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• EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  The Feb. 22 outreach event will enable attendees to learn more about Region 7’s environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• La Región 7 de la EPA invita al público a asistir a una reunión virtual de partes interesadas de la comunidad sobre justicia ambiental

  El evento de difusión del 22 de febrero permitirá a los asistentes obtener más información sobre las iniciativas de justicia ambiental de la Región 7

  EPA News Release: La Región 7 de la EPA invita al público a asistir a una reunión virtual de partes interesadas de la comunidad sobre justicia ambiental

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers nationwide screening levels for the first time in 30 years, impacting sites in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee

  First time in Local Government Advisory Committee’s history that membership will have female majority

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 11, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $5.9M in Awards for Clean School Buses in Iowa, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $5.9M in Awards for Clean School Buses in Iowa, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $15.8M in Awards for Clean School Buses in Missouri, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $15.8M in Awards for Clean School Buses in Missouri, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• EPA Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  Many areas in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska have the potential for elevated indoor radon levels

  EPA News Release: EPA Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  • Release Date: January 4, 2024

• Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont Receives Multiple EPA Federal Green Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont Receives Multiple EPA Federal Green Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: June 25, 2020

• Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System Receives Multiple EPA Federal Green Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System Receives Multiple EPA Federal Green Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: June 25, 2020

• EPA proposes partial delisting of Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke Superfund Site in Ohio

  Public comment period runs June 24 – July 24

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes partial delisting of Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke Superfund Site in Ohio

  • Release Date: June 24, 2020

• EPA proposes partial delisting of Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site

  Public comment period runs June 23 – July 23

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes partial delisting of Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site

  • Release Date: June 23, 2020

• EPA proposes delisting of Fridley Commons Park Well Field Superfund Site in Minnesota

  Public comment period runs June 23 - July 23

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes delisting of Fridley Commons Park Well Field Superfund Site in Minnesota

  • Release Date: June 23, 2020

• EPA proposes partial delisting of Douglas Road/Uniroyal, Inc. Landfill Superfund Site in Indiana

  Public comment period runs June 23 – July 23

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes partial delisting of Douglas Road/Uniroyal, Inc. Landfill Superfund Site in Indiana

  • Release Date: June 23, 2020

• EPA Provides Additional Funding to Hypoxia Task Force States, Including Iowa and Missouri, to Help Reduce Excess Nutrients in Gulf of Mexico Watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides Additional Funding to Hypoxia Task Force States, Including Iowa and Missouri, to Help Reduce Excess Nutrients in Gulf of Mexico Watershed

  • Release Date: June 22, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members from Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas to Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members from Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas to Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020