EPA Awards over $1 million to Advance Environmental Justice in California
June 29, 2022 San Francisco, CA – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded over $1 million in new grants to advance environmental justice in California. The grants will support 13 new projects throughout the state. “Through these grants, EPA is funding innovative projects across California based on community priorities,” said EPA Pacific […]
EPA Assistant Administrator for Water and Regional Administrator Visit South Florida Water Resources
June 29, 2022 ATLANTA (June 29, 2022) – On Friday, June 24, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox joined EPA Region 4 Administrator Daniel Blackman and U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz to visit Big Cypress National Preserve and Indian River Lagoon […]
EPA reaches settlement with Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc. to resolve Clean Air Act violations in Decatur, Illinois
June 28, 2022 CHICAGO (June 28, 2022) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Consent Agreement and Final Order, or CAFO, settling Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc.’s alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its glass manufacturing facility in Decatur, Illinois. In 2014, Fuyao submitted a permit application to Illinois EPA to rebuild each […]
EPA Awards Research Grants to Student Teams at Gonzaga University and Oregon State University
June 28, 2022 SEATTLE (June 28, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $399,837 in funding to 16 student teams for their research and innovative solutions to address environmental and public health challenges as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program. “The students honored today are leading the way […]
EPA Names Washington DC Second Top U.S. City for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings
PHILADELPHIA (June 27, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued its annual “Top Cities” list for 2021 spotlighting the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR certified commercial and multi-family buildings. The District Columbia came in second nationally for large cities with 498 ENERGY STAR Buildings, Los Angeles leads the pack […]
EPA Announces $18 Million for Training and Technical Assistance for Small, Rural, and Tribal Wastewater Improvements
June 24, 2022 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced up to $18 Million in available federal funding to build the pipeline of Technical Assistance (TA) providers that can serve rural, small and Tribal municipalities through the Clean Water Act Prevention, Reduction, and Elimination of Pollution Grant Program. This investment delivers on President […]
환경보호청은 PFAS 화학 물질의 새 식수 보건 권고, 보건 보호를 강화하기 위한 10억 달러의 양당 인프라 법안 자금을 발표합니다
환경보호청은 GenX와 PFBS의 새 보건 권고를 마련하고, PFOA와 PFOS의 보건 권고를 낮춥니다 June 15, 2022 워싱턴 (2022년 6월 15일) – 오늘 미국 환경보호청(EPA)은 네 식수 건강 권고를 전부 발표했으며 바이든 대통령 하의 깨끗한 물을 지키기 위한 최신 조치의 과불화화합물(PFAS) 실행 방안과 레이건 행정부의 PFAS 전략 로드맵(영문) .을 공개했습니다. 환경보호청 또한 유치한 주와 구역에서 10억 달러를 […]
EPA Công Bố Tư Vấn Sức Khỏe Nước Uống Mới Cho Hóa Chất PFAS, 1 Tỷ Đô La Trong Luật Cơ Sở Hạ Tầng Lưỡng Đảng Tài Trợ để Tăng Cường Bảo Vệ Sức Khỏe
Cơ quan thiết lập các cố vấn sức khỏe mới cho GenX và PFBS và giảm bớt các cố vấn sức khỏe cho PFOA và PFOS June 15, 2022 WASHINGTON (Ngày 15 Tháng Sáu, 2022) – Hôm nay, Cơ quan Bảo vệ Môi trường Hoa Kỳ (EPA) đã đưa ra bốn lời khuyên về sức […]
EPA 针对化学物质 PFAS 发布新的饮用水健康建议，同时从《两党基础设施法》资金中拨款 10 亿美元，以期加强健康保护措施
EPA 制订了针对 GenX 和 PFBS 的新健康建议，并调低了针对 PFOA 和 PFOS 的健康建议值 June 15, 2022 华盛顿（2022 年 6 月 15 日）— 今天，EPA（美国环境保护署）发布了四项针对全氟烷基物质和多氟烷基物质 (PFAS) 的饮用水健康建议，这是自拜登总统提出的“提供清洁水行动计划”和 Regan 署长提出的 PFAS 战略路线图以来所采取的最新行动。EPA 还宣布，它正在就一笔 10 亿美元的专项资金（这是《两党基础设施法》50 亿美元拨款中的第一笔），向各州和领地发出申领邀请，用于解决饮用水中的 PFAS 和其他新近出现的污染物问题，这些问题在小型或弱势社区尤为严重。这些行动以 EPA 在保护社区免受 PFAS 污染方面所取得的进展为基础，为即将开展的工作提供科学依据，这些工作包括 EPA 即将草拟针对 PFOA 和 PFOS 的《国家主要饮用水条例》(National Primary Drinking Water Regulation)，该条列计划于 2022 年秋季发布。 “直接遭受 PFAS 污染的人们已经承受了太久的危害。这就是为什么 EPA 正在采取积极行动，作为政府整体举措的一部分，防止这些化学物质进入环境，帮助和保护相关家庭免遭这一大范围的危害，”EPA 署长 Michael […]
EPA сообщает о новых рекомендациях по охране здоровья при использовании питьевой воды для химических веществ PFAS, а также о финансировании 1 млрд. долларов для укрепления здоровья согласно Закону об инфраструктуре, поддерживаемому двумя партиями
Агентство устанавливает новые рекомендации по охране здоровья для химических веществ GenX и PFBS и уменьшает для PFOA и PFOS June 15, 2022 ВАШИНГТОН (15 июня 2022 г.) – Агентство по охране окружающей среды США (EPA) выпустило четыре рекомендации по охране здоровья при использовании питьевой воды для перфторалкильных и полифторалкильных химических веществ (PFAS) в рамках последних […]