EPA
EPA Regional Administrator and U.S. Congresswoman visit Southside Richmond community to talk environmental justice
PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 25, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz and U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan (VA-4) met with Virginia Community Voice leaders to discuss environmental justice during a visit to Richmond, Virginia on Jan. 24. The visit focused on Virginia Community Voice’s initiatives to…
EPA Fines Omaha Chemical Manufacturing Facility for Alleged Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws
LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 24, 2024) – Chemical manufacturer Nox-Crete Inc. will pay a $37,026 civil penalty and install a fire suppression system to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act at its facility…
La EPA multa a la instalación de fabricación química de Omaha por presuntas violaciones de varias leyes ambientales
LENEXA, KAN. (24 DE ENERO DE 2024) – El fabricante químico Nox-Crete Inc. Deberá pagar una multa civil de $37 026 e instalar un sistema de supresión de incendios para resolver las presuntas violaciones a las siguientes leyes federales: Ley de Aire Limpio, Ley de Planificación para Emergencias y…
Utah to reduce indoor air pollution in schools, public buildings from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant
SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to award $10.67 million in grant funding to nine selected recipients across the country to enhance community wildfire smoke preparedness. Of these recipients, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) is anticipating a $854,609 grant to improve community resiliency…
EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7
LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 17, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is lowering recommended screening levels and strengthening guidance for investigating and cleaning up lead-contaminated soil in residential areas where children live and play. As a result of lower screening levels, EPA expects to investigate more residential properties…
EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee
LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 11, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the appointments of 16 new members to the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC), as well as the reappointments of 13 existing members. For the first time in the committee’s history, the membership will have a female…
EPA Selects University of Nebraska-Lincoln for Nearly $100K Grant Toward Groundwater Environmental Project
LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 28, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 33 organizations to receive over $3.1 million in funding for projects under the Environmental Education Grants program, including $99,795 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will use the funding…
EPA Presents the 2023 President’s Environmental Youth Awards
NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality presented plaques to the 2023 recipients of the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) program earlier this month. Among the winners is Kaitlyn Culbert, a Toms River High School North rising senior from…
EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of St. Louis, Missouri, After Selection for Brownfields Grant
EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister presents a $500,000 ceremonial check to the Community Development Administration (CDA) of St. Louis, Missouri, at City Hall on Aug. 24, 2023. Left to right: EPA Region 7 Press Officer Jonathan Klusmeyer, McCollister, CDA Executive Director Nahuel Fefer, and St. Louis Mayor…
DEQ and EPA lead cleanup of wood preservative release in Sheridan
SHERIDAN (Aug. 23, 2023) – The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the City of Sheridan and Stella-Jones Inc. established a unified command to coordinate the response to a spill of diesel-containing wood preservative at the Stella-Jones facility in Sheridan. A mixture of diesel and…