Wednesday, April 17, 2024
EPA Takes Action on Public Health Risks by Proposing the Michner Plating-Mechanic Street Site in Jackson, Michigan, for the Superfund National Priorities List

News Release: CHICAGO (Sept. 8, 2021) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed adding 13 sites nationwide, including the Michner Plating-Mechanic Street site in Jackson, Michigan, to the National Priorities List. The NPL is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for remedial cleanup action financed under the federal Superfund program.
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EPA Takes Action on Public Health Risks by Proposing the North 5th Street Groundwater Contamination Site in Goshen, Indiana, for the Superfund National Priorities List

News Release: CHICAGO (Sept. 8, 2021) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed adding 13 sites nationwide, including the North 5th Street Groundwater Contamination site in Goshen, Indiana, to the National Priorities List. The NPL is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for remedial cleanup action financed under the federal Superfund program.
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EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Proposing to Add Ochoa Fertilizer Co. in Guánica, Puerto Rico to the National Priorities List

News Release: NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding four sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risks. EPA is also proposing to add another 13 sites including Ochoa ...
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U.S. EPA and UNEP Partner to Protect Human Health and the Environment

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a renewed five-year Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement addresses key areas of collaboration to strengthen environmental governance, create healthy communities, ...
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EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to add Bradford Island to its Superfund list of the country’s highest priority contaminated sites requiring cleanup. Bradford Island, an Island in the Columbia River, is part of the Bonneville Dam complex operated by the U.S. Army ...
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EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Updating the Superfund National Priorities List

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding four sites and proposing to add another 13 sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risks. EPA is ...
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EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Proposing to Add Meeker Avenue Plume, Brooklyn, New York to the National Priorities List

News Release: NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding four sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risks. EPA is also proposing to add another 13 sites including Meeker ...
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EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Updating the Superfund National Priorities List

News Release: DALLAS – (September 8, 2021) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding four sites and proposing to add another 13 sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental ...
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EPA adds Billings PCE site in Yellowstone County, Mont. to Superfund List

News Release: Billings, Mont. -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding the Billings PCE site in Yellowstone County, Montana, to the National Priorities List (NPL). The Billings PCE site is among four sites across the nation being added to the NPL to address ...
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EPA’s GreenChill Program Celebrates Smart Refrigerant Management Across the Supermarket Industry

News Release: WASHINGTON – (September 9, 2021) Today, in an online ceremony, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership recognized 12 supermarket industry organizations and one advanced refrigeration system manufacturer for their exceptional achievements in reducing the impacts of commercial refrigeration systems on the environment.
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U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced settlements with four companies for alleged violations of Clean Air Act chemical release prevention requirements at four anhydrous ammonia facilities in Central California. The companies will pay more than $826,000 in civil penalties and make safety improvements to their facilities, with the goal of protecting the public and first responders from dangerous chemicals.
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EPA Announces New Steps in Process to Protect Bristol Bay Watershed Under Clean Water Act Authority

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, EPA took an important step in seeking to reinitiate the process of making a Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404(c) determination to protect certain waters in Bristol Bay, Alaska. If such a determination is finalized, it would protect waters over the long term that are essential to commercial, subsistence, and recreational fisheries and other activities that support Alaska Natives and communities in the state.
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EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by proposing to add the National Fireworks site in Cordova, Tennessee to the National Priorities List

News Release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. (September 9, 2021) —This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding four sites and proposing to add another 13 sites including the National Fireworks site in Cordova, Tennessee to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) where releases ...
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EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by proposing to add the Galey and Lord Plant site in Society Hill, South Carolina to the National Priorities List

News Release: Society Hill, SC (September 9, 2021) — This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding four sites and proposing to add another 13 sites including the Galey and Lord Plant site in Society Hill, South Carolina to the Superfund National Priorities List ...
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EPA Expands Air Monitoring Efforts in Communities Impacted by Hurricane Ida

News Release: DALLAS – (Sept. 9, 2021) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expanding air quality evaluations in Louisiana communities affected by Hurricane Ida. Today, at the request of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), EPA will begin air sampling near certain industrial ...
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Proposed rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 8

The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Sept. 8?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Notice published on Sept. 8 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on Sept. 8

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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What did Environmental Protection Agency publish on Sept. 7?

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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