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• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces EPA’s “Powering the Great American Comeback” Initiative

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces EPA’s “Powering the Great American Comeback” Initiative

  • Release Date: February 4, 2025

• EPA Launches Largest Wildfire Hazardous Material Removal Effort in Agency History

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Largest Wildfire Hazardous Material Removal Effort in Agency History

  • Release Date: February 3, 2025

• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Visits East Palestine, Ohio, with Vice President JD Vance to Mark Two-Year Anniversary of Train Derailment

  This was Zeldin’s first official trip as EPA Administrator

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Visits East Palestine, Ohio, with Vice President JD Vance to Mark Two-Year Anniversary of Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 3, 2025

• EPA settles alleged asbestos violations with companies in Georgia

  EPA News Release: EPA settles alleged asbestos violations with companies in Georgia

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Announces Start of Asbestos Cleanup at the Illinois Cabinet Site in Rockford, Illinois 

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Start of Asbestos Cleanup at the Illinois Cabinet Site in Rockford, Illinois 

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Ameresco Palmetto, LLC of Wellford, South Carolina, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Ameresco Palmetto, LLC of Wellford, South Carolina, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents City of KCMO and KC Regional Brownfields Coalition with Checks Totaling $4.5M for Brownfields Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents City of KCMO and KC Regional Brownfields Coalition with Checks Totaling $4.5M for Brownfields Grants

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Giant Resource Recovery -- Attalla, Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  Company has agreed to pay a $235,782 penalty, perform a Supplemental Environmental Project to reduce air emissions, and make other changes to its waste management practices.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Giant Resource Recovery -- Attalla, Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• Ovintiv USA to Pay $5.5M Penalty and Upgrade Oil and Gas Facilities in Utah to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations

  Compliance measures address violations at 22 facilities in Utah including on Uintah and Ouray Reservation state lands within Uinta Basin

  EPA News Release: Ovintiv USA to Pay $5.5M Penalty and Upgrade Oil and Gas Facilities in Utah to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Fines Companies for Alleged Violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Companies for Alleged Violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Fines Companies for Alleged Violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Companies for Alleged Violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Horizon Tool, Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina, for Alleged Violations of FIFRA

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Horizon Tool, Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina, for Alleged Violations of FIFRA

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Purac America, Inc. d/b/a Corbion for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  Company will pay a $332,000 penalty to resolve the alleged violations and has agreed to perform a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) to improve hazardous waste storage practices at its Tucker, Georgia facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Purac America, Inc. d/b/a Corbion for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 27, 2024

• EPA Releases New Tools to Help Small, Rural, and Tribal Communities with Lagoons Manage Wastewater and Protect Waterbodies

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases New Tools to Help Small, Rural, and Tribal Communities with Lagoons Manage Wastewater and Protect Waterbodies

  • Release Date: September 27, 2024

• EPA Finalizes Plan to Clean Up Contaminated Sediment and Surface Water at Quanta Resources Superfund Site in Edgewater, NJ

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Plan to Clean Up Contaminated Sediment and Surface Water at Quanta Resources Superfund Site in Edgewater, NJ

  • Release Date: September 27, 2024