EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap
February 13, 2023 LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 13, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 7 communities on Feb. 28, and inviting members of the public to attend and speak. This engagement session will provide information about EPA’s ongoing […]
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to States and Territories to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water
February 13, 2023 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the availability of $2 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water across the country. This investment, which is allocated to states and territories, will be made available […]
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Cleanup Project in Missouri
EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law February 10, 2023 LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 10, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the second wave of approximately $1 billion in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law […]
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Cleanup Projects in Kansas
EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law February 10, 2023 LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 10, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the second wave of approximately $1 billion in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law […]
EPA to Host February 16 Virtual Community Meeting for Kingsbury and Queensbury New York Residents
Community meeting will focus on informing residents about potential health risks from a nearby sterilizer plant February 9, 2023 NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a virtual community meeting for residents of Kingsbury and Queensbury, New York to share information about health risks from the chemical ethylene oxide, or EtO, […]
EPA Identifies Ameren Huster Road Substation as Source of Elm Point Wellfield Contamination in St. Charles, Missouri
Ameren has begun addressing this contamination and submitted workplans to EPA to conduct additional cleanup actions February 9, 2023 LENEXA, KAN. (FEB. 9, 2023) – Laboratory results from field work conducted by EPA in St. Charles, Missouri, in January have identified the Ameren Huster Road Substation as a source of vinyl chloride and cis-1,2-dichloroethene contamination in […]
EPA Administrator Regan Marks Delivery of Kansas’ First Electric School Buses, Announces Electric Utility Pledge to Support Successful Deployment of Electric School Buses Nationwide
Following President’s State of the Union Address, EPA Highlights Progress to Invest in America Through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law February 8, 2023 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan visited Wabaunsee USD 329 School District in Alma, Kansas to celebrate the delivery of the state’s first all-electric school buses and […]
La EPA Ordena al Parque de Casas Móviles del Valle de Coachella que Proporcione Agua Potable Segura
February 8, 2023 La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha emitido una Orden Administrativa de Emergencia conforme a la autoridad de la Ley de Agua Potable Segura para D&D Mobile Home Park. El parque sirve predominantemente a los trabajadores agrícolas y se encuentra dentro de la Reserva […]
EPA Orders Coachella Valley Mobile Home Park to Provide Safe Drinking Water
February 8, 2023 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an Emergency Administrative Order under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act to D&D Mobile Home Park. The park serves predominantly agricultural workers and is located within the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Reservation in Thermal, California, a small town in the Coachella Valley. […]
EPA Opens Public Comment Period on Ozone Data Determination for Detroit
February 3, 2023 CHICAGO (February 3, 2023) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began a 31-day public comment period on a determination that the Detroit metropolitan area has attained the health-based air quality standard for ground level ozone, or smog. This determination is based on an analysis from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes […]