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• EPA Completes Agreements to Settle Clean Water Act Violations From Biosolids Land Application in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Agreements to Settle Clean Water Act Violations From Biosolids Land Application in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: December 20, 2019

• EPA Announces Settlements to Address Alleged Violations of Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements by Two Companies in Iowa and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlements to Address Alleged Violations of Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements by Two Companies in Iowa and Nebraska

  • Release Date: November 18, 2019

• EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Calls for Nominations for 2020 President’s Environmental Youth Awards and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators

  Applications due by Jan. 15, 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Calls for Nominations for 2020 President’s Environmental Youth Awards and Presidential Innovation Awards for Environmental Educators

  • Release Date: November 7, 2019

• Harcros Chemicals Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, to Pay Civil Penalty and Pay for Project to Reduce Isopropyl Alcohol Releases Into Environment

  EPA News Release: Harcros Chemicals Inc. of Kansas City, Kansas, to Pay Civil Penalty and Pay for Project to Reduce Isopropyl Alcohol Releases Into Environment

  • Release Date: October 31, 2019

• EPA and North Dakota DEQ establish procedures and policies for administration of State's self-audit law

  EPA News Release: EPA and North Dakota DEQ establish procedures and policies for administration of State's self-audit law

  • Release Date: October 7, 2019

• EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  Top performers in freight industry include firms based in Colorado, North Dakota and Utah

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  • Release Date: October 7, 2019

• EPA awards North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $3.8 million to improve water quality and watershed health

  EPA partners with the state and agriculture industry to protect and restore watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA awards North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $3.8 million to improve water quality and watershed health

  • Release Date: September 26, 2019

• EPA Launches ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room’ High School Video Challenge

  Students invited to submit videos that raise awareness about harmful algal blooms

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room’ High School Video Challenge

  • Release Date: September 19, 2019

• EPA Awards Iowa Department of Natural Resources Over $3.5 Million to Protect Water Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Iowa Department of Natural Resources Over $3.5 Million to Protect Water Quality

  • Release Date: September 12, 2019

• BP North America Products Inc. to Pay Civil Penalty and Upgrade Facility in Peosta, Iowa, After Oil Spill

  EPA News Release: BP North America Products Inc. to Pay Civil Penalty and Upgrade Facility in Peosta, Iowa, After Oil Spill

  • Release Date: September 3, 2019

• EPA Provides $1.2 Million to Hypoxia Task Force States, Including Iowa and Missouri, and Continues to Promote National Dialogue to Reduce Excess Nutrients and Enhance the Nation's Waters

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides $1.2 Million to Hypoxia Task Force States, Including Iowa and Missouri, and Continues to Promote National Dialogue to Reduce Excess Nutrients and Enhance the Nation's Waters

  • Release Date: August 23, 2019

• EPA Announces $3.15 Million in Water Quality Funding in Iowa

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3.15 Million in Water Quality Funding in Iowa

  • Release Date: August 14, 2019

• Practical Farmers of Iowa Receives $936K for Water Quality from EPA

  EPA News Release: Practical Farmers of Iowa Receives $936K for Water Quality from EPA

  • Release Date: August 14, 2019

• University of Iowa Receives $1.07 Million for Water Quality from EPA

  EPA News Release: University of Iowa Receives $1.07 Million for Water Quality from EPA

  • Release Date: August 14, 2019

• Iowa Agriculture and Water Quality Focus of $3 Million in EPA Grants to Be Announced Aug. 14 at Iowa State Fair

  EPA News Release: Iowa Agriculture and Water Quality Focus of $3 Million in EPA Grants to Be Announced Aug. 14 at Iowa State Fair

  • Release Date: August 13, 2019