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• EPA Appoints Ken McQueen as Region 6 Administrator

  EPA News Release: EPA Appoints Ken McQueen as Region 6 Administrator

  • Release Date: August 5, 2019

• EPA Region 6 Releases 2020 Year in Review

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 6 Releases 2020 Year in Review

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA finalizes revisions to Arkansas' clean-air plan for regional haze and visibility

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes revisions to Arkansas' clean-air plan for regional haze and visibility

  • Release Date: March 11, 2021

• EPA Region 6 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 6 communities on April 25th, 2023 and inviting members of the public to attend and to speak.

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA Withdraws Federal Plan, Approves Changes to Arkansas’ Clean-Air Plan for Regional Haze

  EPA News Release: EPA Withdraws Federal Plan, Approves Changes to Arkansas’ Clean-Air Plan for Regional Haze

  • Release Date: September 10, 2019

• EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory report; releases from Region 6 facilities down by six percent since 2018

  Includes data for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

  EPA News Release: EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory report; releases from Region 6 facilities down by six percent since 2018

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• Arkansas Natural Resource Commission receives $637,000 to improve drinking water

  EPA News Release: Arkansas Natural Resource Commission receives $637,000 to improve drinking water

  • Release Date: October 28, 2020

• EPA and Arkansas protect future generations by reducing diesel emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA and Arkansas protect future generations by reducing diesel emissions

  • Release Date: October 16, 2019

• EPA, U.S. Army Repeal 2015 Rule Defining “Waters of the United States” Ending Regulatory Patchwork

  EPA News Release: EPA, U.S. Army Repeal 2015 Rule Defining “Waters of the United States” Ending Regulatory Patchwork

  • Release Date: September 12, 2019

• EPA helps improve watershed in central Arkansas

  EPA News Release: EPA helps improve watershed in central Arkansas

  • Release Date: January 23, 2020

• Arkansas receives $167,888 EPA grant to help manage hazardous waste

  EPA News Release: Arkansas receives $167,888 EPA grant to help manage hazardous waste

  • Release Date: July 25, 2019

• EPA Announces Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, Ark., Among 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Flowers Baking Co. of Batesville, Ark., Among 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants

  • Release Date: March 25, 2021

• EPA Grant to Arkansas State Plant Board Will Improve Pesticide Programs

  EPA News Release: EPA Grant to Arkansas State Plant Board Will Improve Pesticide Programs

  • Release Date: May 1, 2020

• EPA Announces Chicot County, Ark., to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Chicot County, Ark., to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 1, 2021

• Arkansas and EPA protect children from contaminated drinking water

  EPA News Release: Arkansas and EPA protect children from contaminated drinking water

  • Release Date: February 20, 2020