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• EPA Fines Iowa Ethanol Producer for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Iowa Ethanol Producer for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: November 30, 2023

• Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing Will Pay Over $23M to Address Clean Air Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm Related to Its Kansas Refinery

  EPA News Release: Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing Will Pay Over $23M to Address Clean Air Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm Related to Its Kansas Refinery

  • Release Date: November 20, 2023

• EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  New members include youth from Missouri and Iowa, charged with advising EPA on impacts of climate change and environmental harm

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Announces Members of First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $3.8M in Region 7 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and the anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $3.8M in Region 7 for Tribal Recycling Infrastructure Projects and Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA Penalizes Home Renovators in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska for Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Home Renovators in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska for Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: November 14, 2023

• EPA Announces $45 Million WIFIA Loan to Provide Centralized Wastewater Infrastructure in Sarpy County, Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $45 Million WIFIA Loan to Provide Centralized Wastewater Infrastructure in Sarpy County, Nebraska

  • Release Date: November 14, 2023

• EPA Fines Altoona, Iowa, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Altoona, Iowa, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• EPA Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Establish Five-Year Environmental Partnership

  Memorandum of Understanding launches joint educational activities, programs, and environmental activities on campus

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis Establish Five-Year Environmental Partnership

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• EPA Fines St. Louis Scrap Metal Facility for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines St. Louis Scrap Metal Facility for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: November 9, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Presents $4M Check to City of Iowa City, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $4M Check to City of Iowa City, After Selection for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant

  • Release Date: November 8, 2023

• EPA Awards Nearly $3.2M to Small Businesses to Research Complex Environmental Issues and Help Grow the Green Economy

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $3.2M to Small Businesses to Research Complex Environmental Issues and Help Grow the Green Economy

  • Release Date: November 8, 2023

• EPA Monitoring Radium Concentrations in Silex, Missouri, Public Water System

  EPA News Release: EPA Monitoring Radium Concentrations in Silex, Missouri, Public Water System

  • Release Date: September 29, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Invites Great Bend, Kansas, Community Members to Attend Presentation About Plating Inc. Superfund Site

  This site, on the National Priorities List, received funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expedite cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Great Bend, Kansas, Community Members to Attend Presentation About Plating Inc. Superfund Site

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Host Community Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, for Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site

  Community members are invited to learn more about the site, the proposal to the National Priorities List, and EPA’s cleanup plans

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Host Community Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, for Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site

  • Release Date: September 21, 2023

• EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  Announcement comes during Climate Week 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023