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• EPA Emergency Response Team Prepares for Hurricane Season

  Guidelines available for facilities and local responders

  Emergency response teams at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are preparing for the Gulf Coast hurricane season, which begins June 1.

  • Release Date: May 9, 2024

• EPA Tips to Prepare for Hurricane Season

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reminds residents of Gulf Coast states that hurricane season begins on June 1. Families can take steps now to be ready before, during, and after a storm.

  • Release Date: May 6, 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 Region 7 Deploys Certified Drinking Water Analysts with Mobile Lab to Work with Texas as They Restore Drinking Water Systems

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Deploys Certified Drinking Water Analysts with Mobile Lab to Work with Texas as They Restore Drinking Water Systems

  • Release Date: February 23, 2021

• EPA Prepares for 2020 Hurricane Season Amid COVID-19

  EPA News Release: EPA Prepares for 2020 Hurricane Season Amid COVID-19

  • Release Date: June 9, 2020

• EPA Stresses the Importance of Recycling and Proper Disposal of Personal Protective Equipment

  EPA News Release: EPA Stresses the Importance of Recycling and Proper Disposal of Personal Protective Equipment

  • Release Date: May 12, 2020

• EPA and Federal Partners Commemorate 10-year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

  EPA News Release: EPA and Federal Partners Commemorate 10-year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

  • Release Date: April 20, 2020

• EPA to Donate Personal Protective Equipment to State and Local Responders Fighting COVID-19 Across the Country

  EPA News Release: EPA to Donate Personal Protective Equipment to State and Local Responders Fighting COVID-19 Across the Country

  • Release Date: April 6, 2020

• EPA Takes Action to Assure Availability of Disinfectant Products for Use Against the Novel Coronavirus

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Assure Availability of Disinfectant Products for Use Against the Novel Coronavirus

  • Release Date: March 31, 2020