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• 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

• 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

• 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

• Denison, Iowa, fue seleccionada para recibir USD 400K de los USD 254 millones anunciados por la administración de Biden para abordar el problema de los terrenos baldíos contaminados

  La subvención seleccionada se centra en planes de evaluación y reutilización para la central eléctrica Denison Municipal Utilities y sitios de la Avenida C

  EPA News Release: Denison, Iowa, fue seleccionada para recibir USD 400K de los USD 254 millones anunciados por la administración de Biden para abordar el problema de los terrenos baldíos contaminados

  • Release Date: May 27, 2022

• EPA Regional Administrator McCollister Urges School Districts, Tribes, and School Bus Operators in Region 7 States to Apply for $500M in Available Clean School Bus Funding

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law creates new EPA program to protect children’s health, reduce pollution, and boost American manufacturing

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator McCollister Urges School Districts, Tribes, and School Bus Operators in Region 7 States to Apply for $500M in Available Clean School Bus Funding

  • Release Date: May 20, 2022

• Kansas City, Missouri, Selected to Receive $5.75M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: Kansas City, Missouri, Selected to Receive $5.75M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 19, 2022

• St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Louis County Selected to Receive $1M and $1.9M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Louis County Selected to Receive $1M and $1.9M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 19, 2022

• Denison, Iowa, Selected to Receive $400K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  Selected grant targets assessment and reuse plans for Denison Municipal Utility Power Plant and Avenue C sites

  EPA News Release: Denison, Iowa, Selected to Receive $400K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• Kansas’ Flint Hills Regional Council Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  Selected grant targets sites in Kansas communities of Junction City, Manhattan and Ogden

  EPA News Release: Kansas’ Flint Hills Regional Council Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• Fort Dodge, Iowa, Selected to Receive $250K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  Selected grant targets cleanup at the Former Greenleaf Healthcare Facility

  EPA News Release: Fort Dodge, Iowa, Selected to Receive $250K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• Council Bluffs, Iowa, Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA announces selection of 265 communities to receive Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Council Bluffs, Iowa, Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 16, 2022