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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

• EPA Approves Kansas’ and Iowa’s Lists of Impaired Waters

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Kansas’ and Iowa’s Lists of Impaired Waters

  • Release Date: May 3, 2022

• EPA Region 7 and Lincoln University Renew Environmental Partnership and Collaboration Through 2027

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and Lincoln University Renew Environmental Partnership and Collaboration Through 2027

  • Release Date: April 26, 2022

• Judge Freezes Assets and Appoints Receiver at Pesticides Distributor in St. Joseph, Missouri

  EPA News Release: Judge Freezes Assets and Appoints Receiver at Pesticides Distributor in St. Joseph, Missouri

  • Release Date: February 8, 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 Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• Wexford Labs in Kirkwood, Missouri, Selected for EPA 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award

  EPA News Release: Wexford Labs in Kirkwood, Missouri, Selected for EPA 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award

  • Release Date: September 22, 2021

• EPA Transmits Final Clean Water Act 303(d) List of Impaired Waters to Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Transmits Final Clean Water Act 303(d) List of Impaired Waters to Missouri

  • Release Date: September 13, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Extends Submission Deadline for 2021 ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room: Urban Waters Edition’ Video Challenge

  KCMO area citizens, NGOs, and educational institutions invited to submit videos that raise awareness about harmful algal blooms

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Extends Submission Deadline for 2021 ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room: Urban Waters Edition’ Video Challenge

  • Release Date: September 1, 2021

• Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor Ella Jones appointed to Local Government Advisory Committee and Small Community Advisory Subcommittee

  EPA News Release: Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 25, 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

• Jefferson City, Missouri, Receives Federal Assistance to Support Local Food Initiative, Environmental Protection, and Community Revitalization

  EPA News Release: Jefferson City, Missouri, Receives Federal Assistance to Support Local Food Initiative, Environmental Protection, and Community Revitalization

  • Release Date: June 2, 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 cleanup to start in Ohio’s Maumee Area of Concern on Lake Erie

  EPA News Release: EPA cleanup to start in Ohio’s Maumee Area of Concern on Lake Erie

  • 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