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EPA Finalizes First-of-Its-Kind Air Quality Plan to Promote Clean Air and Facilitate Economic Growth in Maricopa County

Today, EPA took a historic step by approving a first-of-its-kind air quality rule that will enable the building and expansion of manufacturing, power plants, and other critical industries without increasing emissions in Maricopa County, Arizona.
- Release Date: November 5, 2026
Administrator Zeldin Completes 4-Day Swing Across Florida, Meeting with Ranchers, Scientists, Energy Producers, and Manufacturers

Last weekend, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin traveled across Midwestern and Southeastern Florida where he met with Florida ranchers, manufacturers, storm recovery professionals, and scientists.
- Release Date: November 5, 2026
Deputy Administrator Fotouhi Celebrates EPA’s Kerr Laboratory’s 60th Anniversary During Three-Day Oklahoma Swing

On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi celebrated the 60th anniversary of the agency’s Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma during three-day Oklahoma swing.
- Release Date: November 4, 2026
Mid-Atlantic Agriculture Leaders Praise EPA Action Bringing Closure to 20-Year-Old Agreement and Ending Decades of Uncertainty for American Farms

Following U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it would not develop emissions estimates as part of the 2005 Air Compliance Agreement), Mid-Atlantic Ag leaders praised the decision.
- Release Date: November 4, 2026

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