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• EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Seventh Annual Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards Winners

  • Release Date: June 5, 2024

• EPA Denies Alabama’s Coal Ash Permit Program Application

  EPA News Release: EPA Denies Alabama’s Coal Ash Permit Program Application

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• EPA requires industrial facilities to enhance preparation for chemical discharges to water in adverse weather conditions, better protecting the environment and public health

  EPA News Release: EPA requires industrial facilities to enhance preparation for chemical discharges to water in adverse weather conditions, better protecting the environment and public health

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces latest action to better protect communities from treatment of waste explosives

  EPA proposal would strengthen rules for open burning and open detonation to treat waste explosives, reducing environmental and public health impacts

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces latest action to better protect communities from treatment of waste explosives

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• La Administración Biden-Harris anuncia la acción más reciente para proteger mejor a las comunidades del tratamiento de explosivos desechados

  La propuesta de la EPA fortalecería las reglas para la quema y la detonación al aire libre a fin de tratar explosivos desechados, reduciendo los impactos ambientales y de salud pública

  EPA News Release: La Administración Biden-Harris anuncia la acción más reciente para proteger mejor a las comunidades del tratamiento de explosivos desechados

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern

  Proposed rules would better enable regulators to address PFAS under the nation’s hazardous waste law to protect families across the nation

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps to Protect Communities from PFAS and Other Emerging Chemicals of Concern

  • Release Date: February 1, 2024

• EPA Launches Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites Along the U.S. Coastline to Help Facilities and Communities Become More Resilient to Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites Along the U.S. Coastline to Help Facilities and Communities Become More Resilient to Climate Change

  • Release Date: May 18, 2023

• EPA Announces Latest Action to Protect Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  Latest Proposal Would Protect Public Health and Water Sources from Legacy Coal Ash Sites and Hold Polluters Accountable

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Latest Action to Protect Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Steps to Reduce Plastic Pollution Nationwide

  EPA releases draft strategy to combat harmful impacts on communities affected by plastic from production to waste as Biden-Harris Administration marks Earth Week

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Steps to Reduce Plastic Pollution Nationwide

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• EPA Publishes a New Online Resource to Help Prevent Heavy Metal Exposures in Children

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes a New Online Resource to Help Prevent Heavy Metal Exposures in Children

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $1B in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Start New Cleanup Projects and Expedite On-going Cleanup Work Across the Country

  EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $1B in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Start New Cleanup Projects and Expedite On-going Cleanup Work Across the Country

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023

• EPA Takes Final Action to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination at Ohio Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Final Action to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination at Ohio Facility

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund to Protect People’s Health

  Designating PFOA and PFOS under CERCLA would improve transparency, accountability, and deliver on Administrator Regan’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund to Protect People’s Health

  • Release Date: August 26, 2022

• Biden Administration Announces $254 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA announces 265 communities to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Announces $254 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• EPA Proposes Regulations to Plan for Hazardous Substance Discharges in Adverse Weather Conditions

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Regulations to Plan for Hazardous Substance Discharges in Adverse Weather Conditions

  • Release Date: March 11, 2022