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• Pilot Travel Centers to Pay $121K Penalty for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: Pilot Travel Centers to Pay $121K Penalty for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 27, 2022

• EPA Proposes Interim Cleanup Plans for Groundwater at Washington County Lead District Superfund Sites in Missouri

  Proposed Plans will address lead and other heavy metal contamination in private, domestic drinking water wells at residential properties

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Interim Cleanup Plans for Groundwater at Washington County Lead District Superfund Sites in Missouri

  • Release Date: July 19, 2022

• EPA Awards $25K Research Grant to University of Missouri Students to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

  P3 Project seeks to develop affordable, point-of-use drinking water filtration system

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $25K Research Grant to University of Missouri Students to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: July 19, 2022

• Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K and Perform Watershed Restoration for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K and Perform Watershed Restoration for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: July 11, 2022

• Cedar Falls, Iowa, 12th Grader Wins 2022 President’s Environmental Youth Award

  Iowa student’s public service announcement promotes LED light bulbs and energy reduction

  EPA News Release: Cedar Falls, Iowa, 12th Grader Wins 2022 President’s Environmental Youth Award

  • Release Date: July 5, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Announces Lead Superfund Site Deletions During Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

  Deletions from NPL in Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Lead Superfund Site Deletions During Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

  • Release Date: October 29, 2020

• EPA installs monitoring wells at the Kokomo Contaminated Groundwater Plume Superfund site

  EPA News Release: EPA installs monitoring wells at the Kokomo Contaminated Groundwater Plume Superfund site

  • Release Date: October 29, 2020

• Two Missouri Community-Based Organizations Each Awarded $120K in EPA Funding to Address Environmental and Public Health Issues in Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: Two Missouri Community-Based Organizations Each Awarded $120K in EPA Funding to Address Environmental and Public Health Issues in Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: October 28, 2020

• EPA Presents 2020 National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards to Federal and Missouri Agencies for Weldon Spring Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Presents 2020 National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards to Federal and Missouri Agencies for Weldon Spring Superfund Site

  • Release Date: October 28, 2020

• EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois Farm Bureau

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois Farm Bureau

  • Release Date: October 27, 2020

• EPA completes cleanup at Midco II Superfund site in Gary

  EPA News Release: EPA completes cleanup at Midco II Superfund site in Gary

  • Release Date: October 21, 2020

• EPA offers DePue Superfund Site cleanup availability sessions

  EPA News Release: EPA offers DePue Superfund Site cleanup availability sessions

  • Release Date: October 20, 2020

• EPA proposes groundwater, waste cleanup plan for the Lemberger Landfill and Lemberger Transport & Recycling Superfund sites

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes groundwater, waste cleanup plan for the Lemberger Landfill and Lemberger Transport & Recycling Superfund sites

  • Release Date: October 14, 2020

• EPA deletes 27 sites from Superfund National Priorities List in FY 2020, including eight in Region 5 States of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes 27 sites from Superfund National Priorities List in FY 2020, including eight in Region 5 States of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

  • Release Date: October 14, 2020

• EPA at 50: EPA Kicks Off Children’s Health Month 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: EPA Kicks Off Children’s Health Month 2020

  • Release Date: October 8, 2020