U.S. EPA News for Region 02 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/By+Date!open en-us http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C9DEBA6208219B6E85257A0800557F53 (New York, N.Y.) With Memorial Day and summer approaching, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that New York State marinas take steps to prevent the pollution of local waterways. At the Albany Yacht Club this morning, EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck highlighted the best environmental practices for reducing pollution from boat washing and other maintenance activities that can degrade water quality Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C9DEBA6208219B6E85257A0800557F53 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1C6811E4A3CF253185257A0600639FCE (Albany, NY) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck was joined by Congressional Representative Paul Tonko, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Deputy Commissioner Eugene Leff and Troy Mayor Lou Rosamilia on the shore of the Hudson River to mark the third season of dredging to remove PCB-contaminated sediment from a 40-mile stretch of the river between Fort Edward and Troy, New York Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1C6811E4A3CF253185257A0600639FCE http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0C26B20E178ED199852579FE0064671F (San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 14, 2012) - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing that it is accepting public comments on its proposed action to approve an air permit to construct a garbage incinerator in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Energy Answers International, Inc. has proposed to construct a new 77 megawatt facility at the former site of the Global Fibers Paper Mill in Barrio Cambalache, Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The EPA encourages public participation and input in this decision Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0C26B20E178ED199852579FE0064671F http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/53B32ACA759E747C852579F8005F3FC4 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will discuss plans to address high levels of contaminants, including PCBs, mercury and dioxin, which are present in Passaic River mud adjacent to Riverside Park in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Dioxin causes serious health effects, including cancer. PCBs are suspected carcinogens and mercury can cause serious damage to the nervous system Tue, 8 May 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/53B32ACA759E747C852579F8005F3FC4 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C13C745AEE067B22852579F20062A261 (New York, N.Y.) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congressmember Frank Pallone were in Morganville, N.J. today to announce the completion of a $50 million contaminated soil cleanup, which clears the way for the redevelopment of the property. The site received $33 million in new funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to accelerate the hazardous waste cleanup already underway Wed, 2 May 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C13C745AEE067B22852579F20062A261 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/444760521D0D8A5C852579ED0067579C (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has honored two organizations in the U.S. Virgin Islands with Environmental Quality Awards for their achievements in protecting public health and the environment. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by Mayor Dana Redd of Camden, New Jersey to present the awards to this year's recipients at a ceremony at EPA's offices in Manhattan Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/444760521D0D8A5C852579ED0067579C http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/185A8CDBDD05CAD3852579ED00671B2C (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has honored an environmental educational project, a media organization and a business in Puerto Rico with Environmental Quality Awards for their achievements in protecting public health and the environment. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by Mayor Dana Redd of Camden, New Jersey to present the awards to this year's recipients at a ceremony at EPA's offices in Manhattan Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/185A8CDBDD05CAD3852579ED00671B2C http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/10A760E3B4346DE8852579ED0064DEEE (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has honored ten individuals and organizations from across New Jersey with Environmental Quality Awards for their achievements in protecting public health and the environment. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by Mayor Dana Redd of Camden, New Jersey to present the awards to this year's recipients at a ceremony at EPA's offices in Manhattan Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/10A760E3B4346DE8852579ED0064DEEE http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/037424A1351269D7852579ED0063F11D (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has honored 26 individuals, organizations and businesses from across New York State with Environmental Quality Awards for their achievements in protecting public health and the environment. EPA also recognized a student from Jericho, N.Y. who is one of ten students selected from across the country to receive the President's Environmental Youth Award. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/037424A1351269D7852579ED0063F11D http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/05D62FEF5AC57714852579EA0057B535 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued legal complaints against two Brooklyn stores for violating federal pesticides law by selling and distributing illegal pesticides. Products used to kill pests must be registered with EPA to ensure that they will not make people sick and contain labels with instructions on their proper use. In September 2011, EPA inspections of two Brooklyn establishments, Man Li Trading, Inc Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/05D62FEF5AC57714852579EA0057B535 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E3894792198017CE852579E900508ECE (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today signed an agreement with SL Green Realty Corp., one of the largest commercial real estate owners and operators in the New York City area, to reduce the environmental impacts of the buildings it manages. The company has agreed to improve energy and water efficiency, reduce waste, and use green landscaping practices. SL Green owns 72 properties throughout the New York metropolitan area Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E3894792198017CE852579E900508ECE http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/60B673D0700363CD852579E600477B5E (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to demolish a building, dig up contaminated soil and sediment, and treat the ground water at the Crown Cleaners of Watertown, Inc. Superfund site in Herrings, New York Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/60B673D0700363CD852579E600477B5E http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D865F4AD86DC955B852579E500565558 (New York, N.Y.) With Earth Day approaching on Sunday, April 22, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator, Judith A. Enck today visited Ecovative Design in Green Island, New York to emphasize the important contributions to public health and the environment of businesses that make environmentally responsible products. Ms Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D865F4AD86DC955B852579E500565558 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E9E9919709ABB2AD852579DF005BE199 (San Juan, Puerto Rico) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $100,000 in funding to assess the need for a new, independent Children's Environmental Health Center in Puerto Rico. The news was announced by EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck at a meeting of public health and medical professionals at the University of Puerto Rico's Medical Sciences Campus in San Juan. In addition, Ms Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E9E9919709ABB2AD852579DF005BE199 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/47D454E4D2BE4185852579DE006779BD (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made available today the results of ground water sampling taken in December 2011 at the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund site in LeRoy, New York. This sampling is part of an ongoing investigation of the