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• EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Texas Organization to improve Air Quality in the Houston Area

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $498,813 to the Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS) for a citizen science project to monitor hazardous air pollutants stemming from local pollution sources in Houston.

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• Judicial Settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. Resolves Clean Water Act Violations

  The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc (Transocean) for alleged violations.

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Awards $25,000 to Rice University for Research on PFAS Waste in Landfills

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $25,000 to Rice University to fund their research on treating PFAS (per- and polyfluoralkyl) waste in landfills as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet.

  • Release Date: August 7, 2023

• EPA Awards $24,000 to University of Texas at Dallas for Air Quality Sensor Project

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $24,999 for the University of Texas at Dallas for their work to develop low-cost air quality sensors for environmental justice communities as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet.

  • Release Date: August 7, 2023

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million Settlement for Permian Basin Company

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera.

  • Release Date: July 13, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $500,000 in Grant Funding for High-Risk Houston Communities

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Houston Health Department will receive grant funding to support community monitoring of hazardous air pollutants.

  • Release Date: July 10, 2023

• EPA Proposes Texas Regional Haze Rule to Protect Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas

  Emissions limits would reduce SO2 emissions in Texas by more than 80,000 tons per year

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Texas Regional Haze Rule to Protect Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• EPA Announces Significant Air Pollution Reductions from Permian Basin Company Settlement

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Significant Air Pollution Reductions from Permian Basin Company Settlement

  • Release Date: March 3, 2023

• EPA Orders Union Pacific to Assess Contamination in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward Neighborhood

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Union Pacific to Assess Contamination in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward Neighborhood

  • Release Date: February 27, 2023

• EPA Announces Flyovers in the Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting helicopter flyovers of the Permian Basin region in New Mexico and Texas.

  • Release Date: August 1, 2022