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EPA Announces Soil Sampling Initiative to Help LA Residents Further Validate Fire Cleanup Success and Strengthen Future Wildfire Response
Voluntary sampling effort builds on historic cleanup operations, establishes advanced best practices for nationwide wildfire response
EPA today announced it will conduct soil sampling at randomly selected properties in the Eaton fire area to help residents validate the effectiveness of Los Angeles wildfire cleanup efforts and develop best practices for future wildfire responses.
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Un nuevo informe celebra los éxitos sin precedentes de la EPA gracias a la agenda de Invertir en Estados Unidos de la administración Biden-Harris
La agencia ha otorgado casi $69 mil millones en fondos de la Ley Bipartidista de Infraestructura y la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, crear empleos bien remunerados, reducir los costos de energía
EPA News Release: Un nuevo informe celebra los éxitos sin precedentes de la EPA gracias a la agenda de Invertir en Estados Unidos de la administración Biden-Harris
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EPA Disapproves Colorado’s Regional Haze Plan and Supports State’s Coal Plants
EPA is finalizing the full disapproval of Colorado’s revised 2022 Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP), preventing the premature closure of power plants.
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Administrator Lee Zeldin Marks One Year Since Deadly Los Angeles Wildfires
One year ago today, a series of deadly wildfires set Los Angeles, California, ablaze. Powered by strong wind, the fire spread rapidly with flames destroying just about everything in their path and the results were catastrophic.
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EPA Announces Intent to Regulate Dozens of Uses of Five Phthalate Chemicals to Protect Workers and Environment
Agency's comprehensive risk evaluations find unreasonable risks requiring regulatory action
EPA announced today that it will move to regulate dozens of applications of five widely used phthalate chemicals to address environmental and workplace risks.
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EPA Announces Intent to Regulate Nearly One Dozen 1,3-Butadiene Uses to Protect American Workers
In compliance with a court ordered deadline, EPA completed a robust review of 1,3-butadiene using gold standard science.
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ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in The Hill: EPA Highlights How Reducing Food Waste Matters for All Americans
Administrator Lee Zeldin published an op-ed in The Hill highlighting the agency’s role in helping to curb food waste across the country during this holiday season and beyond.
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Senate Confirms Jeffrey Hall as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
The United States Senate has confirmed Jeffrey Hall to serve as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
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Senate Confirms Douglas Troutman as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
The United States Senate has confirmed Douglas Troutman to serve as the Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP).
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EPA Approves New WIFIA Loans to Strengthen Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Oregon and Washington
EPA is announcing its approval of three Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans totaling $240 million to improve vital water infrastructure.
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Trump Administration Announces Another Historic Milestone Toward Implementing 100% Solution to the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis
EPA is announcing the signing of a historic new agreement between the United States and Mexico, called Minute 333, marking additional significant progress to permanently and urgently end the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis.
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Foreign National Indicted and Extradited to the United States for Role in Two Russia-Linked Cyber Hacking Groups
Conspiracy charges against defendant allege attacks against U.S. public water systems
Conspiracy charges against defendant allege attacks against U.S. public water systems.
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Administrator Lee Zeldin Fulfills Pledge to Visit All 50 States this Year, Bringing EPA Directly to the American People
Since getting confirmed by the US Senate on January 29, 2025, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has now traveled to all fifty states across the country to hear directly from the American people about the challenges facing their communities.
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EPA Proposes Changes to Make PFAS Reporting Requirements More Practical and Implementable, Reducing Regulatory Burden
EPA released a proposal to improve the scope of its PFAS reporting regulations under TSCA to make them more practical and implementable and reduce unnecessary, or potentially duplicative, reporting requirements.
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EPA Approves Alaska’s Air Quality Plan for Fairbanks North Star Borough, Saving Alaskans From Costly Provisions
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the approval of Alaska’s reworked Fairbanks PM2.5 State Implementation Plan (SIP).
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EPA Releases New Resources to Help Protect Water Systems, Strengthen Cyber Resilience
EPA released new and updated planning tools that water systems across the country can use to help prevent and respond to cybersecurity incidents.
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EPA Updates Lead Guidance to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund, Hazardous Waste Sites Across the Nation
EPA is taking decisive action today to protect Americans from lead exposure by establishing a new, clear approach to accelerate lead cleanup at contaminated sites.
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EPA Issues Policy Guidance to Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires, Promote Use of Prescribed Fires for Mitigation Efforts
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued policy guidance directing regional offices to work with local, state, Tribal, and federal partners to remove barriers in State Implementation Plans (SIPs) that discourage prescribed fires.
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Senate Confirms John Busterud as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management
The U.S. Senate has confirmed John W. Busterud to serve as the Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM).
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Senate Confirms Usha-Maria Turner as EPA’s Assistant Administrator for the Office of International and Tribal Affairs
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Usha-Maria Turner to serve as Assistant Administrator for the Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA) at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA).