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• EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa

  Four-day trip in June will celebrate nearly $6M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to communities and coalitions

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases

  EPA News Release: St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $12 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Brownfields Job Training Grants

  EPA seeking applications for up to $12 million in Brownfields Job Training Grants that will support local environmental job training programs and environmental workforce in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $12 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Brownfields Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: May 30, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $315 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $315 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA Launches Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites Along the U.S. Coastline to Help Facilities and Communities Become More Resilient to Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites Along the U.S. Coastline to Help Facilities and Communities Become More Resilient to Climate Change

  • Release Date: May 18, 2023

• EPA Region 7, Iowa State University, and University of Iowa Announce Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference

  Conference will be held Nov. 6-8, 2023, at Iowa State University

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7, Iowa State University, and University of Iowa Announce Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference

  • Release Date: May 18, 2023

• EPA Announces Latest Action to Protect Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  Latest Proposal Would Protect Public Health and Water Sources from Legacy Coal Ash Sites and Hold Polluters Accountable

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Latest Action to Protect Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  The restoration of Mill Creek – overseen by EPA, KDHE, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – has begun

  EPA News Release: Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• EPA Facilitates Access Agreement Between Ameren and City of St. Charles, Missouri

  Agreement paves the way for Agency-required work to continue at the Elm Point Wellfield in St. Charles

  EPA News Release: EPA Facilitates Access Agreement Between Ameren and City of St. Charles, Missouri

  • Release Date: May 10, 2023

• EPA Invites Community to Attend May 9 Public Meeting to Discuss West Lake Landfill Design Investigation and Remedial Design Progress

  Operable Unit 1 will be the focus of the meeting in Bridgeton, Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Community to Attend May 9 Public Meeting to Discuss West Lake Landfill Design Investigation and Remedial Design Progress

  • Release Date: May 8, 2023

• EPA Celebrates Career Training, Job Opportunities With 20 Superfund Job Training Initiative Graduates in Omaha, Nebraska

  Federal, county, and city leaders join multilingual graduation ceremony

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Career Training, Job Opportunities With 20 Superfund Job Training Initiative Graduates in Omaha, Nebraska

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023