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	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2010 17:30:32 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>EPA Awards $130,000 for Emergency Response along U.S.-Mexico Border</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $130,000 to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) to update emergency response plans for Texas and Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas states in Mexico.  The project is part of the U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program, Border 2012.  The project is a cooperative agreement to prepare and respond to oil and hazardous substance incidents along the U.S.-Mexico inland border.  The project extends from Eagle Pass/Piedras Negras to Del Rio/Ciudad Acuna.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Orders Oakland Petroleum Operating, Inc. to Stop Discharging</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cease and desist administrative order to Oakland Petroleum Operating, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Recognizes Whole Foods Market With a Green Power Leadership Award</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Whole Foods Market of Austin, Texas, as a Green Power Partner of the Year for its achievement in using green power, helping grow the nation’s voluntary green power market and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Updates Its National Priorities List of Superfund Sites – One Proposed in Texas</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) today announced the West County Road 112 Ground Water site near Midland, Texas, has been proposed to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Awards $200,000 to Assess Hazardous Properties in Oklahoma City</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $200,000 to the Oklahoma City to inventory potential hazardous brownfields sites and conduct community outreach.  The project will also facilitate implementation of site assessments and development of clean-up plans for potential sites.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Celebrates Cleanup of the Garland Creosoting Superfund Site</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held an open house in Longview, Texas, this afternoon to celebrate the cleanup of the Garland Creosoting Superfund site.  The 12-acre site, located at 3915 Garland Road in Longview, is an abandoned wood treating facility that used creosote to preserve wood products from 1960 to 1997.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Awards $2.4 million to Restore Coastal Habitats in the Gulf</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded more than $2.4 million to revitalize coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico.  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP), and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) are the grant recipients.  They will use the money to restore land lost in areas where commercial and industrial development has decreased natural areas causing habitat loss and land degradation.]]></description>
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		<title>ConocoPhillips and Sasol North America Agree to Resolve Response Costs Perform Cleanup in the Calcasieu Estuary</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Attorney’s Office announced today, the settlement of claims against ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol North America Inc. to resolve their liability to EPA under CERCLA for contamination in the Calcasieu Estuary of Louisiana.  The Justice Department also announced a settlement of claims for natural resource damages against ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol North America Inc. related to contamination in the Estuary.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Awards $470,000 to Establish Environmental Protection Programs in Tribal lands in Oklahoma and New Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $470,000 to tribal Indians in Oklahoma and New Mexico.  The project will enable the tribes to develop and manage environmental programs in their perspective regions.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Awards over $697,000 to Regulate Pesticides</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded nearly $700,000 to Arkansas and Oklahoma to administer their state’s pesticide regulatory program.  The projects will help fund different pesticide programs within the states.  The programs include: enforcement, applicator certification, worker protection standards, pesticides in water, endangered species and implementation of the new Container/Containment Rule.]]></description>
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		<title>Texas receives nearly $140,000 to Protect Citizens from Asbestos</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $138,678 to Texas to protect citizens from possible asbestos exposures.  The project will continue to prevent unnecessary exposure to asbestos in the workplace and in buildings.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA WaterSense Award Presented to Local Utility</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority in New Mexico was recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) WaterSense program for helping to promote water efficiency in its community.]]></description>
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		<title>$323,000 Awarded to Monitor Coastal Beaches in Louisiana</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $323,000 to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.  The funds will aid in the coastal monitoring and notification program for beach safety on Louisiana beaches.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Awards $450,000 RCRA Grant to New Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2010.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $450,000 to the New Mexico Environment Department.  The funds will be used to assist Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) implementation issues.  The grant will promote and stimulate enforcement, facility inspections, corrective actions, state authorizations, program management and provide program information.]]></description>
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