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EPA Announces Accelerated Action on Four Organophosphate Pesticides Based on Updated Exposure Assessments

March 15, 2023 / by Region 09 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Today in Sacramento, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an effort to expedite protections on some high-risk uses of four organophosphate pesticides. The Agency is releasing the updated occupational and non-occupational spray drift exposure risk assessments for these four pesticides – diazinon, ethoprop, tribufos […]

EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for the Iron King Mine-Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

March 9, 2023 / by Region 09 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHOENIX – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its cleanup plan for addressing the Iron King Mine-Humboldt Superfund site in Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona. EPA invites the public to review and comment on the proposed plan until May 13, 2023. The efforts envisioned in the plan will clean […]

EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

March 2, 2023 / by Office of the Administrator AO / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – In direct response to the concerns Administrator Michael Regan heard from residents in East Palestine earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require Norfolk Southern to test directly for dioxins. If dioxins are found at a level that poses any unacceptable risk […]

EPA Deletes Part of Wauconda Sand & Gravel Superfund Site in Illinois from NPL

March 1, 2023 / by Region 05 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CHICAGO (March 1, 2023) –Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the removal of the soil portion of the Wauconda Sand & Gravel Superfund site in Lake County, Illinois from the National Priorities List (NPL). EPA deletes sites- or parts of sites- from the NPL only when no […]

EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in South Carolina

February 28, 2023 / by Region 04 / Asia, Climate, Europe, Lands, North America, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants in South Carolina Contact: EPA Region 4 Press Office – (404) 562-8400, region4press@epa.gov Columbia, SC. (Feb. 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that an U.S. manufacturing plant earned the agency’s 2022 ENERGY STAR certification […]

EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants of 2022

February 28, 2023 / by Air and Radiation OAR / Asia, Climate, Europe, Lands, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that 86 U.S. manufacturing plants earned the agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2022, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. Together, these plants saved over 105 trillion British […]

EPA Region 4 Announces March 21st Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

February 28, 2023 / by Region 04 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ATLANTA (February 28, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 4 communities on March 21, 2023 and inviting members of the public to attend and speak. EPA Region 4 includes the states […]

EPA Orders Union Pacific to Assess Contamination in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward Neighborhood

February 27, 2023 / by Region 06 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DALLAS, TEXAS (Feb. 27, 2023) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (AOC) with Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR). The consent order compels UPRR to investigate and evaluate potential contamination in and around the former wood preserving facility in […]

EPA proposes deleting part of Aircraft Components, Inc. (D&L Sales) Superfund site in Benton Harbor, Michigan from NPL

February 27, 2023 / by Region 05 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed removing the radiation portion of the Aircraft Components, Inc. (D&L Sales) Superfund site in Benton Harbor, Michigan from the National Priorities List (NPL). EPA deletes sites- or parts of sites- from the NPL only when no further cleanup is required. The […]

EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

February 27, 2023 / by Region 10 / Climate, Fresh Water, Lands, Oceans

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SEATTLE (February 27, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced over $3.9 million in grant funding to the University of Washington, University of Alaska, and Iowa State University for community-based research to examine how climate change compounds adverse environmental conditions and stressors for vulnerable populations […]

EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

February 21, 2023 / by Office of the Administrator AO Region 05 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered Norfolk Southern to conduct all necessary actions associated with the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. As part of EPA’s legally binding order, Norfolk Southern will be required to: Identify and clean up contaminated soil and […]

EPA Proposes Rule to Protect Farmworkers and Pesticide Handlers from Exposures

February 16, 2023 / by Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule that would improve and modernize the pesticide Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) requirements under the 2015 Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS), reaffirming the Agency’s commitment to protecting farmworkers, pesticide handlers, their families, and agricultural communities from […]

EPA Directs Ameren to Conduct Additional Cleanup Work to Address Elm Point Wellfield Contamination

February 16, 2023 / by Region 07 / Fresh Water, Lands, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 16, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invoked the additional work clause of the 2018 Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (ASAOC) for Operable Unit 4 (OU4) of the Findett Corp. Superfund Site in St. Charles, Missouri. Under the ASAOC, EPA […]

EPA Region 8 announces March 8 Virtual Listening Session on Strategic Roadmap for PFAS contaminants

February 16, 2023 / by Region 08 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) DENVER – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 8 communities on March 8, 2023, and inviting members of the public to attend and to speak. EPA Region 8 includes the states […]

Anaconda, Montana now thriving after more than three decades of clean-up efforts by EPA, State, businesses, and the community

February 15, 2023 / by Region 08 / Europe, Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) HELENA, Mont. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on September 30, 2022, that Atlantic Richfield Company (AR) has agreed to complete its cleanup of the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site (Site) in Deer Lodge County, Montana. This landmark agreement, which was entered […]

EPA Regional Administrator and USDA Leadership Co-Host Roundtable Discussion with Underserved and Underrepresented Producers

February 15, 2023 / by Region 04 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) FORT VALLEY (February 15, 2023) – Today, in recognition of Black History Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Daniel Blackman and USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Georgia State Executive Director Arthur Tripp co-hosted a roundtable discussion at Fort Valley State University directly engaging […]

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $75 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Pennsylvania

February 14, 2023 / by Region 03 / Fresh Water, Lands, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 14, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today $75,086,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go to Pennsylvania to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water. A total investment of $2 billion is allocated to states and […]

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $19 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Connecticut

February 13, 2023 / by Region 01 / Europe, Fresh Water, Lands, North America

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BOSTON (February 13, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $18,914,000 from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Connecticut. This investment, which is allocated to states and territories, will be made […]

EPA Announces Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to Boost Cleanup of Hidden Lane Landfill

February 10, 2023 / by Region 03 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON (Feb. 10, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the second wave of approximately $1 billion in funding today from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to start new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites and accelerate more than 100 other ongoing cleanups across the […]

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding for Cleanup in Nevada

February 10, 2023 / by Region 09 / Lands

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the second wave of approximately $1 billion in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to start new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, including the Carson River Mercury Site in Lyon and Storey Counties, Nevada, and […]