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• EPA Announces Members to the Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Members to the Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: November 13, 2024

• National Biosolids Land Applier to Pay $610,000 for Overapplication

  First Clean Water Act biosolids judicial settlement with Denali Water Solutions, LLC holds company accountable for biosolids violations

  EPA News Release: National Biosolids Land Applier to Pay $610,000 for Overapplication

  • Release Date: November 12, 2024

• La administración Biden-Harris anuncia 300 millones de dólares en subvenciones a naciones tribales y un territorio de EE. UU. para reducir la contaminación climática y acelerar la transición a la energía limpia

  Financiada por la agenda Invertir en Estados Unidos del presidente Biden, la EPA anuncia 34 solicitudes tribales y territoriales seleccionadas a través del competitivo programa de Subvenciones para la Reducción de la Contaminación Climática

  EPA News Release: La administración Biden-Harris anuncia 300 millones de dólares en subvenciones a naciones tribales y un territorio de EE. UU. para reducir la contaminación climática y acelerar la transición a la energía limpia

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• General Motors Agrees to Retire 50 million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gas Credits to Resolve Excess Emissions from 5.9 million Vehicles

  Action is the result of an EPA investigation of CO2 emissions from certain 2012-2018 model year vehicles

  EPA News Release: General Motors Agrees to Retire 50 million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gas Credits to Resolve Excess Emissions from 5.9 million Vehicles

  • Release Date: July 3, 2024

• Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  November 2019 explosions prompted evacuations of thousands of area residents and released millions of pounds of extremely hazardous substances

  EPA News Release: Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver for E-15 Sales 

  EPA takes action to provide consumers relief at the pump by helping ensure an adequate fuel supply ahead of the upcoming season

  E-15 Emergency Fuel Waiver

  • Release Date: April 19, 2024

• EPA finalizes commonsense standards to limit air toxic pollution at gasoline distribution facilities

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes commonsense standards to limit air toxic pollution at gasoline distribution facilities

  • Release Date: March 14, 2024

• EPA, DOE announce $9.4M to spur development of advanced biofuels as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA, DOE announce $9.4M to spur development of advanced biofuels as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  Company will also spend $5.5 million for preventive measures and to help address environmental harm caused by its violations

  EPA News Release: Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Announce Settlement with City of Lowell to Address Pollution in Merrimack River

  City to Invest Approximately $195 Million in Total to Upgrade Sewage Systems and Protect Drinking Water for Downstream Communities

  EPA News Release: United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Announce Settlement with City of Lowell to Address Pollution in Merrimack River

  • Release Date: February 5, 2024

• Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land

  Clean Water Act Settlement Addresses July 2022 Crude Oil Pipeline Rupture into Oklahoma’s Skull Creek

  EPA News Release: Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA, HUD, DOE Sign Joint Letter Asking Utility Companies to Make Energy and Water Usage Data Available for Multifamily Properties

  Leaders of three federal agencies join forces to seek data that will facilitate green upgrades to the nation’s housing stock

  EPA News Release: EPA, HUD, DOE Sign Joint Letter Asking Utility Companies to Make Energy and Water Usage Data Available for Multifamily Properties

  • Release Date: January 25, 2024

• EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

  Marrs Construction Co. Will Pay Penalty and Raise Awareness of Lead-Safe Work Practices Through Home Improvement Programming

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements

  EPA News Release: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• EPA’s Annual Enforcement Results Shows Significant Increase in Enforcement Activity to Protect Communities from Pollution

  Revitalized Enforcement and Compliance Program is Delivering on 21st Century Environmental Challenges, Leading to Highest Enforcement Levels in Years

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Annual Enforcement Results Shows Significant Increase in Enforcement Activity to Protect Communities from Pollution

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023