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• EPA to Begin Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Goo Smoke Shop Site in Clinton Township, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA to Begin Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Goo Smoke Shop Site in Clinton Township, Michigan

  • Release Date: August 21, 2024

• EPA Begins Cleanup at the Cheboygan Tissue Fire Site in Michigan

  More truck traffic along South Main Street is anticipated, South Main Street sidewalk will remain closed

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Cleanup at the Cheboygan Tissue Fire Site in Michigan

  • Release Date: April 18, 2024

• EPA Announces $84 Million Great Lakes Cleanup Project in Rouge River Near Detroit to Begin in April

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $84 Million Great Lakes Cleanup Project in Rouge River Near Detroit to Begin in April

  • Release Date: April 16, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• EPA, NRCS, ACOE, and Partners to Re-energize Multi-State Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership to Better Coordinate, Accelerate Nutrient Reduction Efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA, NRCS, ACOE, and Partners to Re-energize Multi-State Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership to Better Coordinate, Accelerate Nutrient Reduction Efforts

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• EPA to Host a Virtual Public Meeting on BASF North Works Site Cleanup in Wyandotte, Michigan 

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host a Virtual Public Meeting on BASF North Works Site Cleanup in Wyandotte, Michigan 

  • Release Date: August 16, 2023

• EPA Settlement with Arctic Glacier USA Resolves Chemical Emergency Release Notification Violations at Grayling, Michigan Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Arctic Glacier USA Resolves Chemical Emergency Release Notification Violations at Grayling, Michigan Facility

  • Release Date: April 25, 2023

• EPA Settlement Improves Safety of Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Improves Safety of Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center

  • Release Date: April 11, 2023

• Toxic Chemical Releases in 2021 Remained Below Pre-Pandemic Levels According to New Toxics Release Inventory Data

  Report shows that there has been long-term decline in releases from Region 5, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

  EPA News Release: Toxic Chemical Releases in 2021 Remained Below Pre-Pandemic Levels According to New Toxics Release Inventory Data

  • Release Date: March 16, 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

• U.S. EPA begins cleanup of Nelson Knitting site in Rockford, Illinois

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA begins cleanup of Nelson Knitting site in Rockford, Illinois

  • Release Date: January 30, 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 Virtual Public Meeting June 1 to Share Results of Environmental Sampling at Former Cities Service Refinery in East Chicago

  EPA News Release: EPA to Hold Virtual Public Meeting June 1 to Share Results of Environmental Sampling at Former Cities Service Refinery in East Chicago

  • Release Date: May 26, 2022

• EPA, Partners Celebrate Completion of Restoration Work in Muskegon Lake Area of Concern in Michigan

  Decades-long effort cost $70 million, required federal, state and local partnership

  EPA News Release: EPA, Partners Celebrate Completion of Restoration Work in Muskegon Lake Area of Concern in Michigan

  • Release Date: May 24, 2022

• EPA Awards $300,000 for Clean School Bus in Dearborn, Michigan

  American Rescue Plan Funds Help Buy Electric School Buses

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $300,000 for Clean School Bus in Dearborn, Michigan

  • Release Date: April 8, 2022