Northern Virginia residents required to obtain a vehicle emissions inspection through the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Air Check Virginia Program in order to renew their vehicle registration in March or April have an additional 60 days to do so.
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As Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) trustees, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are seeking the public’s input on the draft restoration plan and environmental assessment related to the 2014 Dan River coal ash spill.
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According to the latest Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) prepared by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), chemicals released to the environment have decreased during the last decade.
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President Donald Trump’s signing of a bill overturning a rule aimed at protecting rivers from surface coal mining debris has been welcomed by a conservative advocacy group based in Washington D.C.
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During the recent American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Management Conference and Exhibition, the ATA congratulated the 43 companies that won Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Excellence Awards this year.
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Over the past year, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has taken numerous steps to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) does not get enforced.
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently awarded $8.5 million in funding for 17 stormwater pollution reduction projects, which will be managed by local governments that will match the funds received from the DEQ.
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Virginia Tech University recently won an $80,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to sample and analyze drinking water from 271 homes in Flint, Michigan, which were previously tested in August 2015.
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The Atlantic Waste Disposal landfill in Waverly, Virginia, is now under an emergency order from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), due to violations of the Virginia Waste Management Act stemming from excess heat in the landfill.
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In the wake of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denying several requests to stay implementation of the Clean Power Plan until litigation against it is resolved, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) petitioned the Supreme Court to step in.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Hawaii Sate Department of Health (DOH) released material on their proposed agreement over the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility with the Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on Thursday.
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Middle school teacher Anne Moore, who teaches in Virginia’s Goochland County Public Schools, has won the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Education (PIAEE), according to a release from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Monday.
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The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors National Association (PHCC) released a statement Thursday to register its concern with the implications of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineering’s Clean Water Rule, the final version of which was released Wednesday.
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The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and the American Public Power Association (APPA) asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) twice in April to start a full Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) process for the federal implementation plan for Part 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced Tuesday that the Virginia Water Resources Plan, which identifies challenges and solutions for the state’s water supply, is open to public review and comment.
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Plan is state's first comprehensive statewide look at water supply needs
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