News from June 2023
EPA releases proposed cleanup plan for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund site in Montana
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: Columbia Falls, Mont. (June 2, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a proposed cleanup plan detailing its preferred cleanup option for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) Superfund site in Flathead County, Montana. The proposed cleanup plan provides an overview of ...
EPA Invites Public Input on Plan to Clean Up Contaminated Soil at CPS/Madison Superfund Site in Old Bridge, NJ
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public input on its proposed cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the CPS/Madison Superfund site in Old Bridge, New Jersey. A 30-day public comment period for the proposed plan begins June 1, 2023. EPA will host a public meeting at Old Bridge Senior Center, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, Old Bridge, NJ 08857 on June 15, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. to explain the new cleanup proposal.
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Subcommittee Field Hearing on the Opioid Epidemic and the SUPPORT Act
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a subcommittee field hearing titled "Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Examining the SUPPORT Act Five Years Later."
EPA, Oklahoma Officials Celebrate Agriculture Community’s Contributions to Public Health and Environmental Protection
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS – (June 2, 2022) This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Earthea Nance joined officials from the Oklahoma Conservation Commission (OCC) and Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) to tour several agricultural sites that contribute to the ...
Canadian Wildfires Spark Air Quality Advisory for parts of New England on May 31, 2023
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (May 31, 2023) – New England state air quality forecasters are predicting elevated concentrations of fine particle air pollution due to wildfires in central and southern Nova Scotia. Areas predicted to reach the Moderate 24-hour particle pollution level concentrations on May 31 are: Connecticut, ...
Registration Open for National Brownfields Training Conference, August 8-11 in Detroit
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) today announced that registration is open for the National Brownfields Training Conference, which will be August 8-11 in Detroit.
Comments Sought on Proposed Interim Groundwater Cleanup Plan at New Hampshire Plating Company Superfund Site, Merrimack, N.H.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (May 31, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a Proposed Plan for an interim remedy for the cleanup of groundwater at the New Hampshire Plating Company Superfund Site located on Wright Avenue in Merrimack New Hampshire. EPA is accepting public comments on the Proposed ...
EPA Reaches Settlement with Two Metro Detroit Companies to Halt Sales of Illegal Vehicle Emission Defeat Devices
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO (June 2, 2023) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Green Diesel Engineering LLC and CAV Engineering LLC of Commerce Township, Michigan, to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations from the sale of “defeat devices” designed to bypass or disable vehicle emissions control systems.
EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for the Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co. Superfund site in LaSalle, Illinois
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO (June 1, 2023) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began a 30-day public comment period on its proposal to amend the 2017 cleanup plan for the Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co. Superfund site in LaSalle, Illinois. EPA will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 14, to discuss the proposal and accept comments.
Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire on June 1, 2023
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (May 31, 2023) – New England state air quality forecasters are predicting air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups, due to elevated ground-level ozone, commonly referred to as "smog." The areas that are predicted to exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone on Thursday, ...
Greenwich, Connecticut High School Student Wins EPA’s Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award at International Science and Engineering Fair for Research Project that Tackles Environmental Issues
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON (June 2, 2023) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Naomi Park, an eleventh grader at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut, as the winner of EPA’s 2023 Patrick H. Hurd Award at the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas, Texas. ...
Rule published by Environmental Protection Agency on June 2
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page rule on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
“MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on May 30
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
“MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT“ was published in the Senate section on pages S1786-S1787 on May 30
Week ending May 20: Environmental Protection Agency publishes 8 notices
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
There were eight notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending May 20, according to the Federal Register.
Public notices: Environmental Protection Agency publishes 44 in April
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
There were 44 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in April, according to the Federal Register.
EPA offers new grant application process starting June 5
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2023
Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Priority Research Grants 2023 grant opened on June 5.
“Text of Senate Amendment 94” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on May 31
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2023
The Congressional Record published “Text of Senate Amendment 94” in the Senate section on May 31.
EPA grant application closes on Aug. 2
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2023
San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund, Fiscal Year 2023 grant opened on June 5.
How Your Online Data is Being Abused to Surveil you and Violate Your Freedoms
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: Do you know how much personal information on you and your family is available online for data brokers to harvest without your knowledge?
E&C Leaders Press Health Department Watchdog for Information about Outdated and Incorrect Medicaid Enrollment
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, today sent a letter...