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• EPA Reaches Settlement with Akron Steel Treating Co. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Akron Steel Treating Co. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 20, 2024

• EPA Announces Partnership with City of Galion, Ohio, to Accelerate Replacement of Local Lead Water Pipes and Protect Public Health Through Investing in America Agenda

  Thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Galion is joining communities across the country that are accelerating replacement of lead service lines

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Partnership with City of Galion, Ohio, to Accelerate Replacement of Local Lead Water Pipes and Protect Public Health Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA Announces Ohio Organizations to Receive More Than $312 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Ohio Through the Biden-Harris Administration 

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda 

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Ohio Organizations to Receive More Than $312 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Ohio Through the Biden-Harris Administration 

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• 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

• EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  EPA order comes as state-led emergency response transitions to environmental cleanup phase; EPA will continue to work with local, state, and federal partners to ensure the health and safety of East Palestine community

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated with the East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 21, 2023

• Statement from Regional Administrator Debra Shore on the East Palestine Train Derailment

  EPA News Release: Statement from Regional Administrator Debra Shore on the East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: February 14, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Vytex Corporation of Twinsburg, Ohio, Resolving Alleged Violations of EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Vytex Corporation of Twinsburg, Ohio, Resolving Alleged Violations of EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule

  • Release Date: June 27, 2022

• EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  Virtual Public Hearings Scheduled for Jan. 12, Jan. 14; Public Comment Period Ends Jan. 20

  EPA News Release: EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021

• EPA adds public hearings, extends public comment period on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services, Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  Public Comment Period Extended to Jan. 20; Virtual Public Hearings Scheduled for Jan. 12, Jan. 14

  EPA News Release: EPA adds public hearings, extends public comment period on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services, Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  • Release Date: November 24, 2020

• EPA announces public comment period on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services, Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  Comment period runs August 28 to October 16

  EPA News Release: EPA announces public comment period on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services, Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  • Release Date: August 27, 2020