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• Pilot Travel Centers to Pay $121K Penalty for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: Pilot Travel Centers to Pay $121K Penalty for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 27, 2022

• EPA Proposes Interim Cleanup Plans for Groundwater at Washington County Lead District Superfund Sites in Missouri

  Proposed Plans will address lead and other heavy metal contamination in private, domestic drinking water wells at residential properties

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Interim Cleanup Plans for Groundwater at Washington County Lead District Superfund Sites in Missouri

  • Release Date: July 19, 2022

• EPA Awards $25K Research Grant to University of Missouri Students to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

  P3 Project seeks to develop affordable, point-of-use drinking water filtration system

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $25K Research Grant to University of Missouri Students to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: July 19, 2022

• Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K and Perform Watershed Restoration for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K and Perform Watershed Restoration for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: July 11, 2022

• Cedar Falls, Iowa, 12th Grader Wins 2022 President’s Environmental Youth Award

  Iowa student’s public service announcement promotes LED light bulbs and energy reduction

  EPA News Release: Cedar Falls, Iowa, 12th Grader Wins 2022 President’s Environmental Youth Award

  • Release Date: July 5, 2022

• United States Fines BNSF $1.5 Million for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: United States Fines BNSF $1.5 Million for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Announces Two Missouri National Priority List Superfund Sites to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  EPA plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clear out the Superfund backlog and accelerate cleanup for dozens of additional Superfund projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Two Missouri National Priority List Superfund Sites to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Announces Environmental Justice Grant Funding for Eight Community-Driven Projects in Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Environmental Justice Grant Funding for Eight Community-Driven Projects in Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  $12 million available for historically underserved farm-focused projects in Gulf of Mexico watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• EPA Invites Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  Invited projects will help modernize water infrastructure for 25 million Americans while creating up to 49,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  • Release Date: December 7, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $147 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Missouri

  Administrator announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations, calls for prioritizing underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $147 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Missouri

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $110 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Iowa

  Administrator announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations, calls for prioritizing underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $110 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Iowa

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• Iowa American Lung Association Awarded $422,155 for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  Project reduces construction, port emissions impacting 24 Iowa, Missouri counties; Iowa, Missouri awarded over $500,000 each for state program

  EPA News Release: Iowa American Lung Association Awarded $422,155 for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  • Release Date: November 22, 2021

• Mason City, Iowa, and Planning Commission in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Awarded Funding to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Municipal Fleets

  EPA News Release: Mason City, Iowa, and Planning Commission in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Awarded Funding to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Municipal Fleets

  • Release Date: November 22, 2021