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• 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

• EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  EPA’s historic Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights will position the agency to better advance environmental justice, enforce civil rights laws in overburdened communities, and deliver new grants and technical assistance

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  • Release Date: September 24, 2022

• La EPA inaugura una nueva oficina nacional dedicada a promover la justicia ambiental y los derechos civiles

  La Oficina Histórica de Justicia Ambiental y Derechos Civiles Externos de la EPA posicionará a la agencia para avanzar mejor en la justicia ambiental, hacer cumplir las leyes de derechos civiles en comunidades sobrecargadas y entregar nuevas subvenciones

  EPA News Release: La EPA inaugura una nueva oficina nacional dedicada a promover la justicia ambiental y los derechos civiles

  • Release Date: September 24, 2022

• President Biden, EPA Announce $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Significantly Accelerate Cleanup and Restoration of Great Lakes

  EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030

  EPA News Release: President Biden, EPA Announce $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Significantly Accelerate Cleanup and Restoration of Great Lakes

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA Administrator Wraps Up Alaska Swing In Anchorage

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wraps Up Alaska Swing In Anchorage

  • Release Date: August 21, 2019

• EPA Administrator Kicks Off Alaska Swing in Fairbanks

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Kicks Off Alaska Swing in Fairbanks

  • Release Date: August 20, 2019