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• EPA Plans Sampling for Cleanup of Residential Areas at the Iron King Mine – Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Plans Sampling for Cleanup of Residential Areas at the Iron King Mine – Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Grantee Seeks to Decrease Children’s Exposure to Lead and Pesticides in Vulnerable St. Louis Communities

  Children’s Mercy researcher and team will conduct outreach activities aimed at improving environmental conditions that promote positive health outcomes

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Grantee Seeks to Decrease Children’s Exposure to Lead and Pesticides in Vulnerable St. Louis Communities

  • Release Date: February 28, 2024

• EPA Announces New Cleanup Projects in Kansas as Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Cleanup Projects in Kansas as Part of Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: February 27, 2024

• EPA announces new cleanup projects in California as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across California

  EPA News Release: EPA announces new cleanup projects in California as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 27, 2024

• EPA announces new cleanup projects in Arizona as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Arizona

  EPA News Release: EPA announces new cleanup projects in Arizona as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 27, 2024

• EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  Massachusetts and Connecticut companies will pay penalties for reporting violations

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA, HUD and HHS announce interagency commitments to more robust collaboration on addressing risks of exposures to lead

  Agreements solidify agencies’ dedication to a whole of government approach to preventing lead poisoning

  EPA News Release: EPA, HUD and HHS announce interagency commitments to more robust collaboration on addressing risks of exposures to lead

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA Files Complaint for Rat Poison Sold in Plastic Baggies in St. Louis

  EPA News Release: EPA Files Complaint for Rat Poison Sold in Plastic Baggies in St. Louis

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Announces $180K Funding Opportunity for Regional Source Reduction Assistance

  Pollution prevention projects eligible for funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces $180K Funding Opportunity for Regional Source Reduction Assistance

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• EPA hosts “roadshow” in San Bernadino to help communities access historic Investing in America funding

  EPA’s Community, Equity & Resiliency Initiative stops in California to support residents’ ability to obtain unprecedented Inflation Reduction Act resources

  EPA News Release: EPA hosts “roadshow” in San Bernadino to help communities access historic Investing in America funding

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024

• EPA seeks input on new program to label cleaner construction materials as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  Proposal would help federal agencies purchase low-emissions construction materials made by U.S. manufacturers, funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks input on new program to label cleaner construction materials as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• EPA finalizes changes to strengthen implementation of Toxic Substances Control Act, improve chemical reviews

  Rule will ensure EPA recovers 25% of authorized costs of chemical safety reviews, as Congress intended to fund its work to protect public health

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes changes to strengthen implementation of Toxic Substances Control Act, improve chemical reviews

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• EPA Outlines Implementation Approaches for Endangered Species Act Pesticide Policies

  EPA News Release: EPA Outlines Implementation Approaches for Endangered Species Act Pesticide Policies

  • Release Date: February 7, 2024

• EPA to Host Turner Station Community Meeting to Share Information on Efforts to Improve Sparrows Point and Bear Creek

  February 6 Meeting in Dundalk will highlight Bear Creek cleanup plan and EPA community efforts.

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host Turner Station Community Meeting to Share Information on Efforts to Improve Sparrows Point and Bear Creek

  • Release Date: February 2, 2024