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EPA to open public docket and host listening sessions on Clean Water Act Section 401 implementation challenges

EPA to open public docket and host listening se...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites public input on implementation challenges associated with Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401. The agency will use input received to determine next steps to...

EPA and State Partners Celebrate 40 Years of Action to Protect and Restore Long Island Sound with New Conservation and Management Plan

EPA and State Partners Celebrate 40 Years of Ac...

EPA, states of New York and Connecticut and many partners meet to sign resolution of support, unveil Long Island Sound Partnership's refreshed name and logo Rye, N.Y. - Today in Rye,...

EPA agreement with West Oakland metal recycler reduces pollution into San Francisco Bay

EPA agreement with West Oakland metal recycler ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated an Administrative Order on Consent with Radius Recycling Inc. in response to Clean Water Act violations at the company's metal...

EPA and Army Wrap Up Initial Listening Sessions, Move Toward Proposal to Revise 2023 Definition of WOTUS

EPA and Army Wrap Up Initial Listening Sessions...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (Army) have completed a robust series of listening sessions intended to seek input from stakeholders on real-world...

EPA Order Protects Guam Water Resources

EPA Order Protects Guam Water Resources

Agency action prevents future oil spills at fuel storage facility PITI, Guam – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with South Pacific Petroleum Corporation Inc. over claims...

EPA Reinforces Alignment of Clean Water Act Section 401 with “Powering the Great American Comeback” Initiative

EPA Reinforces Alignment of Clean Water Act Sec...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum clarifying the specific and limited role that states and tribes play in the federal licensing and permitting processes under...

EPA Completes Expedited Cost Recovery for Cleanup Work Done Associated with Spill Near I-435 in Lenexa, Kansas

EPA Completes Expedited Cost Recovery for Clean...

LENEXA, KAN. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced an expedited cost recovery agreement with Concrete Strategies to recover over $30,000 for cleanup work performed by EPA Region 7’s...

EPA Advances Wahikuli Sewer Project Design, as Part of Maui Wildfire Recovery

EPA Advances Wahikuli Sewer Project Design, as ...

Public Comments Accepted Through May 23rd LAHAINA, Hawaii – This week, in a marker of progress in rebuilding wastewater infrastructure following the Maui wildfires, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and...

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Holds Press Conference on Tijuana River Sewage Crisis in San Diego

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Holds Press Confer...

SAN DIEGO - Yesterday, on Earth Day, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin held a press conference in San Diego, California, with elected officials and local stakeholders on the...

EPA Plans to Finalize Water Quality Standards to Protect Critical Fish Species and Clean Up the Water in the Delaware River

EPA Plans to Finalize Water Quality Standards t...

This action under the Clean Water Act will bolster fishing and economic opportunities WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will notify the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...

Public input sought for permit controlling pollutants from entering Massachusetts' rivers, ponds, lakes and wetlands

Public input sought for permit controlling poll...

BOSTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a newly scheduled public hearing for an updated draft of the general permit for all small and regulated "Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems"...

Administrator Zeldin Announces EPA Will Revise Waters of the United States Rule

Administrator Zeldin Announces EPA Will Revise ...

Clearer, streamlined permitting will cut compliance costs, reduce cost of living, follow Supreme Court rulings LENEXA, KAN. – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced today that EPA...

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EPA Takes a Step Forward in Environmental Progr...

EPA added the site to the NPL in 1983 due to mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contamination.

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StormwaterONE Announces Upcoming Webinar: "Floc...

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EPA Fines Kansas Cattle Farms for Alleged Clean...

Cattle feedlot operators will pay a combined $70,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

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StormwaterONE Launches Comprehensive New RUSLE2...

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EPA Fines Truck Stops in Iowa and Missouri for ...

Two truck stops in IA and MO, Iowa 80 and Joplin 44, agreed to pay a combined $390,784 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act.