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Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Subcommittee Legislative Hearing on All Hazards and Public Health Security Threats
By EPA Newswire | Jun 7, 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 legislative hearing titled “Legislative Solutions to Bolster Preparedness and Response for All Hazards and Public Health Security Threats."
E&C Leaders Press Health Department Watchdog for Information about Outdated and Incorrect Medicaid Enrollment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...
E&C Leaders Press Health Department Watchdog for Information about Outdated and Incorrect Medicaid Enrollment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...
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?
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. ...
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, ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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, ...
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 ...
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 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.
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 ...
St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 31, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will collect a $49,953 penalty from Trans
EPA Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 31, 2023) – On Monday, June 5, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister will begin a four-day tour through Missouri and Iowa to celebrate recent Brownfields grant selections with the communities and coalitions that will benefit from this Investing in America funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
EPA Fines Heritage Environmental Services LLC in KCMO for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 1, 2023) – Heritage Environmental Services LLC in Kansas City, Missouri, will pay $74,095 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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."
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: BOSTON (May 31, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $500,000 from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the cleanup of a brownfields site in Rhode Island while advancing environmental justice.