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• EPA, States, and MRCTI Mayors Hold Mississippi River Corridor Summit on Historic Water Infrastructure Funding

  Local leaders discussed water infrastructure needs and challenges in competing for State Revolving Funds

  EPA News Release: EPA, States, and MRCTI Mayors Hold Mississippi River Corridor Summit on Historic Water Infrastructure Funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2022

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  Includes new features to make data more accessible to communities

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  EPA News Release: Hy-Vee Cherokee Distribution Center in Cherokee, Iowa, Wins 2020 WasteWise Award

  • Release Date: January 28, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Recognizes Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Eat Greater Des Moines in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge

  Organizations battle food insecurity through Sustainable Food Management

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Recognizes Iowa Waste Reduction Center, Eat Greater Des Moines in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership Receives National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  Agency has been instrumental in diverting over 26 tons of food from landfills

  EPA News Release: Quad Cities’ Food Rescue Partnership Receives National Food Recovery Challenge Award

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  $12 million available for historically underserved farm-focused projects in Gulf of Mexico watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Announces $140,578 in Funding for Des Moines Metro Waste Authority Sustainable Materials Management Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $140,578 in Funding for Des Moines Metro Waste Authority Sustainable Materials Management Project

  • Release Date: October 4, 2021

• Iowa Waste Reduction Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  EPA News Release: Iowa Waste Reduction Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• EPA Awards $2.5 Million for Iowa Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $2.5 Million for Iowa Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Announces Availability of up to $600K to Support Healthy, Resilient and Sustainable Communities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of up to $600K to Support Healthy, Resilient and Sustainable Communities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Nine Tribal Nations

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA Announces Four 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Four 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska

  • Release Date: March 18, 2021

• EPA Compliance Assistance Webinar for Agricultural Facilities Expires Online Feb. 21

  Learn how changes to Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act affect agricultural facilities

  EPA News Release: EPA Compliance Assistance Webinar for Agricultural Facilities Expires Online Feb. 21

  • Release Date: February 4, 2021

• Iowa Cattle Feedlot Penalized for Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: Iowa Cattle Feedlot Penalized for Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• EPA Awards Funding to Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for Farmworker Pesticide Training in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Funding to Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for Farmworker Pesticide Training in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• Iowa Department of Natural Resources and K-State University Selected by EPA for Source Reduction Assistance Grants

  EPA News Release: Iowa Department of Natural Resources and K-State University Selected by EPA for Source Reduction Assistance Grants

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020