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• EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  EPA will direct immediate cleanup as appropriate if contaminants from the derailment pose any unacceptable risk to human health

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  • Release Date: March 2, 2023

• EPA Administrator Regan Announces Initial Actions to Protect Communities Following Puerto Rico Journey to Justice Tour

  Actions reflect Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to building a better America and addressing environmental and health challenges in communities that are underserved and overburdened by pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Announces Initial Actions to Protect Communities Following Puerto Rico Journey to Justice Tour

  • Release Date: November 4, 2022

• EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  EPA’s historic Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights will position the agency to better advance environmental justice, enforce civil rights laws in overburdened communities, and deliver new grants and technical assistance

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  • Release Date: September 24, 2022

• President Biden, EPA Announce $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Significantly Accelerate Cleanup and Restoration of Great Lakes

  EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030

  EPA News Release: President Biden, EPA Announce $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Significantly Accelerate Cleanup and Restoration of Great Lakes

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA Announces $23 Million in Pollution Prevention Grant Opportunities, including $14 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  Grants include emphasis on projects that address environmental justice and climate change

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $23 Million in Pollution Prevention Grant Opportunities, including $14 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  • Release Date: February 9, 2022

• EPA Seeks Input on TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Rule: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Input on TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Rule: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

  • Release Date: February 2, 2022

• EPA Expands Pesticide Outreach and Education to Better Meet the Needs of Pesticide Applicators, including Farmworkers, and Consumers

  Kicks off Fifth Annual National Pesticide Safety Education Month with new Spanish-language Pesticide Safety Videos for Farmworkers

  EPA News Release: EPA Expands Pesticide Outreach and Education to Better Meet the Needs of Pesticide Applicators, including Farmworkers, and Consumers

  • Release Date: February 1, 2022

• EPA Requires Reporting on Releases and Other Waste Management of Certain PFAS, Including PFBS

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Reporting on Releases and Other Waste Management of Certain PFAS, Including PFBS

  • Release Date: January 24, 2022

• EPA Affirms Building Managers Responsible for Lead-Based Paint Safety Requirements When Performing Renovations

  EPA News Release: EPA Affirms Building Managers Responsible for Lead-Based Paint Safety Requirements When Performing Renovations

  • Release Date: January 21, 2022

• EPA Announces Effort to Help Bring Climate-Friendly New Chemicals to Market to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Effort to Help Bring Climate-Friendly New Chemicals to Market to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  • Release Date: January 21, 2022

• EPA Wraps Up A Year of Significant Accomplishments

  Agency actions address the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, protect the health of communities, and restore the role of science

  EPA News Release: EPA Wraps Up A Year of Significant Accomplishments

  • Release Date: December 28, 2021

• EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Standards for Passenger Vehicles, Paving Way for a Zero-Emissions Future

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Greenhouse Gas Standards for Passenger Vehicles, Paving Way for a Zero-Emissions Future

  • Release Date: December 20, 2021

• EPA Kicks-Off ‘Companies Crushing Pollution’ Video Challenge

  Students and others invited to submit videos that show pollution prevention activities at U.S. businesses

  EPA News Release: EPA Kicks-Off ‘Companies Crushing Pollution’ Video Challenge

  • Release Date: December 1, 2021

• EPA Takes Next Step to Broaden TRI Reporting Requirements for Ethylene Oxide

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Next Step to Broaden TRI Reporting Requirements for Ethylene Oxide

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Rod Snyder as EPA Agriculture Advisor

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Rod Snyder as EPA Agriculture Advisor

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021