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• EPA Fines Cobalt Boats for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Cobalt Boats for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Kansas

  • Release Date: December 19, 2023

• EPA Fines Swift Beef Company for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Swift Beef Company for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Nebraska

  • Release Date: December 18, 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 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 Fines Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska

  • Release Date: October 11, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $600K in Nebraska 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 $600K in Nebraska 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 Selects University of Nebraska-Lincoln for Nearly $100K Grant Toward Groundwater Environmental Project

  Educational organizations to receive over $3.1 million in EPA Environmental Education funding nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects University of Nebraska-Lincoln for Nearly $100K Grant Toward Groundwater Environmental Project

  • Release Date: August 28, 2023

• La Región 7 de la EPA celebra la apertura del Centro de Asistencia Técnica para Comunidades Prósperas de Justicia Ambiental de WSU

  EPA News Release: La Región 7 de la EPA celebra la apertura del Centro de Asistencia Técnica para Comunidades Prósperas de Justicia Ambiental de WSU

  • Release Date: July 12, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Celebrates Opening of WSU’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Celebrates Opening of WSU’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center

  • Release Date: July 12, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Present City of Chadron, Nebraska, with $500K Check for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Present City of Chadron, Nebraska, with $500K Check for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 28, 2023

• EPA Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa

  Four-day trip in June will celebrate nearly $6M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to communities and coalitions

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa

  • Release Date: May 31, 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