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• EPA Region 7 Presents Flint Hills Regional Council with $1.5M Check for Brownfields Grant in Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents Flint Hills Regional Council with $1.5M Check for Brownfields Grant in Kansas

  • Release Date: July 19, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Brownfields Check to Schuyler Community Development in Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Brownfields Check to Schuyler Community Development in Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 24, 2024

• Maryland to receive nearly $130 million for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across the Mid-Atlantic Region

  Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Department of Transportation are part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive more than $670 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance

  EPA News Release: Maryland to receive nearly $130 million for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution across the Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA Region 6 Announces Oklahoma Teacher as Winner of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) winner is Shannon Chatwin from Owasso High School located in Owasso, Oklahoma.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff Event in Nebraska

  Program is funded through EPA’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations to the Nebraska Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Joins City of Lincoln Lead Water Service Line Replacement Kickoff Event in Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA Announces Modified Settlement with Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to Address Combined Sewer Overflows

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Modified Settlement with Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to Address Combined Sewer Overflows

  • Release Date: July 10, 2024

• EPA announces nearly $200 million to cut climate pollution and advance environmental justice in Oregon

  EPA News Release: EPA announces nearly $200 million to cut climate pollution and advance environmental justice in Oregon

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA Begins Oversight of Cleanup at Amphenol/Franklin Power Products Site in Franklin, Indiana

  EPA to Hold Open House August 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Oversight of Cleanup at Amphenol/Franklin Power Products Site in Franklin, Indiana

  • Release Date: July 26, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Fuel Refiner and Distributor Over Violations of the Clean Air Act’s Fuel Requirements

  Lupton Petroleum Products, Inc and Brad Hall Associates, Inc. fined $1M for failing to meet multiple requirements that protect air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Fuel Refiner and Distributor Over Violations of the Clean Air Act’s Fuel Requirements

  • Release Date: July 18, 2024

• EPA Begins Public Comment Period for Updated Cleanup Plan at the Wisconsin Public Service Corp. Site in Marinette 

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Public Comment Period for Updated Cleanup Plan at the Wisconsin Public Service Corp. Site in Marinette 

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• EPA Announces New Initiatives to Strengthen HBCU Engagement and Environmental Partnerships

  Latest actions build on EPA Administrator Regan’s commitment to deliver real results for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and surrounding communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Initiatives to Strengthen HBCU Engagement and Environmental Partnerships

  • Release Date: July 31, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

  EPA proposes to begin evaluations on five harmful chemicals, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to deliver environmental justice, end cancer as we know it

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

  • Release Date: July 24, 2024

• EPA Proposes Updated Cleanup Plan for Emmell’s Septic Landfill Superfund Site in Galloway, NJ

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updated Cleanup Plan for Emmell’s Septic Landfill Superfund Site in Galloway, NJ

  • Release Date: July 30, 2024

• EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA Invites Public Comment on Review that Shows Progress and Need for More Data After Historic Hudson River PCB Cleanup

  EPA to hold a virtual informational meeting on August 21; Public can comment on draft report until October 8

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Public Comment on Review that Shows Progress and Need for More Data After Historic Hudson River PCB Cleanup

  • Release Date: July 10, 2024