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• Animal Breeding and Testing Company Pleads Guilty to Animal Welfare and Pollution Crimes and Will Pay More than $35M, Including Record Fine in an Animal Welfare Case

  In 2022, Justice Department Secured Surrender of Over 4,000 Beagles from Envigo’s Cumberland, Virginia Facility

  EPA News Release: Animal Breeding and Testing Company Pleads Guilty to Animal Welfare and Pollution Crimes and Will Pay More than $35M, Including Record Fine in an Animal Welfare Case

  • Release Date: June 3, 2024

• Biden Administration Strengthens Commitment to Reducing Food Loss and Waste

  EPA, USDA and FDA Welcome USAID to Federal Interagency Partnership

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Strengthens Commitment to Reducing Food Loss and Waste

  • Release Date: May 30, 2024

• United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  Settlement requires Norfolk Southern to pay for past and future cleanup costs, enhanced rail safety, civil penalty and health monitoring, among other provisions

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: May 23, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $14 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA seeking applications for Brownfields Job Training Grants that will support local environmental job training programs and environmental workforce in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $14 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants Under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  November 2019 explosions prompted evacuations of thousands of area residents and released millions of pounds of extremely hazardous substances

  EPA News Release: Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $300 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice and create healthier communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $300 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• EPA Celebrates Earth Week and Agency Efforts to Prevent Plastic Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Earth Week and Agency Efforts to Prevent Plastic Pollution

  • Release Date: April 26, 2024

• EPA Announces New Policy to Strengthen Civil-Criminal Enforcement Coordination

  New policy will further EPA’s efforts to hold polluters accountable, ensure environmental justice for communities overburdened by pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Policy to Strengthen Civil-Criminal Enforcement Coordination

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: April 19, 2024

• EPA Files Complaint Against California Company for Unlawful Import of HFCs

  Agency continues enforcement campaign against illegal importation of climate super pollutant HFCs

  EPA News Release: EPA Files Complaint Against California Company for Unlawful Import of HFCs

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024

• Colonial Oil to Pay $2.8 Million Penalty for Failure to Meet Clean Air Act Fuels Regulations

  Enforcement action is the first case involving the definition of ocean-going vessel under the Renewable Fuel Standard regulations

  EPA News Release: Colonial Oil to Pay $2.8 Million Penalty for Failure to Meet Clean Air Act Fuels Regulations

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024

• EPA Releases Updated Interim Guidance on Destroying and Disposing of Certain PFAS and PFAS-Containing Materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Updated Interim Guidance on Destroying and Disposing of Certain PFAS and PFAS-Containing Materials

  • Release Date: April 9, 2024

• EPA reaches settlement with Resonac America for illegal import of super climate pollutant at Port of Los Angeles

  EPA continues to advance climate enforcement initiative with another HFC enforcement case

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlement with Resonac America for illegal import of super climate pollutant at Port of Los Angeles

  • Release Date: March 21, 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