New EPA Initiatives Will Help State and Local Governments Cut Climate Pollution from Commercial Buildings
Agency to expand its industry-standard building efficiency and carbon reduction tools and strategies to advance effective building performance policies January 21, 2022 WASHINGTON (Jan. 21, 2022) —Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing new initiatives related to commercial buildings that support President Biden’s ambitious climate agenda. Commercial and multifamily buildings, which contribute 19 […]
EPA to Reconsider Issues Related to Risks Posed by Ethylene Oxide Emissions for Certain Types of Chemical Manufacturing
January 26, 2022 WASHINGTON (Jan. 26, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to reconsider the August 2020 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for chemical plants that fall under the Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing source category (“2020 MON final rule”). EPA is proposing to continue to rely on the […]
EPA Fines Cleaning Products Manufacturer in Great Bend, Kansas, for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations
January 25, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (JAN. 25, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will collect a $144,924 penalty from Fuller Industries Inc. to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Plan Rule. The Great Bend, Kansas, company produces a variety of cleaning products. According to EPA, as part of its […]
EPA Extends Deadline for Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities Grant Applications
January 20, 2022 WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2022) — On January 20, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the grant application deadline to March 25, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (ET) for communities, Tribes, states, local governments, and other eligible entities seeking funding for ambient air monitoring projects in communities with environmental and health outcome […]
EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities
Members of the public can register now to attend and/or provide verbal comment January 19, 2022 DENVER — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a series of upcoming public listening sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy), so communities and stakeholders can provide their […]
EPA Announces New WIFIA Loans Totaling $688 Million, Highlights More than $5 Billion in Water Infrastructure Investments Towards Building a Better America
January 19, 2022 WASHINGTON (Jan. 19, 2022) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans totaling $688 million to help finance water infrastructure projects in Baltimore, Md.; Milwaukee, Wis.; and the San Francisco Bay area. In the first year of the Biden-Harris administration, EPA closed […]
EPA Announces $250 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Water Infrastructure in San Francisco Bay Area
January 19, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 19, 2022) — At a virtual press conference held earlier today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest, Martha Guzman, announced a $250 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Union Sanitary District in Union City, California. EPA’s WIFIA loan will help fund upgrades to […]
EPA and Wisconsin achieve cleaner, healthier air in Rhinelander area
January 12, 2022 CHICAGO (January 12, 2022) –Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) announced the Rhinelander area will be formally redesignated to attainment of the most recent federal air quality standard for sulfur dioxide. Analyses of air monitoring and modeling data show that air concentrations of sulfur […]
EPA Approves Clean Air Act Permit for South Fork Windfarm off the Coast of Martha’s Vineyard
January 18, 2022 BOSTON (January 18, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the final Clean Air Act Outer Continental Shelf air quality permit for South Fork Wind, LLC (South Fork). The South Fork windfarm will be a 130-megawatt (MW) windfarm constructed in federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), southwest […]
West Penn Power to pay $610,000 penalty in Federal-State settlement over discharge violations at coal ash landfills
PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 12, 2022) – West Penn Power of Greensburg, Pennsylvania will pay a $610,000 penalty under a settlement to resolve water discharge violations at two coal ash impoundment landfills in southwestern Pennsylvania, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) announced today. “This settlement reaffirms that compliance with the Clean […]