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• EPA enters into Consent Agreement and Issues Final Order to Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, La., for Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into a consent agreement with Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC and issued a final order to address certain waste management practices at the company’s facility in LaPlace, Louisiana.

  • Release Date: December 28, 2022

• Limitless Vistas Inc to receive $500,000 to Fund Environmental Job Training Programs

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Louisiana based company, Limitless Vistas Inc (LVI) will receive $500,000 in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs.

  • Release Date: December 15, 2022

• Construction Begins for Southern Impoundment Cleanup at San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site

  Construction for the final remedy has begun for part of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas, just east of Houston.

  • Release Date: November 14, 2022

• Oklahoma City Used Oil Recyclers Pay Nearly $2 Million for Processing, Transportation, and Storage Violations

  January Environmental Services, Inc., January Transport, Inc., and company-owner Cris January will pay civil penalties of $1.9 million and perform comprehensive corrective measures to resolve allegations that they violated the RCRA in Oklahoma.

  • Release Date: November 9, 2022

• EPA Announces Removal Action at the Lane Plating Superfund Site in Dallas, Texas

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a removal action at the Lane Plating Works, Inc., Superfund site that includes demolishing the former electroplating facility and excavating contaminated soil.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Announces $5 million for Louisiana in Brownfields Funding

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that four Louisiana agencies will receive a total of $5 million in Brownfield grant funding.

  • Release Date: October 6, 2022

• EPA Announces Agreement with TPC Group LLC to Correct Alleged Clean Air Act Violations at its Houston, Texas Facility

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement with TPC Group LLC to correct Clean Air Act violations at its Houston, Texas facility.

  • Release Date: September 12, 2022

• EPA and ICMA Invite Media to Attend 2022 Brownfields Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  EPA News Release: EPA and ICMA Invite Media to Attend 2022 Brownfields Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• 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

• EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Eagle Picher Superfund Site in Socorro, N.M.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Eagle Picher Superfund Site in Socorro, N.M.

  • Release Date: March 22, 2022

• EPA Settlement with Allied BioScience Addresses Alleged Claims of SurfaceWise2 Product and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Allied BioScience Addresses Alleged Claims of SurfaceWise2 Product and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• EPA Region 6 to Hold Public Listening Session on Draft Lead Strategy

  A public listening session on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities for stakeholders from Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas will be held February 15, 2022.

  • Release Date: February 3, 2022