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Tadano Group to Pay $40 Million to Settle Clean Air Act Violations After Selling Noncompliant Diesel Engines

News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Japan-based Tadano Ltd. and its subsidiaries – known collectively as the Tadano Group – will pay a $40 million civil penalty and contribute an additional $3.2 million to reduce diesel emissions ...


Chairs Rodgers and Griffith Announce Oversight Hearing with EPA Inspector General on Biden’s Electric School Buses

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a hearing titled “Making the Grade?: Audit of the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program."


Chairs Rodgers and Griffith Announce Oversight Hearing with EPA Inspector General on Biden’s Electric School Buses

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) today announced a hearing titled “Making the Grade?: Audit of the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program."


Air Plan Approval; Connecticut; New Source Review Permit Program State Plan Revision discussed on Sept. 5 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a four page rule on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


EPA offers new grant application process starting Sept. 6

Region 5 Fiscal Year 2023 and 2024 Wetland Program Development Grants grant opened on Sept. 6.


E&C Republicans Press Ford for Information on Planned EV Battery Plant with Ties to China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, wrote to Ford President and CEO James Farley regarding a new partnership with Chinese-owned Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) to build lithium iron phosphate batteries in the United States.


E&C Republicans Press Ford for Information on Planned EV Battery Plant with Ties to China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, wrote to Ford President and CEO James Farley regarding a new partnership with Chinese-owned Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) to build lithium iron phosphate batteries in the United States.


EPA grant application closes on Nov. 6

Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program grant opened on Sept. 5.


EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a series of settlements today with companies based in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington state that had illegally sold “defeat device” products throughout the United States that altered vehicle emissions control systems. ...


14 notices published in week ending Aug. 19 by Environmental Protection Agency

There were 14 notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency in week ending Aug. 19, according to the Federal Register.


Chair Rodgers Statement on Biden Admin Nursing Home Staffing Rule that Will Harm Patients

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today offered the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a rule to mandate increased nursing home staff ratios...


Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability discussed on Sept. 1 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a one page notice on Sept. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chairs Rodgers, Duncan, and Johnson Request Information Regarding Implementation of NEPA Reforms at Federal Agencies

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) sent letters to the Department of Energy...


Chairs Rodgers, Duncan, and Johnson Request Information Regarding Implementation of NEPA Reforms at Federal Agencies

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) sent letters to the Department of Energy...


Chair Rodgers Statement on Biden Admin Nursing Home Staffing Rule that Will Harm Patients

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today offered the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a rule to mandate increased nursing home staff ratios...


E&C Republican Leaders Open Investigation into Hawaiian Electric Following Deadly Maui Fires

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Hawaiian Electric seeking information regarding...


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Air Plan Approval; Indiana; Volatile Organic Compounds; Cold Cleaner Degreasing on Aug. 30

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Aug. 29 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Democrats’ Drug Price-Setting Scheme Dismantles Medicare’s Promise, Undermines Seniors’ Health

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Biden administration has announced the first 10 medications under its new Medicare price-setting plan for prescription drugs that was established by the Democrats’ so-called “Inflation Reduction Act." This new regime to impose price-controls set by Washington bureaucrats is an...


EPA offers new grant application process starting Aug. 30

FY24 GUIDELINES FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO TRIBAL NATIONS AND ENTITIES ADDRESSING BROWNFIELDS GRANT grant opened on Aug. 30.