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• EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Texas Organization to improve Air Quality in the Houston Area

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $498,813 to the Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS) for a citizen science project to monitor hazardous air pollutants stemming from local pollution sources in Houston.

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Celebrates Children’s Health Month

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is proudly celebrating Children’s Health Month this October by spreading awareness about the importance of protecting children from environmental threats where they live, learn and play.

  • Release Date: October 18, 2023

• EPA Announces $2.1 Million in Environmental Projects and $200,000 Civil Penalty in Clean Air Act Violations Against Evergreen Packaging LLC

  On September 27, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with Evergreen Packaging LLC (“Evergreen”) for alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• EPA Announces nearly $700,000 in Settlements for Clean Air Act Violations with Companies in the San Juan Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing administrative penalty settlements with three companies in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico: Logos Operating, LLC, DJR Operating, LLC, and Enduring Resources, LLC.

  • Release Date: October 3, 2023

• EPA Awards $25,000 to Rice University for Research on PFAS Waste in Landfills

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $25,000 to Rice University to fund their research on treating PFAS (per- and polyfluoralkyl) waste in landfills as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet.

  • Release Date: August 7, 2023

• EPA Awards $24,000 to University of Texas at Dallas for Air Quality Sensor Project

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $24,999 for the University of Texas at Dallas for their work to develop low-cost air quality sensors for environmental justice communities as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet.

  • Release Date: August 7, 2023

• EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events

  As the hurricane season kicks off, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds facility operators of preventing, minimizing, and reporting chemical releases during hazardous weather events.

  • Release Date: July 18, 2023

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million Settlement for Permian Basin Company

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera.

  • Release Date: July 13, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $500,000 in Grant Funding for High-Risk Houston Communities

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Houston Health Department will receive grant funding to support community monitoring of hazardous air pollutants.

  • Release Date: July 10, 2023

• EPA, Rep. Troy Carter Announce Grant for La. DEQ Air Monitoring Project in St. James Parish

  Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a grant funded through the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).

  • Release Date: June 5, 2023

• Federal and State Agencies Prepare for Hurricane Season in Corpus Christi

  Natural Disaster Operational Workgroup conducts annual preparedness exercises

  This week, agencies from the federal government and the state of Texas will participate in a hurricane-preparedness exercise in and around Corpus Christi, Texas, from May 22-26.

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• EPA Settlement with Evonik Will Reduce Air Toxics in St. John the Baptist Parish, La.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a settlement with Evonik Corporation that will reduce emissions of ethylene oxide and other hazardous air pollutants by 5.6 tons per year from a facility in Reserve, St. John.

  • Release Date: April 24, 2023

• EPA Proposes Texas Regional Haze Rule to Protect Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas

  Emissions limits would reduce SO2 emissions in Texas by more than 80,000 tons per year

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Texas Regional Haze Rule to Protect Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• EPA Announces Clean Air Act Violations for Permian Basin Company

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order to Chisholm Energy Operating, LLC for emissions from storage tanks that the EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera.

  • Release Date: March 22, 2023

• EPA hosts emergency preparedness workshop for El Paso area community organizations

  EPA News Release: EPA hosts emergency preparedness workshop for El Paso area community organizations

  • Release Date: July 26, 2019