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Region 1: EPA New England
Protecting New England's Waters
Eleven Cape Communities Limit Boat Pollution with "No Discharge" Designation in Cape Cod Bay - Largest single protected area in the Northeast
July 14, 2008
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Clean Up Work Underway at Smithfield, R.I. Site
July 21, 2008
EPA has been working closely with the Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental Management (RI DEM) and local officials during the removal of potentially hazardous materials at the Providence Barrel Site in Smithfield, R.I.
Scituate, R.I. School Selected by EPA for Nearly $15,000 Environmental Education Grant
July 187, 2008
Schools in Scituate, R.I. were recently awarded a $14,895 environmental education grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Scituate School Department, which received the grant, will use the funds to train teachers and students in 11th and 12th grade in the use of state-of-the-art mapping technologies.
EPA Administrator Celebrates Hull's Energy Initiatives
July 17, 2008
The Boston Harbor community of Hull, Mass. was visited today by EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson as the Town joined EPA’s New England Community Energy Challenge.
Large Boston Real Estate Corporation Charged With Failing to Warn Tenants About Lead Paint in Mass. and Conn.
July 15, 2008
A large Massachusetts-based real estate corporation and nearly two dozen associated entities may be subject to a multi-million dollar penalty for repeatedly violating federal lead paint disclosure laws at properties they own or rent in eleven communities in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
U.S. EPA, University of Vermont’s Gund Institute Team Up to Develop New Ways to Understand Ecosystem Services
July 8, 2008
A new partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) and the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont will help decision makers more accurately weigh the costs and benefits of actions that alter ecosystem services -- the goods and services of nature such as clean air and water, erosion and flood control, soil enrichment, and food and fiber.
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Important Dates & Meetings
- July 31, 2008
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Public Meeting - August 14, 2008
South Weymouth Naval Air Station Restoration Advisory Board - South Weymouth, MA - August 20, 2008
NETC (Newport) Restoration Advisory Board - Newport, RI - August 28, 2008
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Public Meeting - September 11, 2008
South Weymouth Naval Air Station Restoration Advisory Board - South Weymouth, MA - September 17, 2008
NETC (Newport) Restoration Advisory Board - Newport, RI - September 25, 2008
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Public Meeting - More Public Meetings
