New EPA Video Highlights Success of Citizen Science Efforts in Tonawanda, NY (NY)

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has posted a new video to its national YouTube channel highlighting the role citizen science has played in raising awareness about pollution from the Tonawanda Coke Corporation facility in Tonawanda, New York. The video is part of a larger pr... (read more)

EPA Advises Facility Operators to Minimize Releases during Hazardous Weather Events (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC)

ATLANTA – As hurricane season approaches, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a Hazardous Weather Release Prevention and Reporting alert to remind facility operators of certain regulations that require minimization of chemical releases during process shutdown operations. This aler... (read more)

Skin Cancer Remains the Most Common Cancer in US, Americans Urged to Take Action/EPA, CDC, FDA, National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention provide sun safety tips for 'Don’t Fry Day': May 24th (HQ)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), joined by the
National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is recognizing
the Friday before Memorial Day as “Don’t Fry Day”, to encourag... (read more)

EPA to Hold Public Meeting Regarding the Stony Hill Road TCE Site (NC)

(ATLANTA – May 17, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) will hold a public meeting to announce the completion of the water service lines to residents in the area of suspected contamination at the Stony Hill Road TCE site in Wake Forest, NC on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Stony Hil... (read more)

EPA Transfers Operations of Whittier Narrows Treatment Plant to State of California (CA)

Billions of Gallons of Groundwater Treated To Date
LOS ANGELES-- Today, responsibility for operation and maintenance of the
groundwater treatment system at the Whittier Narrows Operable Unit (OU) was
transferred from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the
California Department ... (read more)

Federal Agencies Expand Urban Waterway Revitalization Effort to Proctor Creek in Atlanta (GA)

ATLANTA – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Transportation and Urban Development, the Army Corp of Engineers and the Centers for Disease Control, along with other federal partner... (read more)

EPA Recognizes Environmental Innovation at Science Competition for High School Students/Jacquel Caron Rivers and Arne Joi Saguni Nipales win the Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award, and will participate in National Sustainable Design Expo in 2014 (HQ)

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today recognized
the winners of this year’s EPA’s Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability award for
demonstrating a commitment to environmental sustainability and stewardship.
Jacquel Caron Rivers and Arne Joi Saguni Nipales, both seniors at... (read more)

EPA joins other agencies to finalize summer work plans for Pennsylvania Mine cleanup (CO)

Meeting on May 29 to outline cleanup effort to address acid discharge and toxic
waste piles
(Denver, Colo. – May 16th, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in
partnership with the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, the
U.S. Forest Service, the Colorado Department... (read more)

San Diego County Meets National Air Quality Standard for Smog (CA)

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that San Diego County has met the 1997 national health-based air quality standard for smog, also known as ground-level ozone. In addition, EPA has approved the state’s plan to maintain clean air standards for the more than three millio... (read more)

TOMORROW: EPA Acting Administrator to Keynote National Brownfields Conference in Atlanta, GA (GA)

ATLANTA – Friday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe will give the keynote address at the National Brownfields Conference, the largest training and networking event in the nation focusing on environmental revitalization and economic redevelopment. Now in i... (read more)

Texaco Begins Soil Cleanup, Additional Groundwater Work at Ventura County Superfund Site (CA)

Allows for Future Commercial and Recreational Use at Pacific Coast Pipeline SiteLOS ANGELES -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that work will begin this week to address soil contamination at the Pacific Pipeline Superfund Site located in Fillmore, CA. Additional groundwater work w... (read more)

EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe, Testimony Before the House Energy and Commerce Committee (HQ)

Chairmen Shimkus and Whitfield, Ranking Members Rush and Tonko, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget.
The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget demonstrates that we can ma... (read more)

EPA orders gas stations to close underground injection wells to protect drinking water sources on Yakama Reservation (WA)

(Seattle – May 15, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, has ordered two gas stations to close their underground injection wells to protect drinking water on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington. In separate settlements, the gas stations in Wapato and White Swan will pay ... (read more)

TOMORROW: EPA Acting Administrator to Testify on Fiscal Year 2014 Proposed Budget Before House Energy and Commerce Committee (HQ)

WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe will testify before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy And Power and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. EDT at a hearing to discuss EPA’s ... (read more)

Middle Rio Grande Urban Waters Federal Partnership (NM)

(DALLAS – May 14, 2013) Today, the Middle Rio Grande, Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge and the city of Albuquerque received national attention from a multi-federal agency partnership addressing urban waters. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)... (read more)

EPA to host Public Availability Session Regarding the Reef Environmental Site in Sylacauga, AL (AL)

(ATLANTA – May 14, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public availability session on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the J. Craig Smith Community Center in Sylacauga, AL to discuss environmental concerns at the REEF LLC Facilit... (read more)

Federal Agencies Expand Urban Waterway Revitalization Efforts in Western Lake Erie Basin (OH)

CHICAGO – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
announced that the Western Lake Erie Basin is one of 11 new locations selected
for revitalization efforts by the Urban Waters Federal Partnersh... (read more)

FRIDAY - Federal Agencies to Announce Urban Waterway Revitalization Effort in Proctor Creek (GA)

ATLANTA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Transportation, and Urban Development, Army Corp of Engineers and the Centers for Disease Control, along with other federal partners, are... (read more)

Federal Agencies Seek Input to Update Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan (IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, WI)

CHICAGO - The federal agencies and departments of the Great Lakes Interagency
Task Force today announced opportunities for the public to provide input to a
planned update of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan.

The updated Action Plan would direct Great Lakes restoration for f... (read more)

Federal Agencies Expand Urban Waterway Revitalization Efforts in Communities Across the Nation (HQ, DE, MA, MI, MO, NJ, NM, OH, PR, WA)

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in
partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other federal ... (read more)