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  • EPA Regional Administrator Delivers Keynote Speech at New Jersey Energy Policy Forum

    EPA Region 2 Administrator Michael Martucci spoke at the New Jersey Business and Industry Association’s annual Energy & Environmental Policy Conference.

    • Release Date: October 28, 2026
  • EPA Proposes Major New Revisions to Burdensome, Unworkable Biden-era Oil and Natural Gas Regulations 

    Today, in Lubbock, Texas, President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced EPA’s latest proposal to revise the Biden EPA’s oil and natural gas regulations under the Clean Air Act (CAA), commonly known as OOOOb/c.

    • Release Date: October 27, 2026
  • EPA Regional Administrator Kevin McOmber and U.S. Representative Brian Mast Highlight Significant Water Infrastructure Investment in Fort Pierce 

    EPA Regional Administrator Kevin McOmber and U.S. Representative Brian Mast Highlight Significant Water Infrastructure Investment in Fort Pierce    

    • Release Date: October 27, 2026
  • EPA’s First Ever PFAS TECH Strategy Spurs Innovation in Research and Technology to Address PFAS

    At an event in Commerce City, Colorado, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin launched the first ever agency-wide PFAS Technology, Evaluation, Coordination, and Harmonization (PFAS TECH) strategy.

    • Release Date: October 26, 2026

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