Learn the Issues
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Austin, TX: Festival Beach Food Forest
EPA provided a brownfield assessment grant to facilitate the development of a food forest in an undeserved neighborhood of Austin, Texas. The food forest now provides free fruits and vegetables to community members as well as public meeting spaces.
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Quality and Consistency Review of SPCC and FRP Plans
Overview of the quality and consistency review of SPCC/FRP plans and links to outreach webinars
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National Rivers and Streams Assessment 2013-2014 Results
Results for the National Rivers and Streams Assessment 2013-14, including key findings, national results, and ecoregional results,
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Federalism and Tribal Update Materials
Update webinar for tribes, states, local governments, and federal agencies
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SJRWP
Information about the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site.
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Background
The Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area site is in and around Butte, Montana, and includes 26 miles of stream and streamside habitat downstream from Butte. Since the late 1800s, mining wastes have been dumped into areas in and around Butte.
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Risks
Information on the risks at the Butte Area/Silver Bow Creek Superfund Site.
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EPA Regional Administrator Kevin McOmber and U.S. Rep. Clay Fuller to Highlight Significant Brownfield Investments in North Georgia
EPA Regional Administrator Kevin McOmber and U.S. Rep. Clay Fuller and to Highlight Significant Brownfield Investments in North Georgia
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EPA Invests in Innovative Wetland Projects Throughout the Pacific Southwest
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing $3.46 million in wetland grant funding to nine communities across the Pacific Southwest region.
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EPA Completes Household Hazardous Material Removal for Eastern Washington Wildfires Ahead of Schedule
Agency cleared 789 properties within one month, advancing next steps in recovery
EPA's announcement of completion of its household hazardous material removal mission in response to the Eastern Washington wildfires.
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Trump EPA and U.S. Rep. Clay Fuller Highlight Significant Brownfield Investments in North Georgia
On September 18, 2026, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Kevin McOmber and U.S. Representative Clay Fuller (GA-14) joined state and local officials at the Chickamauga Civic Center to highlight $6 million in Brownfields funds
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EPA Announces $251 Million WIFIA Loan to Upgrade Aging Drinking Water Infrastructure and Advance Water Reuse in California
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $251 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Las Virgenes-Triunfo Public Financing Authority in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California, to make improvem
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EPA Advances Cosmo Specialty Fibers Cleanup Work, Continues Treatment Operations
Update on EPA's time-critical removal action at the Cosmo Specialty Fibers site in Cosmopolis, Washington.
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EPA Announces Record of Decision Amendment to Implement Stricter Lead Cleanup Level and Expand Lead Soil Testing to Thousands of Additional Properties in Butte
EPA Announces Record of Decision Amendment to Implement Stricter Lead Cleanup Level and Expand Lead Soil Testing to Thousands of Additional Properties in Butte
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EPA and DOJ Reach $700,000 Settlement with Puerto Rico Sterilizer Over Clean Air Act Violations
EPA and DOJ announced a proposed settlement agreement with commercial sterilization facility operator Steri-Tech, Inc. to reduce ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions at its facility Salinas, Puerto Rico, by 99.99% and pay a $700,000 fine.
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Risk Assessment Current Projects
Guidelines and frameworks under development for cumulative risk assessment, current projects
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Synthesis Report of the US Laboratory Enterprise Evaluation
Synthesis Report of the US EPA Laboratory Enterprise Evaluation
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La EPA y Justicia Federal Llegan a Acuerdo de Multa de $700,000 con Esterilizadora de Equipo Médico por Infracciones a la Ley Federal de Aire Limpio
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE. UU. (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Departamento de Justicia de EE. UU. (DOJ) anunciaron un acuerdo propuesto de resolución con la compañía de esterilización Steri-Tech, Inc. para reducir las emisiones de óxid
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Wednesday: EPA Regional Administrator Kevin McOmber and Saraland Mayor Joe McDonald to Highlight Significant Brownfields Investments in South Alabama
On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Kevin McOmber and City of Saraland Mayor Joe McDonald will join state and local officials to highlight $4 million in Brownfields funding.
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EPA Announces Reconsiderations for Various Burdensome Obama and Biden-era Air Related Actions, Responding to Texas’ Request
After considering new information provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, EPA finds it appropriate to reconsider Texas’ nonattainment classification for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).