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• EPA Launches New Initiative to Accelerate Lead Pipe Replacement in Pennsylvania to Protect Underserved Communities

  New partnership with states will help communities access funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for lead service line removal and replacement

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches New Initiative to Accelerate Lead Pipe Replacement in Pennsylvania to Protect Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: January 27, 2023

• EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 13, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Springfield, Missouri, for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  Selected grant will train environmental workers and expand the city’s Green for Greene job training program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $500K Check to City of Springfield, Missouri, for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: January 10, 2023

• EPA enters into Consent Agreement and Issues Final Order to Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, La., for Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into a consent agreement with Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC and issued a final order to address certain waste management practices at the company’s facility in LaPlace, Louisiana.

  • Release Date: December 28, 2022

• Statement by Administrator Regan on Bipartisan Funding Bill

  EPA News Release: Statement by Administrator Regan on Bipartisan Funding Bill

  • Release Date: December 23, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates First Year Accomplishments Under President Biden’s Federal Sustainability Plan

  EPA joins federal agencies to release annual sustainability plan

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates First Year Accomplishments Under President Biden’s Federal Sustainability Plan

  • Release Date: December 9, 2022

• EPA Announces Leadership and Next Steps for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

  Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Acting Director Jahi Wise will bring expertise in climate policy and equitable finance to lead early design and implementation of historic IRA-funded program

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Leadership and Next Steps for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

  • Release Date: December 5, 2022

• Statement by Administrator Regan on Department of Justice Filing Court Order to Stabilize Jackson, Mississippi Water System

  EPA News Release: Statement by Administrator Regan on Department of Justice Filing Court Order to Stabilize Jackson, Mississippi Water System

  • Release Date: November 29, 2022

• EPA Appoints New Members to Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee and Announces Next Meeting

  EPA News Release: EPA Appoints New Members to Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee and Announces Next Meeting

  • Release Date: November 28, 2022

• EPA Takes Final Action to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination at Ohio Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Final Action to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination at Ohio Facility

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• EPA Celebrates Year One Accomplishments Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  $5.5 billion awarded through the law so far to modernize the nation’s infrastructure, create good-paying jobs, combat the climate crisis, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Year One Accomplishments Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: November 15, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Proposal to Cut Methane Pollution to Protect Communities, Combat Climate Change, and Bolster American Innovation

  Stronger standards would reduce harmful emissions and energy waste from covered sources by 87 percent below 2005 levels while delivering economic benefits

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Proposal to Cut Methane Pollution to Protect Communities, Combat Climate Change, and Bolster American Innovation

  • Release Date: November 11, 2022

• EPA Penalizes Ampac Fine Chemicals, Resolving Claims of Hazardous Waste Law Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Ampac Fine Chemicals, Resolving Claims of Hazardous Waste Law Violations

  • Release Date: November 10, 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 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