Great Plains
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EPA Announces Nearly $35 Million to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in Nebraska
EPA announces nearly $35M in funding to protect Nebraskans from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and is part of EPA’s commitment to Making America Healthy Again.
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EPA Announces Over $53 Million to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water in Kansas
EPA announces $53M in funding to protect Kansans from exposure to lead in drinking water. This investment will go directly to states through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and is part of EPA’s commitment to Making America Healthy Again.
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EPA Announces Over $9 Million for Nebraska to Address PFAS in Drinking Water
EPA has announced over $9 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in Nebraska communities that need it most.
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EPA Announces Over $9 Million for Kansas to Address PFAS in Drinking Water
EPA has announced over $9 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in Kansas communities that need it most.
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EPA and USACE Finalize Groundwater Cleanup Plan for the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant
Bacteria will accelerate breakdown of contaminants
EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the finalized cleanup plan in a second Record of Decision Amendment (ROD-A) for the contaminated groundwater plume associated with the former Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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EPA Begins Review of Four Superfund Cleanups in the Nation’s Heartland
EPA announced it will conduct comprehensive reviews of cleanup work at four Superfund sites. Each individual site will undergo a Five-Year Review to ensure ongoing or completed remediation efforts continue to protect human health and the environment.
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EPA Announces $407,000 to Protect Waterways from Sewage Overflows in Nebraska
This week, EPA announced the availability of approximately $80 million through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program to help communities address stormwater and sewer infrastructure needs.
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EPA Announces $467,000 to Protect Waterways from Sewage Overflows in Kansas
This week, EPA announced the availability of approximately $80 million through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program to help communities address stormwater and sewer infrastructure needs.
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EPA Issues Class VI Well Permit to PureField Carbon Capture in Kansas
Permit is first-of-its-kind in Region 7
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 issued a final Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI well permit to PureField Carbon Capture, LLC, near the city of Russell, Kansas. It is the first Class VI well permit in Kansas.
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Delegations of Authority for NSPS and NESHAP Standards to States and Tribes in Region 8
Part 60, 61 and 63 delegation status of NSPS and NESHAP standards to States and Tribes in EPA Region 8.
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Case Summaries for Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule 2015
EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule Enforcement Cases October 2014 – September 2015
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EPA Transfers Oversight of Oil Recovery and Cleanup Operations in Kingman County to State Regulators
EPA has transferred the oversight of remaining oil recovery and cleanup operations of the crude oil discharge that impacted an unnamed tributary and the Chikaskia River in south central Kansas to KDHE and KCC.
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EPA Closes 2025 with Significant Progress Remediating Residential Yards in the Nation’s Heartland
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proud to announce significant progress remediating lead-contaminated properties throughout EPA Region 7, marking more environmental cleanup milestones in the nation’s heartland.
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EPA Marks Cleanup Progress at the Hastings Groundwater Superfund Site with the Proposed Deletions of Operable Units 2 and 10
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing the deletions of Operable Units 2 and 10 from the Hastings Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Hastings, Nebraska, after achieving their respective cleanup goals.
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Sources Approved for Coverage under the Spark Ignition Engines General Permit in Region 8
The sources on Indian country reservation lands that the Region 8 has approved for coverage under the General Air Quality Permit for New and Modified Minor Source Stationary Spark Ignition Engines in Indian Country (SI Engines General Permit).
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Great Plains and Midwest Harmful Algal Blooms Conference
A workshop with the goal of developing a shared understanding of best practices for preventing harmful algal blooms in an agricultural dominated landscape, protecting source water quality, making connections and identifying shared HAB related goals, needs,
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EPA Issues Clean Water Act Order to Atlas Operating, LLC, to Complete Oil Cleanup After Discharge Impacted the Chikaskia River in Kansas
EPA has issued a unilateral administrative order (UAO) to Atlas Operating, LLC, following an estimated discharge of 33,600 gallons of a mixture of brine production water and crude oil from its facility into an unnamed tributary.
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Educational and Environmental Win-Wins for EPA and Indian Country
Working in OITA, Whiteman supports the same Pathways Internship program that provided opportunities for her and her classmates at her alma mater. Through EPA Region 7 and HINU’s student career exploration liaison program, a historic partnership was created
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More Than Money: Environmental Projects in Enforcement Settlements Bring Goods and Services to Communities Harmed by Pollution
In addition to taking actions required to return to compliance and paying civil penalties, willing defendants may undertake additional projects that directly benefit the affected community or environment.
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FY 2026 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grants in Region 7
FY 2026 Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grants Guidelines Now Available