U.S. EPA News U.S. EPA News http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/RSSRecentNews!open en-us Three Small Businesses in Conn. and Mass. Awarded EPA Research Grants (CT, MA)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/CCD2FEADA6588FA985257EC1006834F9Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:00:00 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/CCD2FEADA6588FA985257EC1006834F9 TODAY: EPA Administrator McCarthy to Address Growth Energy Conference (HQ)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/95A9388ED6B179C685257EC10045BD68Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:02:34 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/95A9388ED6B179C685257EC10045BD68 EPA To Take Public Input on Draft Plan to Decontaminate and Dismantle PCB Processing Facility in Fort Edward, NY (NY)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/15BF164B6D5E01A585257EC0006F63A6Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:40:10 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/15BF164B6D5E01A585257EC0006F63A6 Settlement with Current and Former Owners of Chemical Facility in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, to Address Groundwater Contamination (IA)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A814DAD82E6F67B685257EC0006AD7BEMon, 14 Sep 2015 15:34:48 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A814DAD82E6F67B685257EC0006AD7BE Dunbar Asphalt to Clean up 29-Acre Portion of Sharon Steel Superfund Site, Hermitage, Pa. (PA)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/71E0092770AD716185257EC000682927Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:06:17 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/71E0092770AD716185257EC000682927 Saturday, September 12: EPA Region 7 Acting Administrator to Speak at Missouri River Cleanup Event in Parkville, Mo. (MO)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1D1FAD6FC37BF95D85257EBD00740ADFFri, 11 Sep 2015 18:19:42 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1D1FAD6FC37BF95D85257EBD00740ADF EPA to Provide Community Update on Navassa Site Cleanup (NC)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6657D3EF7BE14ADC85257EBD006A0072Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:21:39 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6657D3EF7BE14ADC85257EBD006A0072 EPA Awards Green Infrastructure Grant of $20,000 to Kansas State University for Projects on Campus in Manhattan, Kan. (KS)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/98F2344577DB0A0285257EBC00609A2CThu, 10 Sep 2015 14:29:12 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/98F2344577DB0A0285257EBC00609A2C Duke Energy Corp. to Reduce Emissions from Power Plants in North Carolina, Fund Environmental Projects (HQ, NC)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/02A425EB4C60F2CE85257EBC0055B41BThu, 10 Sep 2015 12:44:58 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/02A425EB4C60F2CE85257EBC0055B41B EPA Awards Green Infrastructure Grant of $20,000 to Mississippi State University (MS)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1ACAAE49A329682B85257EBC00547075Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:37:21 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1ACAAE49A329682B85257EBC00547075 EPA Cleanup Plan Issued for the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site in Rhode Island (RI)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9DB5812DF1B31FF785257EBC004C6D75Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:57:20 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9DB5812DF1B31FF785257EBC004C6D75 EPA Awards Green Infrastructure Grants of $20,000 to Kansas State University and Mississippi State University (HQ)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/2D4A2A2E4BF49CEC85257EBC00443EF6Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:00:06 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/2D4A2A2E4BF49CEC85257EBC00443EF6 Cargill, Inc., Agrees to Settle Clean Air Act Violations at Vitamin E Manufacturing Facility in Eddyville, Iowa (IA)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/54BB9CC628F00A8385257EBB0075914DWed, 9 Sep 2015 18:15:23 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/54BB9CC628F00A8385257EBB0075914D EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Phosphorus Limits for Vermont Segments of Lake Champlain (VT)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F65D724324CB414B85257EBB006F107DWed, 9 Sep 2015 16:14:14 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F65D724324CB414B85257EBB006F107D EPA Funds Coastal Observation System for Indicators of Ocean Acidification in Casco Bay (ME)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/357B76C32B3F38DA85257EBB006EF118Wed, 9 Sep 2015 16:13:02 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/357B76C32B3F38DA85257EBB006EF118 EPA Brownfields Grants Help Revitalize Luzerne Co. Mine-Scarred Land - Two $200,000 Brownfields Grants to Support Site Cleanup (PA)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/044C16CF9CD561FC85257EBB0060944DWed, 9 Sep 2015 13:43:41 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/044C16CF9CD561FC85257EBB0060944D U.S. EPA settlement prompts firm to develop hazardous waste training program for metal finishing industry (CA)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/390F3D6DE71C6A2985257EBB00610965Wed, 9 Sep 2015 13:41:55 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/390F3D6DE71C6A2985257EBB00610965 EPA Helps Protect Oklahoma’s Waters with $11.2M Grant (OK)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6D69814C7BC68C5A85257EBB005674B1Wed, 9 Sep 2015 12:52:51 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6D69814C7BC68C5A85257EBB005674B1 EPA Helps Protect Louisiana’s Waters with $15.3M Grant (LA)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1AACBC45850153FC85257EBB00560369Wed, 9 Sep 2015 12:52:31 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/1AACBC45850153FC85257EBB00560369 EPA and New York State Announce Ban on Dumping Sewage from Boats Into Cayuga and Seneca Lakes and Seneca River (NY)http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/5ADC15D098B9E93485257EBB0054AFF1Wed, 9 Sep 2015 12:16:27 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/5ADC15D098B9E93485257EBB0054AFF1