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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

• 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 Hurricane Fiona Update for September 30

  EPA News Release: EPA Hurricane Fiona Update for September 30

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• Actualización de la EPA sobre el huracán Fiona para el 30 de septiembre

  EPA News Release: Actualización de la EPA sobre el huracán Fiona para el 30 de septiembre

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• EPA to Assist Hurricane Fiona Response

  EPA News Release: EPA to Assist Hurricane Fiona Response

  • Release Date: September 21, 2022

• La EPA ayudará en la respuesta al huracán Fiona

  EPA News Release: La EPA ayudará en la respuesta al huracán Fiona

  • Release Date: September 21, 2022

• EPA Ready to Support FEMA, State Efforts on Tropical Depression Sally

  EPA News Release: EPA Ready to Support FEMA, State Efforts on Tropical Depression Sally

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020

• La EPA urge a la ciudadanía a prepararse ante el inicio de la temporada de huracanes

  Aconseja sobre la prevención, preparación y requisitos para informar posibles emergencias ambientales durante eventos meteorológicos peligrosos

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La EPA urge a la ciudadanía a prepararse ante el inicio de la temporada de huracanes

  • Release Date: June 9, 2020

• EPA Urges Preparedness as Hurricane Season Begins; Advises on prevention, preparedness, and reporting requirements during Hazardous Weather Events

  EPA News Release: EPA Urges Preparedness as Hurricane Season Begins; Advises on prevention, preparedness, and reporting requirements during Hazardous Weather Events

  • Release Date: June 9, 2020

• La EPA responde tras los terremotos en Puerto Rico; evaluando sitios e instalaciones para ayudar al Gobierno de Puerto Rico

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La EPA responde tras los terremotos en Puerto Rico; evaluando sitios e instalaciones para ayudar al Gobierno de Puerto Rico.

  • Release Date: January 15, 2020

• EPA Responds to Puerto Rico Earthquakes; Assessing Sites and Facilities to Help the Puerto Rico Government

  EPA News Release: EPA Responds to Puerto Rico Earthquakes; Assessing Sites and Facilities to Help the Puerto Rico Government

  • Release Date: January 15, 2020

• EPA Awards First Installation of $40 Million Grant to Puerto Rico Solid Waste Management Plan

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards First Installation of $40 Million Grant to Puerto Rico Solid Waste Management Plan

  • Release Date: October 3, 2019

• La EPA desembolsa primera parte de la subvención de $40 millones al Plan de Manejo de Desperdicios Sólidos de Puerto Rico

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA:: La EPA desembolsa primera parte de la subvención de $40 millones al Plan de Manejo de Desperdicios Sólidos de Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: October 3, 2019