News from July 2023
Messer LLC to pay $1.9 million penalty for Clean Water Act violations at New Cumberland, WV facility
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Messer LLC has agreed to pay a $1.9 million civil penalty for Clean Water Act permit violations at its air products manufacturing facility in New Cumberland, West Virginia.
EPA, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Morgan County School Board Celebrate Transformation of Brownfields Site to Soccer Complex
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz joined representatives of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP)
EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Keddy Mill Superfund Site Superfund Site in Windham, Maine
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today proposed a plan to clean up the Keddy Mill Superfund Site, located on Depot Street in Windham, Maine.
EPA joins Mayor Hancock to award over $1 million for revitalization of contaminated riverfront property in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
At an event today at the newly-opened Thrive residential complex in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood, Kelly Watkins of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA Announces Over $50 Million to Assist Small, Underserved, and Disadvantaged Communities in Accessing Clean and Safe Drinking Water
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $50.4 million in annual funding to states and territories for communities most in need of access to clean and safe drinking water.
EPA Statement on Sackett v. EPA
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Army (agencies).
EPA and Senator Carper join DNREC for visit to Standard Chlorine Superfund Site in New Castle, DE
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
During a visit to Delaware this week, EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe joined Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), and Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
EPA, North American Development Bank Announce Water Infrastructure & Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Cleanup Funding for Vinton, Texas
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the North American Development Bank (NADBank) and Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16)
EPA Begins Assessment Activities at HPI Products Inc. in St. Joseph, Missouri
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
An EPA on-scene coordinator (OSC) and contractors have begun the removal assessment phase at HPI Products Inc. facilities in St. Joseph, Missouri.
EPA Settles with Shipping Companies over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled with two shipping companies over claims of violations of EPA’s Vessel General Permit issued under the Clean Water Act. Under the terms of the settlements, Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $278 Million in Funding to Improve Water Infrastructure for Tribes and Alaska Native Villages
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
Today, at an event with Lummi Nation in Bellingham, Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA to Hold Public Engagement Session in Superior, Wisconsin, on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
On Wednesday, July 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public engagement session in Superior, Wisconsin to solicit public input for the new 2025-2029 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Plan.
EPA Resolves Clean Air Act Violations with Didion Ethanol LLC Facility in Cambria, Wisconsin
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Didion Ethanol LLC for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act in Cambria, Wisconsin.
EPA Invests Over $50 Million to Protect San Francisco Bay and Its Watersheds, Build Resilience to Climate Change
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced 24 projects receiving nearly $52 million in grant funding at an event in Oakland, Calif., along with U.S. Representative Barbara Lee and project grantees.
New England Continues to Experience Poor Air Quality due to Smoke from Canadian Wildfires on Thursday June 29, 2023
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
New England state air quality forecasters are predicting elevated concentrations of fine particle air pollution due to wildfires in Quebec and Northern Ontario.
EPA, West Virginia Join McDowell County Officials at Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate New Sewer Project
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz joined West Virginia and McDowell County officials in Welch today for a ribbon cutting celebrating the completion of the first phase of the Coalwood Wastewater project.
EPA announces $278 million to improve water infrastructure for tribes and Alaska Native Villages
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
During a visit yesterday with the Lummi Nation in Bellingham, Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox, announced more than $278 million in funding for American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to improve water infrastructure.
EPA Announces New Framework to Prevent Unsafe New PFAS from Entering the Market
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its framework for addressing new and new uses of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Long-Polluted Site in Trenton, New Jersey Project Slated to Get Nearly $2 Million for Cleanup
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Trenton, New Jersey will get nearly $2 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to clean up a former industrial site in Trenton, New Jersey while advancing environmental justice.
EPA and Congresswoman Velázquez Announce $7 Billion Solar for All Grant Competition at Community Workshop in Brooklyn, New York
By EPA Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez and New York State leaders at a community workshop in Brooklyn, New York.