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<item><title>EPA Update on Gold King Mine Response&#58; Navajo Nation&#44; Additional Data&#44; Public Records (HQ, CO)</title><link>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/45C9CD950044F30D85257EAF006FEC36</link><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#150; Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency &#40;EPA&#41; released an update on water quality and sediment data for the Navajo Nation&#44; as well as new data sets and additional public records on the Gold King Mine response.What new documents are being released&#63;EPA is releasing docume...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:41:49 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/45C9CD950044F30D85257EAF006FEC36</guid><georss:where><gml:Point><gml:pos> </gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><title>MEDIA ADVISORY&#58; Public comments and FAQ for proposed agreement on Red Hill Fuel Tanks posted to EPA and DOH websites (HI)</title><link>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/616BC67B51C484E185257EAE00793CD4</link><description><![CDATA[HONOLULU &#150; Today&#44; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Hawaii State Department of Health &#40;DOH&#41; have posted the public comments received and a Frequently Asked Questions &#40;FAQ&#41; on the proposed agreement with the U.S. Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency &#40;DLA&#41; requiring the military ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:12:29 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/616BC67B51C484E185257EAE00793CD4</guid><georss:where><gml:Point><gml:pos> </gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><title>City of Jerome&#44; Idaho Settles Wastewater Permit Violations with EPA (ID)</title><link>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/B2417F83E84E0E9C85257EAE0066FA14</link><description><![CDATA[City agrees to spend &#36;43 million to upgrade plant&#40;Seattle&#44; WA &#150; August 27&#44; 2015&#41; Wastewater discharged into the Snake River&#44; the J8 canal and other waters will be cleaner as a result of a recent settlement between the City of Jerome&#44; Idaho and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 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EPA cited Zippo for violating t...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:12:39 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/63148871E91B5A2A85257EAC005E4F88</guid><georss:where><gml:Point><gml:pos> </gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><title>EPA Announces Grant Funding to the University of Maryland to Support Regional Environmental Finance Center (MD)</title><link>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6ED42E7D272B414A85257EAC00523BEC</link><description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA &#40;August 25&#44; 2015&#41; &#45;&#45; The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected the University of Maryland as one of the nine winners of a six&#45;year grant to support a regional Environmental Finance Center.  Through the Environmental Finance Center&#44; local communities will be able to access te...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:09:05 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6ED42E7D272B414A85257EAC00523BEC</guid><georss:where><gml:Point><gml:pos> </gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><title>EPA Brownfields Grants will help revitalize Pittsburgh properties (PA)</title><link>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A206EE10883BC15D85257EAB00688C2A</link><description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA &#40;Aug. 24&#44; 2015&#41; &#150; The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of &#36;400&#44;000 in brownfields grants to Pittsburgh&#146;s North Side Industrial Development Company &#40;NSIDC&#41;.  The funding will be used to assess abandoned industrial sites in Pittsburgh that may be potent...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:05:27 -0400</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A206EE10883BC15D85257EAB00688C2A</guid><georss:where><gml:Point><gml:pos> </gml:pos></gml:Point></georss:where></item><item><title>U. S. EPA settlement requires Salinas&#44; Calif. Realty company to remove lead&#45;based paint (CA)</title><link>http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/DA2208A0750BD22985257EAB0066B8AA</link><description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO &#150; The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Piini Realty&#44; Inc. for failing to notify its tenants about the potential presence of lead&#45;based paint at 12 rental units located in Salinas&#44; Calif. 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