News Release: (Seattle - Sept. 30, 2021) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded 15 Northwest tribes a total of $1,939,944 to boost programs that restore habitat, protect tribal water quality and wetlands across four Northwest states. The funding was awarded through EPA’s Tribal Clean Water Act Nonpoint Source and Wetland Program Development Grants.
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 30, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the awarding of $1,498,000 today to Johns Hopkins University for research to determine the potential risks to human health and the environment from pollutants found in biosolids, also known as sewage sludge. John Hopkins is one of four institutions from across the nation to receive the support.
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News Release: WASHINGTON (Sept. 30, 2021) – The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced administrative settlements today with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron) and American Refining Group, Inc. (ARG) that resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act’s fuel quality standards that are designed to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles. Pursuant to the settlements, Chevron and ARG will pay civil penalties of $647,988 and $220,000, respectively.
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 30, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the awarding of $1,486,562 today to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) for research to determine the potential risks to human health and the environment from pollutants found in biosolids, also known as sewage sludge. VIMS is one of four institutions from across the nation to receive the support.
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News Release: (Seattle - Sept. 30, 2021) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 10 has settled with Riverbend Landfill, in McMinnville, Oregon, for violations of the federal Clean Air Act.
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News Release: WASHINGTON (Sept. 30, 2021) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted the annual National Tribal Operations Committee (NTOC) meeting. EPA Administrator Michael Regan co-chaired the meeting with National Tribal Caucus (NTC) Chair Gerald Wagner of the Blackfeet Nation. Members of the NTOC include the EPA Administrator, senior leaders across EPA, and Tribal representatives from across Indian Country.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a report comparing the air quality and health impacts of smoke from prescribed fire, which is used as a land management tool, with wildfire.
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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 30, 2021) - Today, at a press event at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $469,924 in funding for three Sustainable Materials Management projects in the Kansas City area.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page rule on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Sept. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: CHICAGO (Oct. 1, 2021) –U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in partnership with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has begun a $16 million Great Lakes Legacy Act cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern (AOC). This project is one of a number of projects that the federal Great ...
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News Release: NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its cleanup plan to address waterbodies of the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Site in Gibbsboro, Lindenwold, and Voorhees, New Jersey. The final decision, in the form of a Record of Decision (ROD), calls for the ...
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News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it expects to issue by October 15th a $21.7 million grant funding opportunity for technical assistance and training providers to support small drinking water and wastewater systems that are often located in ...
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that its Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan has been published in the Federal Register and is available for public comment through Nov. 12, 2021. The Strategic Plan communicates and provides a roadmap to achieve EPA’s and the Biden-Harris Administration’s priorities over the next four years.
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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.“ was published in the House of Representatives section on page H5461 on Sept. 27
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