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• EPA Monitoring Radium Concentrations in Silex, Missouri, Public Water System

  EPA News Release: EPA Monitoring Radium Concentrations in Silex, Missouri, Public Water System

  • Release Date: September 29, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Host Community Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, for Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site

  Community members are invited to learn more about the site, the proposal to the National Priorities List, and EPA’s cleanup plans

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Host Community Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, for Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site

  • Release Date: September 21, 2023

• EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  Announcement comes during Climate Week 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.6M in Missouri Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.6M in Missouri Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $4.5M in Iowa Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $4.5M in Iowa Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference Registration Now Open

  EPA Region 7, Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa will host the conference Nov. 6-8 in Ames, Iowa

  EPA News Release: Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference Registration Now Open

  • Release Date: September 11, 2023

• EPA Superfund Program Proposes Four Sites to National Priorities List, Including Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE in Des Moines

  Community members are encouraged to attend an upcoming Community Meeting to learn more about the site and EPA’s proposed cleanup activities

  EPA News Release: EPA Superfund Program Proposes Four Sites to National Priorities List, Including Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE in Des Moines

  • Release Date: September 7, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Cohost Regional Lead Summit Sept. 12-13 in Kansas City, Missouri

  The summit will focus on strategies to address childhood lead exposure

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Cohost Regional Lead Summit Sept. 12-13 in Kansas City, Missouri

  • Release Date: September 7, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Des Moines Cold Storage Co. Inc. for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Des Moines Cold Storage Co. Inc. for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021

• EPA Announces Progress with Environmental Justice Communities, Including the Heartland

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Progress with Environmental Justice Communities, Including the Heartland

  • Release Date: January 15, 2021

• EPA Publishes Midwest Region’s 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  In 2019, 89% of the chemical waste managed at facilities in Region 7 was not released into the environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Midwest Region’s 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Invites Three Kansas City Metropolitan Area Cities and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality

  Four of 55 new projects to provide water infrastructure upgrades for 30 million Americans, while creating over 40,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Three Kansas City Metropolitan Area Cities and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Issues Stop Sale Orders for Unregistered ‘Outlaw Germ Justice Disinfectant Wipes’

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Stop Sale Orders for Unregistered ‘Outlaw Germ Justice Disinfectant Wipes’

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  For the second time, GLRI grants available to keep trash out of the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021