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• EPA Penalizes Kansas Packaging Companies for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Kansas Packaging Companies for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: December 2, 2024

• EPA Partnership with City of Springfield, Missouri, Provides Career Training, Job Readiness at Ozark Correctional Center

  Nineteen students are graduating from Springfield’s Green for Greene program, made possible by EPA Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Partnership with City of Springfield, Missouri, Provides Career Training, Job Readiness at Ozark Correctional Center

  • Release Date: November 20, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $13M in Grants to Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska to Cut Climate Pollution and Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $13M in Grants to Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska to Cut Climate Pollution and Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• Public Invited to Wichita Informational Session on EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program and Community Change Grants

  The Aug. 22 outreach event will provide information about Inflation Reduction Act grants

  EPA News Release: Public Invited to Wichita Informational Session on EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program and Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: August 19, 2024

• EPA Region 7 and City of St. Joseph, Missouri, Agree on Settlement for HPI Products Inc. Property

  Agreement sets the stage for further cleanup and redevelopment at a property

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and City of St. Joseph, Missouri, Agree on Settlement for HPI Products Inc. Property

  • Release Date: August 7, 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 Region 7 Performs Removal Operations near Hillsboro, Missouri

  Over 30 abandoned drums were punctured and drained on the property

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Performs Removal Operations near Hillsboro, Missouri

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA Hosts In-Person Regional Roadshow in KCMO to Help Communities Access Historic Investing in America Funding for Local Climate and Environmental Justice Solutions

  EPA News Release: EPA Hosts In-Person Regional Roadshow in KCMO to Help Communities Access Historic Investing in America Funding for Local Climate and Environmental Justice Solutions

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• Hazardous Waste Facility in Fredonia, Kansas, Settles Enforcement Case with EPA

  EPA News Release: Hazardous Waste Facility in Fredonia, Kansas, Settles Enforcement Case with EPA

  • Release Date: March 7, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Announces $180K Funding Opportunity for Regional Source Reduction Assistance

  Pollution prevention projects eligible for funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces $180K Funding Opportunity for Regional Source Reduction Assistance

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• EPA Fines Owens Corning for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at Kansas City, Kansas, Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Owens Corning for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at Kansas City, Kansas, Facility

  • Release Date: February 12, 2024

• EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers nationwide screening levels for the first time in 30 years, impacting sites in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024