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• EPA Region 6 Releases 2022 Year in Review

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 released the 2022 Year in Review outlining major accomplishments and environmental progress over the past fiscal year.

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Announces Finalization of Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan

  This plan was one of 20 published in a nationwide rollout

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Finalization of Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan

  • Release Date: October 17, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Opens Application Period for 2022 Pollution Prevention Recognition Awards Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Opens Application Period for 2022 Pollution Prevention Recognition Awards Program

  • Release Date: October 7, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Encourages Radon Testing During National Radon Action Month

  Free radon testing kits will be offered during events throughout January at Missouri’s Kansas City Public Library branches

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Encourages Radon Testing During National Radon Action Month

  • Release Date: January 4, 2023

• EPA encourages Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region residents to “Test Your Nest” and reduce home radon levels

  Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming among highest-risk states for lung cancer from radon gas

  EPA News Release: EPA encourages Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region residents to “Test Your Nest” and reduce home radon levels

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Springfield, Missouri, for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  Selected grant will train environmental workers and expand the city’s Green for Greene job training program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Springfield, Missouri, for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: January 10, 2023

• EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• EPA Region 7 and Haskell Indian Nations University Partner to Promote Student Career Opportunities and Environmental Outreach on Campus

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and Haskell Indian Nations University Partner to Promote Student Career Opportunities and Environmental Outreach on Campus

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA Releases 20 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plans from National Offices, Regions to Increase Resilience to Impacts of Climate Change

  New program-specific plans reaffirm EPA’s 2021 Climate Adaptation Action Plan, support President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to climate adaptation

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases 20 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plans from National Offices, Regions to Increase Resilience to Impacts of Climate Change

  • Release Date: October 6, 2022

• La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

  Colorado, Montana, Dakota del Norte, Dakota del Sur, Utah y Wyoming entre los estados de mayor riesgo de cáncer de pulmón por gas radón

  EPA News Release: La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023

• EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Oregon Reservations

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Oregon Reservations

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022

• US EPA Region 4 Approves Georgia’s Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Atlanta 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area

  EPA News Release: US EPA Region 4 Approves Georgia’s Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Atlanta 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area

  • Release Date: October 17, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $11.1M from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Iowa School Districts

  Region 7 Administrator McCollister will visit Sidney, Iowa, to mark this historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $11.1M from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Iowa School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Begins Hazardous-Waste Cleanup at Former Auto Shop in Edenville, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Hazardous-Waste Cleanup at Former Auto Shop in Edenville, Michigan

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023

• EPA Begins Demolition at Lane Plating Superfund Site in Dallas Texas

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Community Advisor Group Members (CAG) and Dallas city officials hosted an event at the Lane Plating Superfund site in Dallas, Texas.

  • Release Date: January 19, 2023