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• EPA Fines Roquette America Inc. of Keokuk, Iowa, for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Roquette America Inc. of Keokuk, Iowa, for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: October 3, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Fines Hawkins Inc. of Camanche, Iowa, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Fines Hawkins Inc. of Camanche, Iowa, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 9, 2024

• EPA Fines Norfolk, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Norfolk, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: September 3, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Completes Oversight of Removal Activities at C6-Zero Site in Marengo, Iowa

  Explosion and fire at the site in December 2022 started a multi-agency, multi-year investigation and cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Completes Oversight of Removal Activities at C6-Zero Site in Marengo, Iowa

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA Fines Omaha Chemical Manufacturing Facility for Alleged Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Omaha Chemical Manufacturing Facility for Alleged Violations of Multiple Environmental Laws

  • Release Date: January 24, 2024

• La EPA multa a la instalación de fabricación química de Omaha por presuntas violaciones de varias leyes ambientales

  EPA News Release: La EPA multa a la instalación de fabricación química de Omaha por presuntas violaciones de varias leyes ambientales

  • Release Date: January 24, 2024

• EPA Fines Harvard, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Harvard, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: January 11, 2024

• 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

• Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas, Are Complete

  Mill Creek is once again flowing naturally after the diversion system and final berms were removed

  EPA News Release: Oil Recovery Operations and Mill Creek Restoration near Washington, Kansas, Are Complete

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• EPA Fines Red Star Yeast Company LLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Red Star Yeast Company LLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: October 30, 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 Fines Waterloo, Iowa, Company for Alleged Chemical Risk Prevention Violations

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

  • Release Date: August 14, 2023

• Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  The restoration of Mill Creek – overseen by EPA, KDHE, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – has begun

  EPA News Release: Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  EPA will direct immediate cleanup as appropriate if contaminants from the derailment pose any unacceptable risk to human health

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  • Release Date: March 2, 2023

• EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  EPA Community Welcome Center to provide community with ‘one-stop shop’ for information about the ongoing response to the train derailment; EPA deploys TAGA mobile lab to conduct real-time air-monitoring during waste removal

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Community Welcome Center in East Palestine for Residents and Business Owners

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023