Great Plains

EPA Recognizes ReHarvest Partners for Excellence and Innovation in Financing Projects to Improve Iowa Water Quality

Two rural Kansas water infrastructure projects receive honorable mentions

EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes ReHarvest Partners for Excellence and Innovation in Financing Projects to Improve Iowa Water Quality

• Release Date: February 16, 2022

EPA Recognizes Sprint and 8 Other Electronics Industry Leaders for Achievements in Innovation and Recycling

EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Sprint and 8 Other Electronics Industry Leaders for Achievements in Innovation and Recycling

• Release Date: December 18, 2019

EPA Fines Newton, Kansas, Landowner for Illegal Dumping in Streams

EPA News Release: EPA Fines Newton, Kansas, Landowner for Illegal Dumping in Streams

• Release Date: January 19, 2023

Regional Emergency Planning and Response Conference Set for August 8-10 in Omaha

EPA News Release: Regional Emergency Planning and Response Conference Set for August 8-10 in Omaha

• Release Date: July 9, 2019

EPA Announces $1.5 Million in Funding to Reduce Emissions From Diesel Engines in Four Midwest States

EPA anticipates awarding approximately $44 million across the country in Diesel Emission Reduction Program grant funding

EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.5 Million in Funding to Reduce Emissions From Diesel Engines in Four Midwest States

• Release Date: December 10, 2019

EPA Reaches Settlements with Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska Companies for Automobile ‘Defeat Device’ Violations

EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlements with Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska Companies for Automobile ‘Defeat Device’ Violations

• Release Date: February 1, 2022

EPA Finds Kansas and Missouri Home Renovators in Default for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

EPA News Release: EPA Finds Kansas and Missouri Home Renovators in Default for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

• Release Date: January 10, 2023

Jackson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

EPA, states, counties and cities work together to bring KC metro cleaner air

EPA News Release: Jackson County, Missouri, Area Achieves Ambient Air Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

• Release Date: January 31, 2022

Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha, Nebraska, Wins 2020 and 2021 WasteWise Awards

EPA News Release: Northern Natural Gas Company in Omaha, Nebraska, Wins 2020 and 2021 WasteWise Awards

• Release Date: January 28, 2022

EPA Honors Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program with National Food Recovery Challenge Award

Overland Park, Kansas, Sprouts location has almost 1,300% increase in food rescue and recovery

EPA News Release: EPA Honors Sprouts Farmers Market’s Food Rescue Program with National Food Recovery Challenge Award

• Release Date: January 27, 2022

EPA Region 7 Honors K-State PPI and Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, for Sustainable Food Management Practices

EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Honors K-State PPI and Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, for Sustainable Food Management Practices

• Release Date: January 27, 2022

EPA Region 7 Recognizes Hartley Elementary School in Lincoln Public School District with Food Recovery Challenge Award

EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Hartley Elementary School in Lincoln Public School District with Food Recovery Challenge Award

• Release Date: January 27, 2022

EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Public Listening Session March 3 on Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Virtual Public Listening Session March 3 on Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

• Release Date: January 26, 2022

EPA Fines Cleaning Products Manufacturer in Great Bend, Kansas, for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

EPA News Release: EPA Fines Cleaning Products Manufacturer in Great Bend, Kansas, for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

• Release Date: January 25, 2022

EPA Announces Availability of $1.2 Million in Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of $1.2 Million in Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

• Release Date: November 13, 2019

Kansas Water Infrastructure Projects Recognized by EPA for Excellence and Innovation

EPA News Release: Kansas Water Infrastructure Projects Recognized by EPA for Excellence and Innovation

• Release Date: November 20, 2019

EPA Announces Settlements to Address Alleged Violations of Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements by Two Companies in Iowa and Nebraska

EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlements to Address Alleged Violations of Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements by Two Companies in Iowa and Nebraska

• Release Date: November 18, 2019

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Calls for Nominations for 2020 President’s Environmental Youth Awards and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators

Applications due by Jan. 15, 2020

EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Calls for Nominations for 2020 President’s Environmental Youth Awards and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators

• Release Date: November 7, 2019

EPA Region 7 Selects Environmental Justice Grant Projects in Missouri and Nebraska to Address Local Community Health and Environmental Issues

EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Selects Environmental Justice Grant Projects in Missouri and Nebraska to Address Local Community Health and Environmental Issues

• Release Date: November 5, 2019

NEWS UPDATE #3: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas

EPA continues to provide response oversight to on-scene operations

EPA News Release: NEWS UPDATE #3: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas

• Release Date: December 9, 2022