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• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Numerous Consumer and Workplace Uses of Cancer-causing 1-Bromopropane to Protect Public Health

  EPA proposal is latest action under nation’s premier chemical safety law, ensuring worker protections and advancing President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Numerous Consumer and Workplace Uses of Cancer-causing 1-Bromopropane to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: July 31, 2024

• EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

  EPA proposes to begin evaluations on five harmful chemicals, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to deliver environmental justice, end cancer as we know it

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

  • Release Date: July 24, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff Event in Nebraska

  Program is funded through EPA’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations to the Nebraska Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff Event in Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA fines construction firm for alleged violations of federal lead-based paint rule

  EPA News Release: EPA fines construction firm for alleged violations of federal lead-based paint rule

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $160 Million in Grants to Support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Steel and Other Construction Materials

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $160 Million in Grants to Support Clean U.S. Manufacturing of Steel and Other Construction Materials

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA Announces New, Earlier Protections for People from Pesticide Spray Drift

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New, Earlier Protections for People from Pesticide Spray Drift

  • Release Date: July 15, 2024

• La EPA anuncia nuevas protecciones tempranas para las personas contra la deriva al fumigar pesticidas

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La EPA anuncia nuevas protecciones para las personas contra la deriva al fumigar pesticidas.

  • Release Date: July 15, 2024

• EPA hands down penalties to Rhode Island corporation for FIFRA violations

  North Kingstown, R.I.-based business will settle alleged violations for misbranded pesticide devices

  EPA News Release: EPA hands down penalties to Rhode Island corporation for FIFRA violations

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• EPA Selects Nevada’s Desert Research Institute for Funding to Support Environmental Education

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Nevada’s Desert Research Institute for Funding to Support Environmental Education

  • Release Date: July 8, 2024

• EPA Fines Two Oahu Nurseries over Federal Worker Protection Standard Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Two Oahu Nurseries over Federal Worker Protection Standard Violations

  • Release Date: July 3, 2024

• EPA Releases PFAS Action Plan: Program Update

  Report highlights EPA’s aggressive and unprecedented efforts to address PFAS in the environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases PFAS Action Plan: Program Update

  • Release Date: February 26, 2020

• EPA meets with Colorado Chamber of Commerce to highlight Toxics Release Inventory report and analysis

  New TRI data for 2018 show decline in Regional and Colorado releases, increased recycling of chemical waste

  EPA News Release: EPA meets with Colorado Chamber of Commerce to highlight Toxics Release Inventory report and analysis

  • Release Date: February 25, 2020

• EPA and OXARC, Inc. settle Clean Air Act violations at company’s Pasco facility

  EPA News Release: EPA and OXARC, Inc. settle Clean Air Act violations at company’s Pasco facility

  • Release Date: February 20, 2020

• EPA Continues to Act on PFAS, Proposes to Close Import Loophole and Protect American Consumers

  EPA News Release: EPA Continues to Act on PFAS, Proposes to Close Import Loophole and Protect American Consumers

  • Release Date: February 20, 2020