EPA News

SEATTLE – Today the U.S. EPA announced that three Alaska Native Corporations were selected to receive $2.5 million in grant funding to assess and clean up legacy contamination on lands conveyed through the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. This…

NEW YORK – La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estado Unidos (USEPA, por sus siglas en inglés) extendió el período de comentario público sobre su plan de limpieza propuesto para abordar el suelo contaminado con plomo y el agua subterránea en el…

BOSTON (Aug. 31, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected an interim remedy for the cleanup of groundwater at the New Hampshire Plating Company Superfund Site (Site), located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. In a decision document, EPA…

SAN FRANCISCO  – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Grocery Outlet Inc. resolving claims that the company violated federal law for the sale and distribution in California of four kinds of wet wipes and a…

NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the public comment period for its proposed cleanup plan to address lead-contaminated soil and groundwater at the Battery Recycling Company Superfund Site in Arecibo, Puerto Rico to October…

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a one-month solicitation for elected and appointed officials to serve on its Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC), which advises the EPA on critical environmental issues…

WASHINGTON – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Japan-based Tadano Ltd. and its subsidiaries – known collectively as the Tadano Group – will pay a $40 million civil penalty and contribute an…

SEATTLE (August 31, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Jens Schkade of Grand View, Idaho has agreed to pay a $88,749 penalty over violations of the Clean Air Act related to the safe handling and disposal of asbestos. …

DALLAS, TEXAS (August 31, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Paul Quinn College (PQC) located in Dallas, Texas, have agreed to enter a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to share environmental knowledge, provide quality Science…

BOSTON (Aug. 30, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 1 is awarding a total of nearly $5 million from the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and two metropolitan…

BOSTON (Aug. 30, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 1 is awarding a total of $3 million from the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program to the State of Maine.…

Investment funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to help tackle the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and cut dangerous air pollution…

BOSTON (Aug. 30, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 1 is awarding a total of $6 million from the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program to the State of Connecticut and three metropolitan statistical areas…

BOSTON (August 30, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 1 is awarding a total of $4 million from the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program to the State of Rhode Island and one metropolitan statistical area…

WASHINGTON – Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan issued an emergency fuel waiver to address a fuel supply emergency in Florida caused by Hurricane Idalia.…