Air Quality Awareness Week 2022: AirNow Fire and Smoke Map Adds New Feature to Improve Accessibility for People with Color Vision Deficiencies
May 2, 2022 WASHINGTON (May 2, 2022) – Today, as the agency kicks off Air Quality Awareness Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) are announcing a new pilot feature of the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map to make it more accessible to people with color vision deficiencies. “As […]
EPA Reminds New Englanders to Prepare for the Summer Smog Season with Free Air Quality Alerts
May 3, 2022 BOSTON, MASS. (May 3, 2022) — With the onset of warmer weather, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone and fine particle air pollution (which is often referred to as smog, when combined), and to take health precautions when smog […]
EPA Proposes Municipal Stormwater General Permit for the Protection of Communities in Puerto Rico
May 3, 2022 SAN JUAN, P.R. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit to address polluted stormwater runoff in 73 Puerto Rico communities. Stormwater from these communities is commonly transported through municipal separate storm sewer systems and then often discharged, untreated, into local water bodies. The conditions in […]
EPA Announces $281 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Johnson County, Kansas
Nationally, 77 WIFIA loans are financing nearly $30 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 89,000 jobs May 3, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 3, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $281 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to Johnson County, Kansas, to support the Nelson Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements […]
La EPA propone Permiso General Municipal de Aguas de Escorrentías a fin de proteger a las comunidades en Puerto Rico
May 3, 2022 SAN JUAN, P.R. – La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha propuesto un permiso de la Ley de Agua Limpia (Clean Water Act) para abordar la escorrentía de agua de lluvia contaminada en 73 municipios de Puerto Rico. Las aguas de escorrentías de estas comunidades […]
EPA Approves Kansas’ and Iowa’s Lists of Impaired Waters
May 3, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 3, 2022) – EPA has approved Kansas’ and Iowa’s 2022 lists of impaired waters. A water body is placed on an impaired waters list when monitoring finds that pollutant levels prevent the lake, river or stream from attaining its designated uses. Designated uses include human recreation, fish consumption, and maintaining […]
EPA and Wisconsin Announce Door County Now Meets Federal Air Quality Standard for Ozone
May 2, 2022 CHICAGO (May 2, 2022) –Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Door County area will be formally redesignated to attainment of the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone. Air monitoring data from 2019 through 2021 show the area now meets the most recent national standard […]
EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration
First of Five-Year Funding Totaling $238 Million May 2, 2022 BALTIMORE (May 2, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of $40 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for actions to help restore the Chesapeake Bay and advance efforts to promote environmental justice and counter climate change. The $40 million […]
EPA Delivers on Three Water Commitments in the Agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap
April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON (April 28, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing three actions to protect communities and the environment from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our nation’s waters. The actions announced today advance progress under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Plan to Combat PFAS Pollution by improving methods to detect […]
EPA Announces Gulf Guardian Award
April 27, 2022 DALLAS – (April 27, 2022) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf of Mexico Division announced the Gulf of Mexico and the Seagrass Community of Practice as the winners of the Gulf Guardian Award. For four years, the GOMA and CoP have collaborated to identify information needs, management applications and best practices related to […]