About EPA
EPA Region 7 (Midwest)
Serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and nine Tribal Nations
Snow and Ice Storms
During severe winter weather, learn the risks and plan ahead to protect health and the environment.
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Never
run a generator indoors; carbon monoxide is deadly.
"Carbon Monoxide" (30 secs, MP3)
Key Issues
- Agriculture in Region 7
- Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City, Missouri
- Carter Carburetor Site in St. Louis, Missouri
- Chicago Heights Boulevard Site in St. Louis County, Missouri
- Clean, Green and Healthy Schools
- Cleanups in Region 7
- Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program
- Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and CAFO inspections
- Doe Run Resources Corp. of St. Louis, Missouri
- Healthy Homes Community Initiative
- Historic Highways Project
- Joplin, Missouri, Tornado Response
- Kansas City, Missouri, Consent Decree - Clean Water Act
- Omaha Lead Superfund Site
- Route 66 State Park near Eureka, Missouri - Sampling Activity
- Solid waste issues in Region 7
- St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District Settlement
- Strecker Forest Environmental Review in Wildwood, Missouri
- A-Z Index of all Region 7 topics
Regional Priorities
- Protecting and improving water quality across America's greatest watershed, the Missouri-Mississippi Basin
- Remedying a legacy of polluted soil by cleaning up neighborhoods in places as diverse as downtown Omaha and rural Missouri's Lead Belt
- Enforcing a new generation of air quality laws that encourage industrial and transport innovation by protecting public health
Region 7 News & Events
Events
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Missouri Rural Water Association Annual Technical Conference, March 12-14, 2013, Branson, Missouri
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American Water Works Association and Missouri Water Environment Association Joint Conference, March 27, 2013, Osage Beach, Missouri
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Heartland Regional Water Conference, April 16, 2013, Overland Park, Kansas
- Smart Growth Technical Assistance Event, April 17, 2013, Lawrence, Kansas