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• Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  EPA News Release: Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  • Release Date: January 28, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Recognizes Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Eat Greater Des Moines in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge

  Organizations battle food insecurity through Sustainable Food Management

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Eat Greater Des Moines in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership Receives National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  Agency has been instrumental in diverting over 26 tons of food from landfills

  EPA News Release: Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership Receives National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Public Listening Session March 3 on Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Public Listening Session March 3 on Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 26, 2022

• 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 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