nature and extent of the contamination from that site. The results, currently available online, are consistent with previous results from quarterly sampling Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/47D454E4D2BE4185852579DE006779BD http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/73511D7B23952D02852579DE005322C6 (New York, N.Y.) The Northeast Diesel Collaborative - a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, state agencies, and private and nonprofit groups - today recognized four organizations for their outstanding leadership and efforts in reducing diesel emissions. The collaborative honored several agencies and organizations from Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Vermont as part of its second annual Northeast Diesel Collaborative Breathe Easy Leadership Awards Program Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/73511D7B23952D02852579DE005322C6 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/78DA70D9515C587E852579DD00647CF8 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the General Electric Company and SI Group, Inc. (formerly Schenectady Chemical) to collect and properly dispose of contaminated ground water and liquid leaching from the Dewey Loeffel landfill that is threatening several nearby drinking water wells Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/78DA70D9515C587E852579DD00647CF8 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/BEAD4D5ADEAD891B852579DC0056A39E (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health violated federal law governing the handling and storage of hazardous waste at two of its facilities and has fined the agency $68,000 for the violations. EPA inspections at the facilities, the Old Municipal Facility in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas and 3500 Estate Richmond, Christiansted in St Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/BEAD4D5ADEAD891B852579DC0056A39E http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/DEF01840F44E362F852579D4006D0217 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a total of $441,860 in grants to fund projects in New Jersey and New York that protect people's health and the environment by preventing pollution. "Pollution prevention is some of the most important work being done to protect the environment," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck Mon, 2 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/DEF01840F44E362F852579D4006D0217 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0F72D715A3A0F3A3852579D40056F16C (New York, N.Y.) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy today toured two hazardous waste sites on Long Island to highlight the success of the federal Superfund law in protecting the health of people who live and work near contaminated sites. Mayor Donald Brudie of Garden City and Mayor Wayne J. Hall, Sr Mon, 2 Apr 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0F72D715A3A0F3A3852579D40056F16C http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A688B72EFE5B90F9852579D4006A5BE9 (Fort Edward, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently conducting a five-year review of the cleanup that has been conducted so far on the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site, which extends from Hudson Falls, New York, to New York City. The cleanup work is being performed in the Upper Hudson River north of Troy, New York Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A688B72EFE5B90F9852579D4006A5BE9 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E0C23898253D4371852579C3005B8363 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a complaint against CRM Rental Management, Inc. of Rome, N.Y. for not informing residents of its buildings about potential lead-based paint in their apartments. It is estimated that three-quarters of U.S. residential dwellings built before 1978 contain some lead-based paint Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E0C23898253D4371852579C3005B8363 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9458331B8E62615C852579C2006187E0 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the Buffalo Sewer Authority in Buffalo, New York to comply with federal Clean Water Act requirements for combined sewer systems to protect people's health and water quality. Combined sewer systems carry domestic sewage, stormwater runoff and industrial wastewater in the same pipes. During periods of heavy rain, they can overflow and send untreated sewage and toxic materials into local waters Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9458331B8E62615C852579C2006187E0 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0D141AA21F052084852579C0006754C0 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging applications for $100,000 in funding to study contaminated sites and other sources of pollution that are impacting water quality in the lower and middle Raritan River Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0D141AA21F052084852579C0006754C0 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7C2B4347A0C05755852579C00061EA79 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed adding the Orange Valley Regional Ground Water site in Orange and West Orange, New Jersey to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country's most hazardous waste sites. Ground water under the site, which includes heavily populated urban and suburban areas of Orange and West Orange, is contaminated with the chemicals tetrachloroethylene or PCE, trichloroethylene or TCE and cis-1,2-dichloroethylene Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7C2B4347A0C05755852579C00061EA79 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A5485F74B622CC6D852579C00061B5FD (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has added the Eighteen Mile Creek site in Niagara County, New York to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country's most hazardous waste sites. Sediment in some areas of the creek is contaminated with harmful chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals and dioxin, which can have serious effects on people's health, wildlife and the environment Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A5485F74B622CC6D852579C00061B5FD http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7346CEBD7AED2918852579C0005F8DCB (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has added the Corozal Well site in Barrio Palos Blancos, Corozal, Puerto Rico to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country's most hazardous waste sites. Sampling at the site, which is in a rural area near the municipalities of Corozal and Naranjito, found that the chemical tetrachloroethylene or PCE is contaminating a well used to supply drinking water to local residents Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7346CEBD7AED2918852579C0005F8DCB http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/15E33C99768168DA852579BF005F05A1 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Georgian Court University have entered into an agreement to enhance environmental practices at the university. The agreement, signed today by EPA Region 2 Chief of Staff Lisa Plevin and Georgian Court University President Rosemary E. Jeffries, RSM, Ph.d., commits the university to participate in various EPA environmental stewardship programs, and promises technical assistance and support from the EPA Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/15E33C99768168DA852579BF005F05A1 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/40204935C044E881852579BC005A7E00 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will offer technical assistance to Madison County, New York, to help it implement smart growth strategies that preserve the county's rural character. This initiative, which is part of the EPA's Smart Growth Implementation Assistance program, aims to help communities address development challenges in ways that improve the economy, the environment and public health Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/40204935C044E881852579BC005A7E00 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/CB17572711B5BBEE852579BC005A4600 (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the city of Binghamton, the town of Stony Point in Rockland County, and Onondaga County will receive technical assistance through the Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities program. The assistance will be provided by EPA-funded private-sector experts, who will conduct workshops in each community Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:00:01 -0400 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/CB17572711B5BBEE852579BC005A4600