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• EPA Wraps Up A Year of Significant Accomplishments

  Agency actions address the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, protect the health of communities, and restore the role of science

  EPA News Release: EPA Wraps Up A Year of Significant Accomplishments

  • Release Date: December 28, 2021

• EPA Issues Emergency Orders to Three Mobile Home Parks in Thermal, Calif., to Ensure Drinking Water is Safe for Residents

  Agency also fines Indian Village Mobile Home Park for failing to comply with previous order

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Emergency Orders to Three Mobile Home Parks in Thermal, Calif., to Ensure Drinking Water is Safe for Residents

  • Release Date: December 28, 2021

• EPA and Partners Surpass Milestone of Cleaning Up More Than 500,000 Underground Storage Tank Releases

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners Surpass Milestone of Cleaning Up More Than 500,000 Underground Storage Tank Releases

  • Release Date: December 1, 2021

• EPA Kicks-Off ‘Companies Crushing Pollution’ Video Challenge

  Students and others invited to submit videos that show pollution prevention activities at U.S. businesses

  EPA News Release: EPA Kicks-Off ‘Companies Crushing Pollution’ Video Challenge

  • Release Date: December 1, 2021

• U.S. EPA Fines Pesticide Application Company TriCal $44,275 for Pesticide Misuse

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Fines Pesticide Application Company TriCal $44,275 for Pesticide Misuse

  • Release Date: November 18, 2021

• EPA Takes Next Step to Broaden TRI Reporting Requirements for Ethylene Oxide

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Next Step to Broaden TRI Reporting Requirements for Ethylene Oxide

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• EPA Fines Salinas-Based Facilities $178,000 for Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Salinas-Based Facilities $178,000 for Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021

• U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  Under settlements, facility owners will pay fines, make safety improvements

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 9, 2021

• EPA Awards $1,350,000 to UC Davis for Research to Understand Children’s Exposure to Chemicals in Household Dust

  Research will look at exposure of children to chemicals in household dust

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1,350,000 to UC Davis for Research to Understand Children’s Exposure to Chemicals in Household Dust

  • Release Date: August 9, 2021

• EPA Commits to supporting Las Vegas Area Food Hub

  Las Vegas area food hub to lead downtown and neighborhood revitalization

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to supporting Las Vegas Area Food Hub

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• U.S. EPA penalizes Lupton, Arizona refinery for violating Clean Air Act chemical safety requirements

  Under settlement, facility owner and operator will pay fine, make safety improvements at facility

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA penalizes Lupton, Arizona refinery for violating Clean Air Act chemical safety requirements

  • Release Date: May 24, 2021

• EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Supply Inc. for selling misbranded pesticide

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Supply Inc. for selling misbranded pesticide

  • Release Date: May 6, 2021

• EPA Announces Plan to Update Toxics Release Inventory to Advance Environmental Justice

  Plan includes expanding reporting requirements for certain chemicals and facilities, including ethylene oxide and PFAS, and providing new tools for communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plan to Update Toxics Release Inventory to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 29, 2021

• U.S. EPA orders Nevada and California companies to stop selling illegal disinfectants

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA orders Nevada and California companies to stop selling illegal disinfectants

  • Release Date: April 1, 2021

• Under Agreement with EPA, US Forest Service Closes 77 Pollution Causing Cesspools

  Cesspool Closures in Arizona and California to Increase Healthy Watersheds Across Landscapes

  EPA News Release: Under Agreement with EPA, US Forest Service Closes 77 Pollution Causing Cesspools

  • Release Date: March 18, 2021