Laws & Regulations

Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $4.5 Million in Minnesota Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $4.5 Million in Minnesota Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

• Release Date: September 13, 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Invests $551,877 in Wisconsin Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $551,877 in Wisconsin Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

• Release Date: September 13, 2023

EPA to assess residential yards in Logansport, Indiana, for potential lead contamination and cleanup

EPA News Release: EPA to assess residential yards in Logansport, Indiana, for potential lead contamination and cleanup

• Release Date: October 20, 2021

EPA orders online marketplace to stop selling illegal pesticides

Chalk, other illegal and mislabelled products pose serious risks to kids, elderly, pets

EPA News Release: EPA orders online marketplace to stop selling illegal pesticides

• Release Date: December 20, 2019

EPA Celebrates Greener and Cleaner Schools at Event in Pellston, Michigan

EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Greener and Cleaner Schools at Event in Pellston, Michigan

• Release Date: September 8, 2023

EPA, L.A.-Area Univar Solutions Settle Claims of Hazardous Waste Law Violations

Company penalized for failing to meet hazardous waste storage and management requirements

EPA News Release: EPA, L.A.-Area Univar Solutions Settle Claims of Hazardous Waste Law Violations

• Release Date: September 28, 2022

EPA Announces Open Comment Period for Proposed Plan to Address Carson River Mercury Superfund Site, Nevada’s Sole Superfund Site

EPA News Release: EPA Announces Open Comment Period for Proposed Plan to Address Carson River Mercury Superfund Site, Nevada’s Sole Superfund Site

• Release Date: October 14, 2021

T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition – Superfund Site in Montgomery, Alabama Partially Deleted from Superfund National Priorities List

EPA News Release: T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition – Superfund Site in Montgomery, Alabama Partially Deleted from Superfund National Priorities List

• Release Date: September 20, 2021

EPA Releases Final Plan for Quendall Terminals Cleanup

Creosote, coal tar have polluted land, Lake Washington sediments

EPA News Release: EPA Releases Final Plan for Quendall Terminals Cleanup

• Release Date: July 28, 2020

EPA to begin time-critical removal work at Kaiser site in Mead, Washington

Asbestos, PCBs at former aluminum smelter pose risks to people

EPA News Release: EPA to begin time-critical removal work at Kaiser site in Mead, Washington

• Release Date: July 23, 2020

EPA settles with Transchem Inc. over violations of Toxic Substances Control Act in Carlsbad, California

EPA News Release: EPA settles with Transchem Inc. over violations of Toxic Substances Control Act in Carlsbad, California

• Release Date: September 22, 2022

La EPA de EE.UU. penaliza a 99 Cents Only Stores por la venta de desinfectantes no registrados

$751,000 de multa por vender productos posiblemente dañoso en comunidades vulnerables

EPA News Release: La EPA de EE.UU. penaliza a 99 Cents Only Stores por la venta de desinfectantes no registrados

• Release Date: July 28, 2022

EPA Reaches Settlement with Cornell Forge in Chicago Regarding Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Cornell Forge in Chicago Regarding Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

• Release Date: September 23, 2021

EPA Takes Next Step to Broaden TRI Reporting Requirements for Ethylene Oxide

EPA News Release: EPA Takes Next Step to Broaden TRI Reporting Requirements for Ethylene Oxide

• Release Date: October 13, 2021

LyondellBasell Companies Agree to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Six U.S. Chemical Plants

Settlement Will Cut Flaring at Plants in Texas and Iowa

EPA News Release: LyondellBasell Companies Agree to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Six U.S. Chemical Plants

• Release Date: October 15, 2021

EPA settles with L.A.-area Clean Harbors for claims of improper monitoring of hazardous waste

EPA News Release: EPA settles with L.A.-area Clean Harbors for claims of improper monitoring of hazardous waste

• Release Date: September 26, 2022

Nevada-Based Thatcher Agrees to Pay Penalty, Undertake Project for Fire Department to Settle Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

Under the settlement, owner of Sparks facility will pay a penalty, purchase equipment for fire department

EPA News Release: Nevada-Based Thatcher Agrees to Pay Penalty, Undertake Project for Fire Department to Settle Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

• Release Date: September 5, 2023

EPA Fines Grocery Outlet $392,000 for Sale of Products Claiming to Be “Sterilizing” But Not Tested or Registered

EPA News Release: EPA Fines Grocery Outlet $392,000 for Sale of Products Claiming to Be “Sterilizing” But Not Tested or Registered

• Release Date: August 31, 2023

U.S. EPA begins hazardous material removal work in Lahaina today

EPA News Release: U.S. EPA begins hazardous material removal work in Lahaina today

• Release Date: August 29, 2023

EPA Issues an Administrative Order on Consent to Techtrix, Inc. in Gadsden, Alabama to Properly Manage and Dispose of Waste and Protect Surrounding Community

EPA News Release: EPA Issues an Administrative Order on Consent to Techtrix, Inc. in Gadsden, Alabama to Properly Manage and Dispose of Waste and Protect Surrounding Community

• Release Date: September 15, 2021