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• EPA begins public comment period on proposed cleanup and final remedy for the former AK Steel – Zanesville Works site, Zanesville, Ohio

  Comments accepted through April 23, 2021

  EPA News Release: EPA begins public comment period on proposed cleanup and final remedy for the former AK Steel – Zanesville Works site, Zanesville, Ohio

  • Release Date: March 25, 2021

• U.S. EPA Awards $200,000 to Nye County for job training

  18 organizations awarded $3.3 million nationally

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Awards $200,000 to Nye County for job training

  • Release Date: March 11, 2021

• Hazardous waste violations at UCT facility in Bristol, Pa. result in $44,880 penalty

  EPA News Release: Hazardous waste violations at UCT facility in Bristol, Pa. result in $44,880 penalty

  • Release Date: March 3, 2021

• GWU Hospital in D.C. to pay $108,304 penalty for hazardous waste violations

  EPA News Release: GWU Hospital in D.C. to pay $108,304 penalty for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021

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

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

  • Release Date: January 25, 2021

• EPA Delivers Results on PFAS Action Plan

  Agency delivers on the historic commitments made in the PFAS Action Plan to address these emerging chemicals of concern and protect public health

  EPA News Release: EPA Delivers Results on PFAS Action Plan

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  Action prompts resumption of recycling “mountains” of expended small arms brass cartridges

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• U.S. settles with U.S. Magnesium, the largest producer of magnesium metal in the Northern Hemisphere, for alleged illegal disposal of hazardous waste at Rowley, Utah facility

  Magnesium metal producer commits to process changes to treat its waste streams to remove dioxins, furans, hexachlorobenzene and PCBs to reduce environmental impacts from its operations

  EPA News Release: U.S. settles with U.S. Magnesium, the largest producer of magnesium metal in the Northern Hemisphere, for alleged illegal disposal of hazardous waste at Rowley, Utah facility

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• U.S. EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report

  Pacific Southwest data show 3 percent increase in chemical releases

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  EPA News Release: EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• New EPA Agreement with The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Will Provide Flexibility, Maximize Environmental Results

  EPA News Release: New EPA Agreement with The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Will Provide Flexibility, Maximize Environmental Results

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• U.S. EPA settles with California's Helena Agri-Enterprises for violating federal law

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with California's Helena Agri-Enterprises for violating federal law

  • Release Date: January 11, 2021

• EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  Virtual Public Hearings Scheduled for Jan. 12, Jan. 14; Public Comment Period Ends Jan. 20

  EPA News Release: EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021