News Release: LENEXA, KAN. - (Sept. 10, 2021) – In an online ceremony Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership recognized Hy-Vee, with corporate headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa, for Exceptional Goal Achievement and Superior Goal Achievement in smart refrigerant management in the supermarket industry.
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan joined representatives from Canada and Mexico virtually as he chaired the 28th annual session of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Council. Administrator Regan was joined by Mexican Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources María Luisa Albores González and Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister for the Environment and Climate Change Catherine Stewart.
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News Release: DALLAS – (Sept. 10, 2021) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encourages decisionmakers to consider the needs of communities with environmental justice concerns experiencing effects from Hurricane Ida. EPA’s EJSCREEN tool can help federal, state, local, Tribal, and private-sector responders determine which communities may bear a larger burden from environmental exposures or other factors following the hurricane.
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News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, at an event with Newport News Mayor McKinley L. Price, DDS, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Director David Paylor, and other local officials, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox announced a $477 million ...
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News Release: SALISBURY, N.C. (Sept. 10, 2021) – This week, in an online ceremony, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership recognized Food Lion in Salisbury, North Carolina in the Superior Goal Achievement category. Nationally, 12 supermarket industry ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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News Release: HONOLULU, HI – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Hawaiian Ice Company over violations of the Clean Air Act’s chemical release prevention and reporting requirements at its ice production and distribution facility in Kalihi, adjacent to downtown Honolulu and the Honolulu Harbor. Hawaiian Ice will pay a penalty of $82,613 and has made facility safety improvements to protect the public and first responders.
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 8, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed adding the Paden City Groundwater site in Paden City (northern West Virginia) today to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). 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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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 8, 2021) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 is announcing a free webinar to encourage Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices in health care settings. The webinar follows the release of EPA’s IPM in Health Care Facilities Toolkit. IPM is a proactive, science-based decision-making framework that emphasizes pest prevention and least-toxic control measures.
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News Release: CHICAGO (Sept. 8, 2021) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed adding 13 sites nationwide, including the Southeast Hennepin Area Groundwater and Vapor site in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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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News Release: EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Adding Pioneer Metal Finishing Inc. in Franklinville, New Jersey to the National Priorities List
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News Release: BOSTON (Sept. 8, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally proposed to add a 3.7 mile stretch of the Lower Neponset River to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). EPA is taking this action in response to a request from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). EPA will hold a virtual public meeting for local residents and other interested parties on Tuesday October 5.
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News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Preliminary Plan 15), which identifies opportunities to better protect public health and the environment through regulation of wastewater pollution. Preliminary Plan 15 announces that EPA will undertake three new rulemakings to reduce contaminants including PFAS and nutrients—from key industries.
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News Release: CHICAGO (Sept. 8, 2021) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed adding 13 sites nationwide, including the Unity Auto Mart site in Unity, Wisconsin, 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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News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (Sept. 8, 2021) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding four sites to the National Priorities List (NPL), including the Cherokee Zinc-Weir Smelter Superfund site in Weir, Kansas, where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risks.
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