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• 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 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 Completes Agreements to Settle Clean Water Act Violations From Biosolids Land Application in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Agreements to Settle Clean Water Act Violations From Biosolids Land Application in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: December 20, 2019

• EPA Recognizes Sprint and 8 Other Electronics Industry Leaders for Achievements in Innovation and Recycling

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Sprint and 8 Other Electronics Industry Leaders for Achievements in Innovation and Recycling

  • Release Date: December 18, 2019

• EPA Announces $1.5 Million in Funding to Reduce Emissions From Diesel Engines in Four Midwest States

  EPA anticipates awarding approximately $44 million across the country in Diesel Emission Reduction Program grant funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.5 Million in Funding to Reduce Emissions From Diesel Engines in Four Midwest States

  • Release Date: December 10, 2019

• Kansas Water Infrastructure Projects Recognized by EPA for Excellence and Innovation

  EPA News Release: Kansas Water Infrastructure Projects Recognized by EPA for Excellence and Innovation

  • Release Date: November 20, 2019

• EPA Announces Availability of $1.2 Million in Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of $1.2 Million in Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

  • Release Date: November 13, 2019

• EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Calls for Nominations for 2020 President’s Environmental Youth Awards and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators

  Applications due by Jan. 15, 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Calls for Nominations for 2020 President’s Environmental Youth Awards and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators

  • Release Date: November 7, 2019

• Harcros Chemicals Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, to Pay Civil Penalty and Pay for Project to Reduce Isopropyl Alcohol Releases Into Environment

  EPA News Release: Harcros Chemicals Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, to Pay Civil Penalty and Pay for Project to Reduce Isopropyl Alcohol Releases Into Environment

  • Release Date: October 31, 2019

• EPA Proposes to Add Caney Residential Yards Superfund Site in Caney, Kansas, to Superfund's National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Add Caney Residential Yards Superfund Site in Caney, Kansas, to Superfund's National Priorities List

  • Release Date: October 30, 2019

• Mayors of KCK and KCMO Announce Job Training Initiatives With EPA

  EPA’s job training grants help build skilled workforce

  EPA News Release: Mayors of KCK and KCMO Announce Job Training Initiatives With EPA

  • Release Date: October 28, 2019

• Mayors of KCK and KCMO to Announce Job Training Initiatives in Joint News Conference With EPA

  EPA News Release: Mayors of KCK and KCMO to Announce Job Training Initiatives in Joint News Conference With EPA

  • Release Date: October 25, 2019

• Funding Now Available for Locally Focused Environmental Education Grants in Midwest

  EPA News Release: Funding Now Available for Locally Focused Environmental Education Grants in Midwest

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019