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• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• Public meeting scheduled to review remediation plans for Woods Pond area of GE-Pittsfield Housatonic River Site

  EPA News Release: Public meeting scheduled to review remediation plans for Woods Pond area of GE-Pittsfield Housatonic River Site

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• Groundwork Rhode Island receives $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant

  EPA News Release: Groundwork Rhode Island receives $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: December 17, 2024

• The City of Worcester receives a $499,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant

  EPA News Release: The City of Worcester receives a $499,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: December 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Workers

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Workers

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• Branford Public Schools, Connecticut selected to receive over $6 million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as part of Investing in America agenda

  Biden-Harris Administration tentatively selected 70 applicants to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Branford Public Schools, Connecticut selected to receive over $6 million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• Five Massachusetts applicants selected to receive over $55 million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as part of Investing in America agenda

  Biden-Harris Administration tentatively selected 70 applicants to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Five Massachusetts applicants selected to receive over $55 million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA extends evaluation deadline of proposals to reduce PCB concentrations and/or toxicity at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site

  EPA News Release: EPA extends evaluation deadline of proposals to reduce PCB concentrations and/or toxicity at the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site

  • Release Date: December 10, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Actions under Nation’s Chemical Safety Law to Protect People from Cancer-Causing Chemicals Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene

  Final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Actions under Nation’s Chemical Safety Law to Protect People from Cancer-Causing Chemicals Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene

  • Release Date: December 9, 2024

• EPA Reforms New Chemicals Review Process to Better Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  Final amendments will ensure that new PFAS and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals are subject to safety review process prior to manufacture

  EPA News Release: EPA Reforms New Chemicals Review Process to Better Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  • Release Date: December 4, 2024

• EPA Proposes Rule to Revoke Most Food Uses of the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Rule to Revoke Most Food Uses of the Insecticide Chlorpyrifos

  • Release Date: December 2, 2024

• EPA New England accepting public comment on Draft Title V air permits for two offshore wind farm projects

  EPA News Release: EPA New England accepting public comment on Draft Title V air permits for two offshore wind farm projects

  • Release Date: December 2, 2024