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• EPA Fines Knouse Foods of Central PA $230,000 for 120 Violations of Pollution Laws

  Settlement protects waters leading into Chesapeake Bay

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Knouse Foods of Central PA $230,000 for 120 Violations of Pollution Laws

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA to Host December 1 Virtual Community Meeting for Allentown Residents

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host December 1 Virtual Community Meeting for Allentown Residents

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• EPA cracks down on Pa. company for selling auto parts that avoid pollution controls with $2.5 million penalty

  EPA News Release: EPA cracks down on Pa. company for selling auto parts that avoid pollution controls with $2.5 million penalty

  • Release Date: September 1, 2022

• EPA Announces Available Funding for Clean School Buses

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Delivers on Promises to Protect Communities, Children

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Available Funding for Clean School Buses

  • Release Date: June 15, 2022

• U.S. Steel to pay $1.5 million penalty, make improvements to settle air pollution violations at Braddock, Pa. steelmaking plant

  EPA News Release: U.S. Steel to pay $1.5 million penalty, make improvements to settle air pollution violations at Braddock, Pa. steelmaking plant

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA to Step Up Federal Actions in PA for Water Pollution

  Pennsylvania’s Bay Cleanup Plan Falls Short of Target, PA has 90 Days to Submit Improved Plan, Lacks Sufficient Legislative Funding and Programs

  EPA News Release: EPA to Step Up Federal Actions in PA for Water Pollution

  • Release Date: April 18, 2022

• New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  New features improve public access to local data

  EPA News Release: New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA seeks explanations, solutions from Hanover Foods for numerous violations at company’s wastewater treatment facility

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks explanations, solutions from Hanover Foods for numerous violations at company’s wastewater treatment facility

  • Release Date: February 25, 2022

• West Penn Power to pay $610,000 penalty in Federal-State settlement over discharge violations at coal ash landfills

  EPA News Release: West Penn Power to pay $610,000 penalty in Federal-State settlement over discharge violations at coal ash landfills

  • Release Date: January 12, 2022

• EPA Awards Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Nearly $1.3 million for Ship-to-Shore Gantry Crane to Reduce Diesel Emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Nearly $1.3 million for Ship-to-Shore Gantry Crane to Reduce Diesel Emissions

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• EPA Mid-Atlantic Recognizes First Asthma Community Champion

  EPA News Release: EPA Mid-Atlantic Recognizes First Asthma Community Champion

  • Release Date: May 24, 2021

• EPA and PADEP to hold virtual public meeting to take comment on federal, state settlement with American Zinc Recycling Corp.

  Settlement to result in 47 million pounds of pollution reduction from AZR facility in Palmerton, Pa.

  EPA News Release: EPA and PADEP to hold virtual public meeting to take comment on federal, state settlement with American Zinc Recycling Corp.

  • Release Date: April 16, 2021

• Pennsylvania companies settle alleged Clean Air Act violations involving aftermarket devices for diesel trucks

  EPA News Release: Pennsylvania companies settle alleged Clean Air Act violations involving aftermarket devices for diesel trucks

  • Release Date: April 8, 2021

• EPA orders Philadelphia company to stop making inaccurate health claims about pesticide

  EPA News Release: EPA orders Philadelphia company to stop making inaccurate health claims about pesticide

  • Release Date: March 31, 2021