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• EPA settles with two Rhode Island companies for Clean Air Act violations

  Cranston and North Kingstown, R.I. ammonia refrigeration facilities to pay penalties and evaluate hazards

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with two Rhode Island companies for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: December 18, 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 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

• 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

• Kansas Ethanol Producer Agrees to Pay Penalty for Alleged Environmental Law Violations

  EPA News Release: Kansas Ethanol Producer Agrees to Pay Penalty for Alleged Environmental Law Violations

  • Release Date: October 18, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Invites Great Bend, Kansas, Community Members to Attend Presentation About Plating Inc. Superfund Site on Nov. 6

  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 on Nov. 6

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive Nearly $550K Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive Nearly $550K Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA to Host Six No-Cost Lead Awareness Sessions in Nebraska During Children’s Health Month

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host Six No-Cost Lead Awareness Sessions in Nebraska During Children’s Health Month

  • Release Date: October 5, 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 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $500K in Kansas Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $500K in Kansas Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference Registration Now Open

  EPA Region 7, Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa will host the conference Nov. 6-8 in Ames, Iowa

  EPA News Release: Anaerobic Digestion on the Farm Conference Registration Now Open

  • Release Date: September 11, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Cohost Regional Lead Summit Sept. 12-13 in Kansas City, Missouri

  The summit will focus on strategies to address childhood lead exposure

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Cohost Regional Lead Summit Sept. 12-13 in Kansas City, Missouri

  • Release Date: September 7, 2023

• U.S. Fines North Kingstown, R.I.-Based Facility $650,000 for Chemical Accident Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: U.S. Fines North Kingstown, R.I.-Based Facility $650,000 for Chemical Accident Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: July 26, 2023