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• EPA Issues Explanation of Significant Differences for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site

  Changes outlined by EPA Region 7 are necessary for cleanup of the site

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Explanation of Significant Differences for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site

  • Release Date: January 17, 2025

• EPA Fines Kansas Cattle Farms for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Kansas Cattle Farms for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 17, 2025

• EPA Presents Over $175K Ceremonial Check to University of Northern Iowa for Pollution Prevention Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Presents Over $175K Ceremonial Check to University of Northern Iowa for Pollution Prevention Grant

  • Release Date: January 15, 2025

• EPA Region 7 Celebrates New Electric Buses for El Dorado Springs Schools in Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Celebrates New Electric Buses for El Dorado Springs Schools in Missouri

  • Release Date: January 15, 2025

• EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  Jan. 16 outreach event will provide opportunity for attendees to learn more about Region 7’s environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  • Release Date: January 13, 2025

• Test, Fix, Save a Life: EPA Region 7 Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  EPA News Release: Test, Fix, Save a Life: EPA Region 7 Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  • Release Date: January 8, 2025

• EPA and Continental Cement Company in Hannibal, Missouri, Settle Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA and Continental Cement Company in Hannibal, Missouri, Settle Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 8, 2025

• EPA Penalizes Four Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Four Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: January 7, 2025

• EPA Fines Truck Stops in Iowa and Missouri for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Truck Stops in Iowa and Missouri for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 6, 2025

• Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas, Are Complete

  Mill Creek is once again flowing naturally after the diversion system and final berms were removed

  EPA News Release: Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas, Are Complete

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• City of Silex, Missouri, Agrees to Remedy Alleged Safe Drinking Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: City of Silex, Missouri, Agrees to Remedy Alleged Safe Drinking Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• EPA Fines Red Star Yeast Company LLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Red Star Yeast Company LLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to Boonslick Regional Planning Commission in Missouri, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to Boonslick Regional Planning Commission in Missouri, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• EPA Announces $3.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Missouri

  Funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, selections in Columbia, Kansas City, and Springfield announced as part of largest-ever investments under two longstanding EPA Environmental Justice grant programs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Missouri

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA Announces $1M for Environmental Justice Projects in Kansas as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Selection announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant program funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1M for Environmental Justice Projects in Kansas as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023