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• EPA Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa

  Four-day trip in June will celebrate nearly $6M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to communities and coalitions

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases

  EPA News Release: St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA Region 7, Iowa State University, and University of Iowa Announce Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference

  Conference will be held Nov. 6-8, 2023, at Iowa State University

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7, Iowa State University, and University of Iowa Announce Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference

  • Release Date: May 18, 2023

• Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  The restoration of Mill Creek – overseen by EPA, KDHE, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – has begun

  EPA News Release: Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• EPA Facilitates Access Agreement Between Ameren and City of St. Charles, Missouri

  Agreement paves the way for Agency-required work to continue at the Elm Point Wellfield in St. Charles

  EPA News Release: EPA Facilitates Access Agreement Between Ameren and City of St. Charles, Missouri

  • Release Date: May 10, 2023

• EPA Invites Community to Attend May 9 Public Meeting to Discuss West Lake Landfill Design Investigation and Remedial Design Progress

  Operable Unit 1 will be the focus of the meeting in Bridgeton, Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Community to Attend May 9 Public Meeting to Discuss West Lake Landfill Design Investigation and Remedial Design Progress

  • Release Date: May 8, 2023

• EPA Celebrates Career Training, Job Opportunities With 20 Superfund Job Training Initiative Graduates in Omaha, Nebraska

  Federal, county, and city leaders join multilingual graduation ceremony

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Career Training, Job Opportunities With 20 Superfund Job Training Initiative Graduates in Omaha, Nebraska

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Awards $400K Check to Denison, Iowa, for Brownfields Grant

  Funding will target assessment and reuse plans for Denison Municipal Utility Power Plant and Avenue C sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Awards $400K Check to Denison, Iowa, for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• La Región 7 de la EPA entrega un cheque de $400K a Denison, Iowa, para una subvención de Brownfields

  Los fondos se destinarán a la evaluación y los planes de reutilización para la Planta de Energía de Servicios Públicos Municipales de Denison y los sitios de Avenue C

  EPA News Release: La Región 7 de la EPA entrega un cheque de $400K a Denison, Iowa, para una subvención de Brownfields

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• EPA Recognizes Des Moines-Based Hy-Vee as GreenChill Program Celebrates 15 Years of Supporting Smart Refrigerant Management Across Supermarket Industry

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Des Moines-Based Hy-Vee as GreenChill Program Celebrates 15 Years of Supporting Smart Refrigerant Management Across Supermarket Industry

  • Release Date: September 27, 2022

• EPA Orders New Strawn, Kansas, Excavator to Cease Dumping and Restore Wetlands

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders New Strawn, Kansas, Excavator to Cease Dumping and Restore Wetlands

  • Release Date: September 27, 2022

• EPA to Begin Free Lead Testing at Cherokee County, Kansas, Superfund Site

  New sitewide assessment will include testing of eligible residential yards, private drinking water wells, parks, and agricultural areas

  EPA News Release: EPA to Begin Free Lead Testing at Cherokee County, Kansas, Superfund Site

  • Release Date: September 13, 2022

• EPA Selects Five Recipients for Pollution Prevention Grants in Region 7 Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  K-State, MSU, Missouri S&T, UNL, and Iowa Department of Natural Resources selected for grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Five Recipients for Pollution Prevention Grants in Region 7 Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Include Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa

  Agency will work to remediate site of PCE that originated from historic dry-cleaning services

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Include Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa

  • Release Date: September 7, 2022

• EPA Proposes Bellevue, Nebraska, Site for Addition to Superfund National Priorities List

  After 60-day public comment period, EPA may add site to NPL if it continues to meet listing requirements

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Bellevue, Nebraska, Site for Addition to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 7, 2022