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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 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

• 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

• EPA Announces $1M for Environmental Justice Projects in Kansas as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Selection announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant program funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1M for Environmental Justice Projects in Kansas as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlement with BG Products Inc. for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with BG Products Inc. for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Kansas

  • Release Date: October 19, 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 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

• 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

• 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