EPA Announces More Than $86 Million for Minnesota Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water as Part of the Biden-Harris Administration Investing in America Agenda

May 2, 2024 / by Region 05 / Fresh Water, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $86,566,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Minnesota identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Lead can cause a range of serious health impacts, including irreversible harm to brain development in […]

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $152 Million for Pennsylvania Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water as Part of Investing in America Agenda

May 2, 2024 / by Region 03 / Fresh Water, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced over $152 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Pennsylvania identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Lead can cause a range of serious health impacts, including irreversible harm […]

Biden-Harris Administration announces over $28 million for Connecticut lead pipe replacement to advance safe drinking water as part of Investing in America agenda

May 2, 2024 / by Region 01 / Europe, Fresh Water, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (May 2, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $28,650,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Connecticut identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Lead can cause a range of serious health impacts, including irreversible […]

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3 Billion for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water as Part of Investing in America Agenda

May 2, 2024 / by Water OW / Asia, Fresh Water, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, May 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3 billion from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help every state and territory identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Lead can cause a range of serious health […]

EPA Announces Final Rule to Protect Water Quality Where Tribes have Treaty and Reserved Rights

May 2, 2024 / by Water OW / Asia, Climate, Fresh Water, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON  – Today, May 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule that will help protect water quality where Tribes hold and assert rights to aquatic and aquatic-dependent resources. For the first time, this action establishes a clear and consistent national framework for EPA […]

New Jersey to Get Over $123 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water 

May 2, 2024 / by Region 02 / Fresh Water, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New York – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $123.1 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help New Jersey identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Lead can cause a range of serious health impacts, including irreversible […]

United States and California Take Enforcement Action Against San Francisco for Violations of the Clean Water Act

May 1, 2024 / by Region 09 / Fresh Water, North America, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO – The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Attorney General of California, on behalf of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, filed a civil complaint in federal court today against the City and County of […]

EPA Issues Consent Order to MAX Environmental Technologies to Ensure Compliance with Hazardous Waste Rules at Yukon, PA, Facility

April 29, 2024 / by Region 03 / Fresh Water, Species

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (April 29, 2024) – Max Environmental Technologies, Inc. (MAX) has agreed to several actions to ensure compliance with federal and state hazardous waste safeguards at the company’s waste facility in Yukon, PA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.  MAX owns and operates a 160-acre […]

EPA salutes citizen scientists’ water quality monitoring of the Merrimack

April 29, 2024 / by Region 01 / Europe, Fresh Water, Species

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (April 29, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined safe water guardians along the banks of the Merrimack River to acknowledge their water quality protection efforts and share results of water sampling data collected by so many. Those who participated in the routine monthly […]

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Suite of Standards to Reduce Pollution from Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

April 25, 2024 / by Office of the Administrator AO / Air Quality, Climate, Fresh Water, North America, Species

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, April 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a suite of final rules to reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants in order to protect all communities from pollution and improve public health without disrupting the delivery of reliable electricity. These rules, finalized under […]

Local Environmental Partners Celebrate Earth Week, Declare ‘Trash Free Waters’ Begin With You!

April 23, 2024 / by Region 03 / Fresh Water, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (Apr 23, 2024) – Today, leaders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Philadelphia Water Department (PWD), and Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE) joined to celebrate Earth Week and highlight a new ad campaign, ‘Trash Free Waters Begin with YOU!’ appearing throughout the city at […]

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Critical Action to Protect 100 Million People from PFAS Pollution in Drinking Water

April 16, 2024 / by Water OW / Asia, Fresh Water, North America, Oceans, Species

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the first-ever national drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as ‘forever chemicals,’ as well as $1 billion through President Biden’s Investing in America […]

EPA Fines East Bay Cities and Municipal Utility Districts for Sewage Discharge Violations

April 11, 2024 / by Region 09 / Fresh Water, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO —Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board announced that the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and six East Bay cities will be assessed $372,876 in penalties for violating settlement terms designed to prevent untreated […]

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution

April 10, 2024 / by Water OW / Fresh Water, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, April 10, the Biden-Harris Administration issued the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as ‘forever chemicals.’ Exposure to PFAS has been linked to deadly cancers, impacts to the liver and […]

La administración Biden-Harris finaliza la primera norma nacional de agua potable para proteger a 100 millones de personas de la contaminación por PFAS

April 10, 2024 / by Water OW / Asia, Fresh Water

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Hoy, 10 de abril, la Administración Biden-Harris emitió la primera norma nacional de agua potable legalmente exigible para proteger a las comunidades de la exposición a sustancias dañinas perfluoroalquiladas y polifluoroalquiladas (PFAS), también conocidas como “productos químicos para siempre”. La exposición a PFAS se ha relacionado […]

EPA and the City of Lexington work to extend the compliance deadline for sanitary sewer system improvement projects

April 10, 2024 / by Region 04 / Fresh Water

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lexington, Kentucky (April 10, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Commonwealth of Kentucky are working with the City of Lexington, Kentucky to extend the compliance deadline of an existing consent decree to resolve issues related to the city’s sanitary sewer systems. The amended consent […]

D.R. Horton to pay civil penalties complete a Supplemental Environmental Project and implement Stormwater Compliance Measures across the Southeast for Clean Water Act Noncompliance

April 8, 2024 / by Region 04 / Fresh Water

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Atlanta (April 8, 2024) – D.R. Horton, Inc., the nation’s largest homebuilder, and its subsidiary, D.R. Horton, Inc. – Birmingham (collectively “Horton”), have resolved allegations that they violated requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA) relating to stormwater discharges associated with construction activity at 16 locations in […]

EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities

April 8, 2024 / by Region 01 / Climate, Europe, Fresh Water, Species

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (Apr. 8, 2024) – EPA’s Southeast New England Program (SNEP) is announcing funding to improve climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities throughout Southeast New England. The SNEP Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) grant program is committed to investing at least $5 million in disadvantaged communities by 2027 […]

EPA Actions Restore Safe Drinking Water to over 900 Mobile Home Park Residents in Eastern Coachella Valley

April 4, 2024 / by Region 09 / Asia, Climate, Fresh Water, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SAN FRANCISCO (April 4, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has overseen the restoration of safe drinking water to over 900 residents living in 20 mobile home parks located within the boundaries of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Reservation in the Eastern Coachella Valley, located in […]

EPA Issues Final Cleanup Plan for New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Nassau County, New York

April 3, 2024 / by Region 02 / Fresh Water

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final cleanup plan to address contaminated groundwater at a portion of the New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund site within the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead, and Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. The groundwater […]

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