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Timeline, 2000s


2000 EPA endorses cleaner diesel fuels plan EPA bans most Dursban uses EPA proposes Hudson River PCBs cleanup plan				The GE Hudson Falls Plant discharged PCBs into the Hudson River larger photo (23KB)

EPA deployed vacuum cleaner trucks to Manhattan - Sept. 2001 larger photo (16KB)				2001 Christie Whitman appointed Agency Administrator EPA and White House honor young environmentalists U.S. signs Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants EPA responds to September 11

2002 EPA awards Brownfields grants to assess the contamination of abandoned properties EPA issues Strategic Plan for Homeland Security EPA and Agriculture work together to improve America's waters (Concentrated Feeding Operations Rule)				EPA awards Brownfields grants

Mike Leavitt's swear-in - Nov. 6, 2003 larger photo (53KB)				2003 Michael O. Leavitt appointed Agency Administrator EPA proposes the first-ever mercury emissions regulations on power plants EPA announces the Clean School Bus USA program.

2004 EPA issues the Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Rule New, more protective 8-hour ozone and fine particulate standards go into effect across the nation.				Smog, including fine particle pollution, obscures city skylines.

Steve Johnson's swear-in - May 2, 2005 larger photo (27KB)				2005 EPA issues the Clean Air Interstate Rule and the Clean Air Mercury Rule Stephen L. Johnson appointed Agency Administrator EPA responds to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

2006 EPA becomes the first major federal agency to purchase green power equal to 100 percent of its annual electricity use EPA strengthens standards for PM2.5 particle pollution Cleaner-burning diesel fuel becomes available to motorists Superfund marks 1,000th construction completion				Once fully implemented, the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel will result in the annual reduction of 2.6 million tons of nitrogen oxides and 110,000 tons of particulate matter.

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