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• 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

• 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  EPA selects OAI, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois to receive one of the first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• NEWS UPDATE #2: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas

  EPA is providing oversight and monitoring of containment and cleanup actions

  EPA News Release: NEWS UPDATE #2: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas

  • Release Date: December 9, 2022

• 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

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

  TC Energy pipeline is part of Keystone Pipeline system

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

  • Release Date: December 8, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $266K Grant to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska for Air Monitoring Project

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $266K Grant to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska for Air Monitoring Project

  • Release Date: December 5, 2022

• EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois

  The Agency will hold a public meeting at Danville Area Community College on Wednesday, December 7, from 5:30 – 8 p.m.

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022

• EPA Orders Two Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  Lansing and Maywood must certify they are prepared for risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Two Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  • Release Date: November 21, 2022

• EPA Fines Kansas and Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Kansas and Missouri Home Renovators for Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: November 16, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Combustion Residuals Regulations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Combustion Residuals Regulations

  • Release Date: November 8, 2022

• EPA Takes Action to Address Illegal Destruction of Streams and Wetlands in Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Address Illegal Destruction of Streams and Wetlands in Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: November 7, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $1.2 Million for Three Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Illinois

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $1.2 Million for Three Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Illinois

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Unveils Historic National Lead Strategy in Omaha, Nebraska

  National Lead Strategy release coincides with renewal of EPA’s agreement with Douglas County Health Department for Omaha Lead Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Unveils Historic National Lead Strategy in Omaha, Nebraska

  • Release Date: October 28, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., Over Destroyed Wetlands in East St. Louis, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., Over Destroyed Wetlands in East St. Louis, Illinois

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022