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• 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 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 Announces Community Meeting Oct. 26 to Discuss Environmental Concerns in Verona, Missouri

  Multiple federal and state agency partners will provide update on recent and ongoing efforts in Verona community

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Community Meeting Oct. 26 to Discuss Environmental Concerns in Verona, Missouri

  • Release Date: October 18, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Approves Permit Modification at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in De Soto, Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Approves Permit Modification at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in De Soto, Kansas

  • Release Date: August 2, 2022

• On Earth Day, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister Tours West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Missouri, with Federal, State and Local Leaders

  EPA News Release: On Earth Day, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister Tours West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Missouri, with Federal, State and Local Leaders

  • Release Date: April 22, 2022

• EPA Penalizes Iowa and Missouri Sellers of Automobile ‘Defeat Devices’

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Iowa and Missouri Sellers of Automobile ‘Defeat Devices’

  • Release Date: April 4, 2022

• RESCHEDULED: EPA Partners with K-State to Host Community Input Session March 29 for Former Superfund Site in Holden, Missouri

  EPA News Release: RESCHEDULED: EPA Partners with K-State to Host Community Input Session March 29 for Former Superfund Site in Holden, Missouri

  • Release Date: March 24, 2022

• EPA Updates Officials on West Lake Landfill Investigation

  Search for radiologically impacted material continues

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Officials on West Lake Landfill Investigation

  • Release Date: March 23, 2022

• Le Mars, Iowa, Site Proposed for Addition to Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA updates Superfund NPL, taking action to address risks to public health and build a better America

  EPA News Release: Le Mars, Iowa, Site Proposed for Addition to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Selects Three Kansas City Area Winners of 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Video Challenge

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Selects Three Kansas City Area Winners of 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Video Challenge

  • Release Date: March 15, 2022

• EPA Partners with K-State to Host Community Input Session March 10 for Former Superfund Site in Holden, Missouri

  EPA News Release: EPA Partners with K-State to Host Community Input Session March 10 for Former Superfund Site in Holden, Missouri

  • Release Date: March 1, 2022

• EPA Recognizes ReHarvest Partners for Excellence and Innovation in Financing Projects to Improve Iowa Water Quality

  Two rural Kansas water infrastructure projects receive honorable mentions

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes ReHarvest Partners for Excellence and Innovation in Financing Projects to Improve Iowa Water Quality

  • Release Date: February 16, 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 Announces York, Nebraska, Superfund Site to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  EPA plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clear out the Superfund backlog and accelerate cleanup for dozens of additional Superfund projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces York, Nebraska, Superfund Site to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• United States Fines BNSF $1.5 Million for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: United States Fines BNSF $1.5 Million for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021