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• EPA issues PFAS test order as part of National Testing Strategy

  EPA News Release: EPA issues PFAS test order as part of National Testing Strategy

  • Release Date: March 25, 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

• Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  EPA News Release: Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $24 million in pollution prevention grants under President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $24 million in pollution prevention grants under President’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: March 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration finalizes ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer

  EPA’s ban is the first rule to be finalized under new Toxic Substance Control Act process, marking historic milestone for nation’s chemical safety efforts

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration finalizes ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer

  • Release Date: March 18, 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

• EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List in Illinois, Iowa, Navajo Nation, Louisiana and Pennsylvania

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List in Illinois, Iowa, Navajo Nation, Louisiana and Pennsylvania

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA finalizes stronger safety standards to protect at-risk communities from chemical accidents

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes stronger safety standards to protect at-risk communities from chemical accidents

  • Release Date: March 1, 2024