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• EPA settles with two Rhode Island companies for Clean Air Act violations

  Cranston and North Kingstown, R.I. ammonia refrigeration facilities to pay penalties and evaluate hazards

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with two Rhode Island companies for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• EPA Begins Process to Prioritize Five Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under Toxic Substances Control Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Process to Prioritize Five Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under Toxic Substances Control Act

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment to Recruit and Train California Workers for Community Revitalization Work

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment to Recruit and Train California Workers for Community Revitalization Work

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Fines Kansas City-Based CBD American Shaman LLC for Violating Federal Pesticide Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Kansas City-Based CBD American Shaman LLC for Violating Federal Pesticide Law

  • Release Date: December 6, 2023

• EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products

  • Release Date: December 1, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Des Moines Cold Storage Co. Inc. for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Des Moines Cold Storage Co. Inc. for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 27, 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 Finalizes Guidance to Waive Toxicity Tests on Animal Skin

  Guidance is expected to save up to 750 animals from unnecessary testing annually

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Guidance to Waive Toxicity Tests on Animal Skin

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA Approves Emergency Exemption for Antiviral Air Treatment

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Emergency Exemption for Antiviral Air Treatment

  • Release Date: January 15, 2021

• 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 Data Shows Release of Toxic Chemicals Down by 11.4 Million Pounds in Mid-Atlantic Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Data Shows Release of Toxic Chemicals Down by 11.4 Million Pounds in Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: January 14, 2021

• EPA Takes Action to Investigate PFAS Contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Investigate PFAS Contamination

  • Release Date: January 14, 2021

• EPA Completes First 10 Risk Evaluations, Reaching Major Chemical Safety Milestone

  Agency releases final risk evaluation for PV29

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes First 10 Risk Evaluations, Reaching Major Chemical Safety Milestone

  • Release Date: January 14, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis Facilities in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Continue to Reduce Releases of Toxic Chemicals

  Facilities in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Continue to Reduce Releases of Toxic Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis Facilities in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Continue to Reduce Releases of Toxic Chemicals

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory report; releases from Region 6 facilities down by six percent since 2018

  Includes data for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

  EPA News Release: EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory report; releases from Region 6 facilities down by six percent since 2018

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021