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• EPA Announces Nearly $2 Million in Cleanup and Climate Grants to Choctaw Nation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Choctaw Nation for two grants totaling nearly $2 million.

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $4 million to the City of New Orleans to expand recycling infrastructure

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3,982,000 in funding to the City of New Orleans to improve material management and to improve existing recycling programs in the city.

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• EPA Rebuilds Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program to Better Assess Human Endocrine Effects of Pesticides

  EPA News Release: EPA Rebuilds Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program to Better Assess Human Endocrine Effects of Pesticides

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• EPA Announces Winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Winners of the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

  • Release Date: October 23, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Trichloroethylene to Protect Public from Toxic Chemical Known to Cause Serious Health Risks

  Proposal aligns with President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot by reducing toxic exposures known to cause cancer

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Ban on Trichloroethylene to Protect Public from Toxic Chemical Known to Cause Serious Health Risks

  • Release Date: October 23, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $800K to Southern University for Pollution Prevention Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Nearly $800K to Southern University for Pollution Prevention Project

  • Release Date: October 20, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  • Release Date: October 20, 2023

• EPA Proposes Rule to Strengthen TSCA Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Rule to Strengthen TSCA Risk Evaluation Process to Protect Workers and Communities

  • Release Date: October 19, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Celebrates Children’s Health Month

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is proudly celebrating Children’s Health Month this October by spreading awareness about the importance of protecting children from environmental threats where they live, learn and play.

  • Release Date: October 18, 2023

• EPA Awards $1.8M in Research Grants to the University of Oklahoma for Children’s Health

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in $1,898,738 grant funding to the University of Oklahoma to establish research centers to address children’s cumulative health impacts from agricultural and non-chemical exposures.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• EPA Announces $2.1 Million in Environmental Projects and $200,000 Civil Penalty in Clean Air Act Violations Against Evergreen Packaging LLC

  On September 27, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with Evergreen Packaging LLC (“Evergreen”) for alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects 24 Recipients to Receive Nearly $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects 24 Recipients to Receive Nearly $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Honors WaterSense Partners for Helping Consumers Conserve Water

  Since 2006, WaterSense partners helped communities save more than 7.5 trillion gallons of water, 880 billion kilowatt-hours of energy, and $171 billion on utilities.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded 47 WaterSense partners for their support of WaterSense and water efficiency at the WaterSmart Innovations conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • Release Date: October 11, 2023

• EPA Announces nearly $700,000 in Settlements for Clean Air Act Violations with Companies in the San Juan Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing administrative penalty settlements with three companies in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico: Logos Operating, LLC, DJR Operating, LLC, and Enduring Resources, LLC.

  • Release Date: October 3, 2023

• EPA Announces 2023 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2023 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  • Release Date: October 2, 2023