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• EPA Settles with Pan Pacific, Times Supermarket, Don Quijote, and Marukai Hawaii over Sale of Unregistered Disinfectants and Other Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Pan Pacific, Times Supermarket, Don Quijote, and Marukai Hawaii over Sale of Unregistered Disinfectants and Other Products

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA penalizes a Massachusetts chemical company for allegedly violating chemical safety law

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes a Massachusetts chemical company for allegedly violating chemical safety law

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA takes action against Connecticut contractor for failing to follow lead-safe work practices when renovating

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action against Connecticut contractor for failing to follow lead-safe work practices when renovating

  • Release Date: January 25, 2024

• EPA Fines Omaha Chemical Manufacturing Facility for Alleged Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Omaha Chemical Manufacturing Facility for Alleged Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws

  • Release Date: January 24, 2024

• La EPA multa a la instalación de fabricación química de Omaha por presuntas violaciones de varias leyes ambientales

  EPA News Release: La EPA multa a la instalación de fabricación química de Omaha por presuntas violaciones de varias leyes ambientales

  • Release Date: January 24, 2024

• EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers nationwide screening levels for the first time in 30 years, impacting sites in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• EPA Fines Harvard, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Harvard, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: January 11, 2024

• EPA Requires Toxics Release Inventory Reporting for Seven Additional PFAS

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Toxics Release Inventory Reporting for Seven Additional PFAS

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule to Prevent Inactive PFAS from Reentering Commerce

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule to Prevent Inactive PFAS from Reentering Commerce

  • Release Date: January 8, 2024

• EPA Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  Many areas in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska have the potential for elevated indoor radon levels

  EPA News Release: EPA Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  • Release Date: January 4, 2024

• EPA Unveils Historic National Lead Strategy in Omaha, Nebraska

  National Lead Strategy release coincides with renewal of EPA’s agreement with Douglas County Health Department for Omaha Lead Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Unveils Historic National Lead Strategy in Omaha, Nebraska

  • Release Date: October 28, 2022

• EPA Penalizes Property Management and Development Firm in Waterbury for Asbestos and Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA's Connecticut Geographic Initiative on Lead continues to help reduce chemical exposure in overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Property Management and Development Firm in Waterbury for Asbestos and Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• La EPA lanza la primera estrategia de toda la agencia para reducir la exposición al plomo y las disparidades en las comunidades de los Estados Unidos

  La estrategia para reducir los impactos de la exposición al plomo en comunidades de alto riesgo, se basa en inversiones históricas de la Ley Bipartidista de Infraestructura del Presidente Biden

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La EPA lanza la primera estrategia de toda la agencia para reducir la exposición al plomo y las disparidades en las comunidades de los Estados Unidos.

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• EPA’s Most Productive Laboratory Gets 20-Year Facility Lease, Reduces Footprint While Maintaining Analytical Capability and Jobs

  EPA Region 7’s Science and Technology Center in Kansas City, Kansas, employs over 50 personnel and provides over $4M in environmental analyses per year

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Most Productive Laboratory Gets 20-Year Facility Lease, Reduces Footprint While Maintaining Analytical Capability and Jobs

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022