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EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized stronger standards to improve response efforts to oil spills and hazardous substance releases into waters of the United States and adjoining shorelines under the federal government’s National Contingency Plan (NCP). The new standards ...
EPA Finalizes Consent Order for Safe Defueling and Closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: HONOLULU – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an Administrative Consent Order with the U.S. Department of the Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) that requires steps to ensure the safe defueling and closure of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
EPA Finalizes Rule to Increase Transparency, Modernize Reporting under Toxic Substance Control Act
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON (June 1, 2023) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule to update confidential business information (CBI) requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that increases transparency, modernizes the reporting and review procedures for CBI, and aligns ...
EPA begins sediment cleanup at Little Scioto River Superfund site in Marion Township, Ohio
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO (June 1, 2023) – This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will contact affected property owners as part of the first phase of cleaning up contaminated sediment in a 3.25-mile section of the Little Scioto River Superfund site in Marion Township, Ohio.
EPA and Congresswoman Kathy Castor Highlight $1 Million in Brownfields Job Training Funds for Florida Organizations
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2023
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. (June 2, 2023) – Yesterday in Tampa, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Daniel Blackman and Congresswoman Kathy Castor recognized two Florida-based organizations’ receipt of $1 million in Brownfields job training funds and highlighted the availability of ...
E&C Leaders Request Top NIH Researcher Sit for Videotaped Interview After Admin Stalls on Providing Lethal Mpox Experiment Documents
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
E&C Bipartisan Leaders to Hold Hearing on AM Radio on June 6
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.
Chairs Rodgers, Duncan Announce Hearing on Ensuring, Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Safety Regulation
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) today announced a hearing titled “Oversight of NRC:
Chairs Rodgers, Johnson Announce Hearing on EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Rules
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today announced a hearing titled “Clean Power Plan 2.0: EPA’s Latest Attack on America’s Electric Reliability.”
Chair Rodgers Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of 19 Bills
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Full Committee markup of 19 bills to lower health care costs, boost broadband deployment, and bolster energy security.
Chairs Rodgers, Duncan Announce Hearing on Returning FERC to its Core Mission of Securing Reliable and Affordable Energy
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) today announced a hearing titled “Oversight of FERC.
Chair Rodgers: The DOE Should be Here Today to Answer for Microvast Grant
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Growing the Domestic Energy Sector Supply Chain and Manufacturing Base: Are Federal Efforts Working?”
Chair Rodgers on the House Floor: “The HALT Fentanyl Act Will Save Lives”
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act, in order to save lives and make communities safer.
C&T Subcommittee Chair Latta Opening Remarks on Oversight and Reauthorization of NTIA
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled “Oversight and Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.”
E&C Bipartisan Leaders Announce Plans for Hearing on AM Radio
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.
Chair Rodgers: The DOE Should be Here Today to Answer for Microvast Grant
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Growing the Domestic Energy Sector Supply Chain and Manufacturing Base:
Chair Rodgers Opening Remarks on Oversight and Reauthorization of NTIA
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Communication and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled “Oversight and Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.”
151 House Republicans Demand EPA End Their Effort to Dictate the Cars that Americans Drive
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
151 House Republicans, led by Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging him to rescind the agency’s proposed emissions standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty trucks.
Chair Rodgers’ Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling Regarding Section 230 Immunity
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision today in Gonzalez v. Google LLC.
Chair Rodgers Opening Statement at Health Subcommittee Markup to Lower Costs & Increase Transparency
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup to lower health care costs and to expand competition and access to care.