21, 2020

• Eden Wood Preserving, LLC to pay $50,000 penalty To settle hazardous waste violations at Fruitland, Md. facility

  EPA News Release: Eden Wood Preserving, LLC to pay $50,000 penalty To settle hazardous waste violations at Fruitland, Md. facility

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• EPA completes cleanup of Hegewisch Little League Field

  EPA News Release: EPA completes cleanup of Hegewisch Little League Field

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW

  Actions finalized in May and June 2020

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW

  • Release Date: September 10, 2020

• EPA Deletes the Hormigas Groundwater Superfund Site in Puerto Rico, from federal Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA Deletes the Hormigas Groundwater Superfund Site in Puerto Rico, from federal Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 10, 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