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EPA orders Amazon to halt illegal pesticides sales

EPA News Release: EPA orders Amazon to halt illegal pesticides sales

• Release Date: February 9, 2021

EPA penalizes Shell for Anacortes refinery release

Company pays $191,000 penalty for 2015 event that sickened locals

EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Shell for Anacortes refinery release

• Release Date: February 10, 2021

EPA settles stormwater case with KAG West of Tacoma

Company paid $133,225 for failures leading to pollution in Commencement Bay

EPA News Release: EPA settles stormwater case with KAG West of Tacoma

• Release Date: February 11, 2021

New Toxics Release Inventory Data Reported

Information Available for New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and eight Indian Nations

EPA News Release: New Toxics Release Inventory Data Reported

• Release Date: March 21, 2024

EPA $61 Million in Funding Will Put Clean School Buses on the Streets of New York City

EPA News Release: EPA $61 Million in Funding Will Put Clean School Buses on the Streets of New York City

• Release Date: March 18, 2024

La EPA finaliza el plan de limpieza para el Lugar Superfondo Battery Recycling Company en Arecibo, Puerto Rico

EPA News Release: La EPA finaliza el plan de limpieza para el Lugar Superfondo Battery Recycling Company en Arecibo, Puerto Rico

• Release Date: March 14, 2024

EPA Awards grants to Student Teams for Innovative Solutions to Environmental and Public Health Challenges in New York and New Jersey

EPA News Release: EPA Awards grants to Student Teams for Innovative Solutions to Environmental and Public Health Challenges in New York and New Jersey

• Release Date: March 15, 2024

EPA awards $75,000 to the University of Tennessee student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

EPA News Release: EPA awards $75,000 to the University of Tennessee student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

• Release Date: March 14, 2024

EPA awards $75,000 to Queens University of Charlotte student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

EPA News Release: EPA awards $75,000 to Queens University of Charlotte student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

• Release Date: March 14, 2024

EPA awards $75,000 to University of Central Florida’s student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

EPA News Release: EPA awards $75,000 to University of Central Florida’s student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

• Release Date: March 14, 2024

EPA awards $75,000 to Auburn University’s student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

EPA News Release: EPA awards $75,000 to Auburn University’s student team for innovative solutions to environmental public health challenges

• Release Date: March 14, 2024

EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for The Battery Recycling Company Superfund Site in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for The Battery Recycling Company Superfund Site in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

• Release Date: March 14, 2024

EPA to test for soil contamination near U.S. Fireworks site in Memphis, Tennessee and host Open House for residents

EPA News Release: EPA to test for soil contamination near U.S. Fireworks site in Memphis, Tennessee and host Open House for residents

• Release Date: March 13, 2024

EPA Starts Process to Take the Rochester Embayment off List of Badly Polluted Areas in the Great Lakes

EPA News Release: EPA Starts Process to Take the Rochester Embayment off List of Badly Polluted Areas in the Great Lakes

• Release Date: March 13, 2024

EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

This work will support the County of Maui’s efforts to restore wastewater and drinking water impacted by the wildfires

EPA News Release: EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

• Release Date: March 11, 2024

EPA settlement with Haifa North America in Altamonte Springs, Florida resolves alleged TSCA reporting violations

Company will pay $664,267 penalty and submit required reports

EPA News Release: EPA settlement with Haifa North America in Altamonte Springs, Florida resolves alleged TSCA reporting violations

• Release Date: March 6, 2024

EPA proposes adding the Upper Columbia River, WA to Superfund List

EPA News Release: EPA proposes adding the Upper Columbia River, WA to Superfund List

• Release Date: March 5, 2024

EPA Completes Nighttime Operations on Sanitary Sewer Lines in Lahaina on March 2nd

EPA News Release: EPA Completes Nighttime Operations on Sanitary Sewer Lines in Lahaina on March 2nd

• Release Date: March 4, 2024

EPA Plans Sampling for Cleanup of Residential Areas at the Iron King Mine – Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

EPA News Release: EPA Plans Sampling for Cleanup of Residential Areas at the Iron King Mine – Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

• Release Date: February 29, 2024

EPA Invests $1 Million in New York State Communities Through UAlbany-Led Community Air Monitoring Projects

EPA News Release: EPA Invests $1 Million in New York State Communities Through UAlbany-Led Community Air Monitoring Projects

• Release Date: February 26, 2024