Search News Releases

Displaying 1 - 15 of 97 results

• EPA Takes Action Against West Haven Chemical Warehousing Company: Penalty for Unsafe Practices and Inadequate Reporting

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action Against West Haven Chemical Warehousing Company: Penalty for Unsafe Practices and Inadequate Reporting

  • Release Date: June 22, 2022

• EPA Secures Funding to Complete Cleanup of New Bedford Harbor Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides $72+ Million to Ensure Work is Expedited

  EPA News Release: EPA Secures Funding to Complete Cleanup of New Bedford Harbor Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides $72+ Million to Ensure Work is Expedited

  • Release Date: May 31, 2022

• EPA New England Announces Lead Inspection Sweep in Overburdened Connecticut Counties to Help Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Announces Lead Inspection Sweep in Overburdened Connecticut Counties to Help Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning

  • Release Date: May 25, 2022

• EPA Takes Action Against Five Construction Companies in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to Address Clean Water Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action Against Five Construction Companies in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to Address Clean Water Violations

  • Release Date: May 18, 2022

• EPA Enforcement Protects Vulnerable Massachusetts Communities from Risks of Chemical Accidents

  EPA reached settlements with facilities handling dangerous substances in Leominster and New Bedford, Mass. resulting in civil fines and compliance improvements

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Protects Vulnerable Massachusetts Communities from Risks of Chemical Accidents

  • Release Date: May 18, 2022

• On Earth Day, EPA New England Opens Nominations for Annual Environmental Merit Awards

  EPA News Release: On Earth Day, EPA New England Opens Nominations for Annual Environmental Merit Awards

  • Release Date: April 22, 2022

• EPA Proposes Attainment Status Updates for Areas in Connecticut Required to Meet Health Protection Standards for Smog

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Attainment Status Updates for Areas in Connecticut Required to Meet Health Protection Standards for Smog

  • Release Date: April 12, 2022

• EPA Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England

  Informational webinars scheduled April 5 and 14

  EPA News Release: EPA Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA Says, "Don't Pollute the Air our Kids Breathe," as it Fines Taunton, Mass. Company for Selling Vehicle Emission Control By-Pass Devices

  EPA News Release: EPA Says, "Don't Pollute the Air our Kids Breathe," as it Fines Taunton, Mass. Company for Selling Vehicle Emission Control By-Pass Devices

  • Release Date: March 16, 2022

• Latest EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Chemical Releases in New England

  Database has new features improving accessibility for communities

  EPA News Release: Latest EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Decline in Chemical Releases in New England

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA New England to Host Public Listening Session on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in Communities

  Virtual Listening Session will be held March 8, 2022

  EPA News Release: EPA New England to Host Public Listening Session on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in Communities

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA Settlements Ensure that Three New England Companies Provide Public with Chemical Information

  Companies operating in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlements Ensure that Three New England Companies Provide Public with Chemical Information

  • Release Date: February 2, 2022

• City of Lebanon Meets EPA Consent Decree Requirements by Eliminating CSO Outfalls

  EPA Terminates Consent Decree After City of Lebanon Completes Project to Modernize Water Infrastructure and Eliminate CSO Outfalls

  EPA News Release: City of Lebanon Meets EPA Consent Decree Requirements by Eliminating CSO Outfalls

  • Release Date: January 18, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlement with a Montague, Mass. Food Manufacturing Company for Clean Water Act Pretreatment Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with a Montague, Mass. Food Manufacturing Company for Clean Water Act Pretreatment Violations

  • Release Date: December 20, 2021

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million to Fund 13 Environmental Justice Grants in New England

  Projects in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.3 Million to Fund 13 Environmental Justice Grants in New England

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021