$10.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound
December 12, 2022 NEW YORK – Today, top federal and state environmental agencies and officials from New England and New York, including the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced 41 grants totaling $10.3 million to organizations and local governments to improve the environment of Long Island Sound. […]
EPA and Massachusetts Officials Celebrate $19 Million of Public Health Protection Investments in Fall River
December 9, 2022 BOSTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator David W. Cash celebrated significant federal and state infrastructure investments in the City of Fall River which will directly improve public health for city residents. Cash was joined by U.S. Senators Markey and Warren, and by U.S. Congressmen Auchincloss, along with City […]
NEWS UPDATE #3: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas
EPA continues to provide response oversight to on-scene operations December 9, 2022 The area impacted by the pipeline rupture and subsequent oil discharge into Mill Creek near Washington, Kansas. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 9, 2022) – EPA Region 7 on-scene coordinators (OSCs) remain at the scene of the pipeline rupture and subsequent oil […]
NEWS UPDATE #2: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas
EPA is providing oversight and monitoring of containment and cleanup actions December 9, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 9, 2022) – EPA Region 7 on-scene coordinators have closed out the first on-site operational period of the TC Energy pipeline oil discharge response near Washington, Kansas. The discharge has been contained, and no drinking water has been impacted. […]
EPA finalizes plan to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas sources on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in northeast Utah
December 8, 2022 Vernal, Utah — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an air quality plan, called a Federal Implementation Plan, which will require enforceable controls on the emissions of air pollutants from new, modified, and existing oil and natural gas facilities on Indian country lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation […]
NEWS UPDATE: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas
TC Energy pipeline is part of Keystone Pipeline system December 8, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 8, 2022) – Early on the morning of Dec. 8, TC Energy reported a discharge of crude oil from a TC Energy pipeline near Washington, Kansas. The TC Energy pipeline is part of the Keystone Pipeline system. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
EPA Announces $186 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Nationally, 94 WIFIA loans are financing over $34 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 104,000 jobs December 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $186 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to support its Wastewater Compliance and Sustainability Project. With this WIFIA […]
Registration Open for EPA Virtual Public Hearing on EPA’s Supplemental Proposal to Cut Methane Pollution to Protect Communities, Combat Climate Change, and Bolster American Innovation
December 6, 2022 WASHINGTON – Registration opens today for EPA’s virtual public hearing on the Agency’s supplemental proposal to strengthen its proposed standards to cut methane and other harmful air pollution from oil and natural gas operations. The updates would provide more comprehensive requirements to reduce climate and health-harming air pollution, including from hundreds of thousands […]
EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful PFAS Pollution
New EPA memo provides direction under NPDES permitting program to restrict PFAS at their source December 6, 2022 WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a memorandum to states that provides direction on how to use the nation’s bedrock clean water permitting program to protect against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The guidance […]
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $266K Grant to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska for Air Monitoring Project
Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans December 5, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 5, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska to receive $266,064 for a community air pollution monitoring project. This grant is among 132 air monitoring […]