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• EPA Reaches Settlement with Des Moines Cold Storage Co. Inc. for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Des Moines Cold Storage Co. Inc. for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021

• EPA Announces Progress with Environmental Justice Communities, Including the Heartland

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Progress with Environmental Justice Communities, Including the Heartland

  • Release Date: January 15, 2021

• EPA Publishes Midwest Region’s 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  In 2019, 89% of the chemical waste managed at facilities in Region 7 was not released into the environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Midwest Region’s 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Invites Three Kansas City Metropolitan Area Cities and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality

  Four of 55 new projects to provide water infrastructure upgrades for 30 million Americans, while creating over 40,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Three Kansas City Metropolitan Area Cities and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Issues Stop Sale Orders for Unregistered ‘Outlaw Germ Justice Disinfectant Wipes’

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Stop Sale Orders for Unregistered ‘Outlaw Germ Justice Disinfectant Wipes’

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  For the second time, GLRI grants available to keep trash out of the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021

• Faultless Brands in Kansas City, Missouri, Wins 2018 WasteWise Regional Partner of the Year

  2018 WasteWise National Award Winners diverting over 356,000 tons of waste from landfills

  EPA News Release: Faultless Brands in Kansas City, Missouri, Wins 2018 WasteWise Regional Partner of the Year

  • Release Date: June 26, 2019

• Urban Chestnut Brewing Company in St. Louis Wins 2018 WasteWise Partner of the Year Award

  2018 WasteWise National Award Winners diverting over 356,000 tons of waste from landfills

  EPA News Release: Urban Chestnut Brewing Company in St. Louis Wins 2018 WasteWise Partner of the Year Award

  • Release Date: June 26, 2019

• Perishable Distributors of Iowa in Ankeny, Iowa, Wins 2018 WasteWise Partner of the Year Award

  2018 WasteWise National Award Winners diverting over 356,000 tons of waste from landfills

  EPA News Release: Perishable Distributors of Iowa in Ankeny, Iowa, Wins 2018 WasteWise Partner of the Year Award

  • Release Date: June 26, 2019

• EPA Takes Important Step to Further Protect Children from Exposure to Lead-Contaminated Dust; Region 7 Joins Event in St. Joseph, Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Important Step to Further Protect Children from Exposure to Lead-Contaminated Dust; Region 7 Joins Event in St. Joseph, Missouri

  • Release Date: June 21, 2019

• EPA Announces $9.3 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites in Communities Across the U.S., Including Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $9.3 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites in Communities Across the U.S., Including Missouri

  • Release Date: June 20, 2019

• EPA Honors Ohio’s WSI with 2019 Green Chemistry Challenge Award

  Innovative technologies decrease hazardous chemicals, reduce costs, and spur economic growth

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors Ohio’s WSI with 2019 Green Chemistry Challenge Award

  • Release Date: June 7, 2019

• City of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Selected for $500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Clean Up Wahkonsa Annex

  EPA News Release: City of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Selected for $500,000 EPA Brownfields Grant to Clean Up Wahkonsa Annex

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA Announces $1.6 Million in Brownfield Grants for Dubuque, Fort Dodge, and Oskaloosa to Address Contaminated Properties in Iowa

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.6 Million in Brownfield Grants for Dubuque, Fort Dodge, and Oskaloosa to Address Contaminated Properties in Iowa

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019