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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Fines Cobalt Boats for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Cobalt Boats for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Kansas

  • Release Date: December 19, 2023

• Federal Partners Celebrate Construction of Centralized Wastewater System and Treatment Facility with City of Camden Point, Missouri

  U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-6), EPA, USDA, and HUD join recognition ceremony and groundbreaking event with Mayor Gloria Boyer

  EPA News Release: Federal Partners Celebrate Construction of Centralized Wastewater System and Treatment Facility with City of Camden Point, Missouri

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• EPA Fines Swift Beef Company for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Swift Beef Company for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Nebraska

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• EPA Fines Lawrence, Kansas, Landfill for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Lawrence, Kansas, Landfill for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: December 12, 2023

• EPA Announces $458K to Recruit and Train Missouri Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $458K to Recruit and Train Missouri Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Fines Kansas City-Based CBD American Shaman LLC for Violating Federal Pesticide Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Kansas City-Based CBD American Shaman LLC for Violating Federal Pesticide Law

  • Release Date: December 6, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Awards $400K Check to Denison, Iowa, for Brownfields Grant

  Funding will target assessment and reuse plans for Denison Municipal Utility Power Plant and Avenue C sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Awards $400K Check to Denison, Iowa, for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• La Región 7 de la EPA entrega un cheque de $400K a Denison, Iowa, para una subvención de Brownfields

  Los fondos se destinarán a la evaluación y los planes de reutilización para la Planta de Energía de Servicios Públicos Municipales de Denison y los sitios de Avenue C

  EPA News Release: La Región 7 de la EPA entrega un cheque de $400K a Denison, Iowa, para una subvención de Brownfields

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• EPA Recognizes Des Moines-Based Hy-Vee as GreenChill Program Celebrates 15 Years of Supporting Smart Refrigerant Management Across Supermarket Industry

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Des Moines-Based Hy-Vee as GreenChill Program Celebrates 15 Years of Supporting Smart Refrigerant Management Across Supermarket Industry

  • Release Date: September 27, 2022

• EPA Orders New Strawn, Kansas, Excavator to Cease Dumping and Restore Wetlands

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders New Strawn, Kansas, Excavator to Cease Dumping and Restore Wetlands

  • Release Date: September 27, 2022

• EPA to Begin Free Lead Testing at Cherokee County, Kansas, Superfund Site

  New sitewide assessment will include testing of eligible residential yards, private drinking water wells, parks, and agricultural areas

  EPA News Release: EPA to Begin Free Lead Testing at Cherokee County, Kansas, Superfund Site

  • Release Date: September 13, 2022

• EPA Selects Five Recipients for Pollution Prevention Grants in Region 7 Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  K-State, MSU, Missouri S&T, UNL, and Iowa Department of Natural Resources selected for grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Five Recipients for Pollution Prevention Grants in Region 7 Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Include Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa

  Agency will work to remediate site of PCE that originated from historic dry-cleaning services

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Include Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa

  • Release Date: September 7, 2022

• EPA Proposes Bellevue, Nebraska, Site for Addition to Superfund National Priorities List

  After 60-day public comment period, EPA may add site to NPL if it continues to meet listing requirements

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Bellevue, Nebraska, Site for Addition to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 7, 2022