News from June 2023
Chair Rodgers: EPA is Ceding America's Vehicle Leadership to China
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled “Driving Affordability: Preserving People’s Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles and Fuel.”
Subcommittee Chair Johnson Opening Statement on Preserving Americans’ Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Driving Affordability: Preserving People’s Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles and Fuel."
Chair Rodgers: EPA is Ceding America's Vehicle Leadership to China
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled “Driving Affordability: Preserving People’s Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles and Fuel."
O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith Opening Statement on Reviewing MACRA
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “MACRA Checkup: Assessing Implementation and Challenges that Remain for Patients and Doctors."
Environmental Protection Agency discusses Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC); Notice of Public Meeting on June 22
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Chair Rodgers: EPA is Ceding America's Vehicle Leadership to China
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled “Driving Affordability: Preserving People’s Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles and Fuel."
EPA grant application closes on Aug. 7
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) grant opened on June 23.
Chair Rodgers Opening Statement on Oversight of MACRA
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “MACRA Checkup: Assessing Implementation and Challenges that Remain for Patients and Doctors."
Environmental Protection Agency publishes rule on June 22
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
KC Performance Diesel LLC in Kansas City, Kansas, Settles Clean Air Act Enforcement Case with EPA
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 22, 2023) – Kansas City, Kansas, diesel service and auto repair shop KC Performance Diesel LLC agreed to settle an enforcement action with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allegedly tampering with car engines to render emissions controls inoperative and for failing to permit EPA access to inspect and copy records. These actions were violations of the federal Clean Air Act, according to EPA.
EPA Marks National Pollinator Week by Proposing Protections for 27 of the Most Vulnerable Endangered Species, Including Some Pollinators, from Pesticides
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today, during National Pollinator Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing its work to protect pollinators by proposing geographically-specific protections that would limit the use of pesticides in the habitat of 27 endangered and threatened (listed) species, including ...
EPA Continues to Oversee the Groundwater Investigation at the Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund Site in Uniontown, Ohio
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO (June 22, 2023) – This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began oversight of the potentially responsible party’s additional groundwater investigations in Uniontown and Green, Ohio, west of the Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund site at 12646 Cleveland Ave., Uniontown.
Chair Rodgers Statement on Anniversary of Dobbs Ruling
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson...
Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability discussed on June 23 by Environmental Protection Agency
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
EPA, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Morgan County School Board Celebrate Transformation of Brownfields Site to Soccer Complex
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: EPA, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and Morgan County School Board Celebrate Transformation of Brownfields Site to Soccer Complex PHILADELPHIA (June 15, 2023) – EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz joined representatives of the West Virginia Department of Environmental ...
EPA Invites Youth to Serve on Agency’s First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON (June 22, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the formal establishment of the agency’s first-ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council (NEYAC). The NEYAC will provide independent advice and recommendations to Administrator Michael S. Regan on how ...
Environmental Protection Agency discusses Air Plan Approval; Tennessee; Revisions to Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Rules on June 23
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page rule on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Messer LLC to pay $1.9 million penalty for Clean Water Act violations at New Cumberland, WV facility
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: Messer LLC to pay $1.9 million penalty for Clean Water Act violations at New Cumberland, WV facility PHILADELPHIA (June 23, 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 ...
EPA Region 7 to Present City of Maryville, Missouri, with $211K Check for Brownfields Grant
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 23, 2023) – On Monday, June 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will present a $211,000 ceremonial check to the City of Maryville, Missouri. The city will host the ceremony at the Maryville Public Safety Building. EPA has selected the City of Maryville for a ...
Air Plan Approval; Rhode Island; Organic Solvent Cleaning Regulation discussed on June 23 by Environmental Protection Agency
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on June 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.