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• EPA Region 6 Announces Oklahoma Teacher as Winner of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) winner is Shannon Chatwin from Owasso High School located in Owasso, Oklahoma.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• 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 approves Oklahoma’s five-year report for regional haze

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Oklahoma’s five-year report for regional haze

  • Release Date: June 28, 2019

• 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 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

• 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 to Add Oklahoma Superfund Site to the National Priorities List

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Fansteel Metals Superfund site to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment.

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023

• EPA awards Oklahoma Corporation Commission over $1.2M to protect groundwater

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Oklahoma Corporation Commission over $1.2M to protect groundwater

  • Release Date: August 12, 2020

• EPA takes actions to reduce impacts on impaired waters in Oklahoma

  EPA News Release: EPA takes actions to reduce impacts on impaired waters in Oklahoma

  • Release Date: November 13, 2019

• Oklahoma and EPA to invest over $1 million to improve drinking water infrastructure

  EPA News Release: Oklahoma and EPA to invest over $1 million to improve drinking water infrastructure

  • Release Date: October 20, 2020

• EPA Announces Koch Fertilizer in Enid, Okla., Among 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Koch Fertilizer in Enid, Okla., Among 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA Announces Oklahoma City to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Oklahoma City to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 1, 2021

• EPA approves Oklahoma’s Clean Air Plan

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Oklahoma’s Clean Air Plan

  • Release Date: July 26, 2019

• Oklahoma and EPA protect children from contaminated drinking water

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

  • Release Date: March 26, 2020