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• EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• EPA selects three Alaska Native organizations for $3.8M to assess and clean up legacy contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA selects three Alaska Native organizations for $3.8M to assess and clean up legacy contamination

  • Release Date: December 9, 2024

• Fort Wainwright pays $233,000 penalty for hazardous waste violations

  EPA News Release: Fort Wainwright pays $233,000 penalty for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: October 24, 2024

• Parker Hannifin pays $366,000 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Enumclaw facility

  EPA News Release: Parker Hannifin pays $366,000 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Enumclaw facility

  • Release Date: October 16, 2024

• Teck Alaska pays $429K penalty for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine

  EPA's settlement with Teck Alaska, Incorporated, for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine near Kotzebue, Alaska.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners

  • Release Date: June 5, 2024

• EPA Denies Alabama’s Coal Ash Permit Program Application

  EPA News Release: EPA Denies Alabama’s Coal Ash Permit Program Application

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• EPA requires industrial facilities to enhance preparation for chemical discharges to water in adverse weather conditions, better protecting the environment and public health

  EPA News Release: EPA requires industrial facilities to enhance preparation for chemical discharges to water in adverse weather conditions, better protecting the environment and public health

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces latest action to better protect communities from treatment of waste explosives

  EPA proposal would strengthen rules for open burning and open detonation to treat waste explosives, reducing environmental and public health impacts

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces latest action to better protect communities from treatment of waste explosives

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• La Administración Biden-Harris anuncia la acción más reciente para proteger mejor a las comunidades del tratamiento de explosivos desechados

  La propuesta de la EPA fortalecería las reglas para la quema y la detonación al aire libre a fin de tratar explosivos desechados, reduciendo los impactos ambientales y de salud pública

  EPA News Release: La Administración Biden-Harris anuncia la acción más reciente para proteger mejor a las comunidades del tratamiento de explosivos desechados

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern

  Proposed rules would better enable regulators to address PFAS under the nation’s hazardous waste law to protect families across the nation

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern

  • Release Date: February 1, 2024

• EPA Launches Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites Along the U.S. Coastline to Help Facilities and Communities Become More Resilient to Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites Along the U.S. Coastline to Help Facilities and Communities Become More Resilient to Climate Change

  • Release Date: May 18, 2023

• EPA issues Toxics Release Inventory 2021 report on chemical releases and waste management in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA issues Toxics Release Inventory 2021 report on chemical releases and waste management in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• EPA Takes Final Action to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination at Ohio Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Final Action to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination at Ohio Facility

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• Air Force agrees to pay $206,811 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska

  EPA News Release: Air Force agrees to pay $206,811 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska

  • Release Date: June 23, 2022