Water

• EPA awards over $6.7 million to the Guam Waterworks Authority for wastewater and drinking water projects February 21, 2012
  (02/21/12) HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded over $6.7 million as part of a yearly grant to the Guam Waterworks Authority to improve drinking water and wastewater systems on Guam. “The $6.7 million that EPA is providing Guam will go towards meeting critical drinking water and wastewater infrastructure standards on the islan […]
• EPA to Host Third Public Meeting on Floyds Fork Pollution Control Plan February 17, 2012
  (Atlanta, Ga. – Feb. 17, 2011) – On Tuesday, Feb.21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 will conduct a public meeting to obtain comments from stakeholders on the work completed thus far on the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Floyds Fork watershed in north-central Kentucky. This meeting is a follow-up to the well-attended TMDL dev […]
• MOEX Offshore Agrees to $90 Million Partial Settlement of Liability in Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill / $70 million penalty is largest under the Clean Water Act; MOEX also to perform Gulf conservation projects worth at least $20 million February 17, 2012
  WASHINGTON – MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC has agreed to settle its liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in a settlement with the United States valued at $90 million, announced the Department of Justice, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today. Approximately $45 million of the $90 million settlement is going directly to […]
• Cleanup Brings Milwaukee Area of Concern Closer to Restoration, Delivers Results Under Great Lakes Initiative February 17, 2012
  CHICAGO (Feb. 17, 2012) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Milwaukee County today announced completion of contaminated sediment removal in Lincoln Creek and the Milwaukee River Channel. This project brings the Milwaukee Estuary closer to being removed from a binational list of Areas of Concern in the Gre […]
• EPA Seeks Public Input on Plan for Cleanup at American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater Township, N.J. February 16, 2012
  (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a cleanup plan for contaminated soil, ground water and six waste disposal areas at the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, located on the Raritan River. The soil, ground water and waste disposal areas, called impoundments, are contaminated with volatile o […]
• EPA’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal Focuses on Core Environmental and Human Health Protections / EPA budget supports President Obama’s vision of an America that is built to last February 13, 2012
  WASHINGTON – Today the Obama Administration proposed a FY 2013 budget of $8.344 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This budget reflects a government-wide effort to reduce spending and find cost-savings, and is $105 million below the EPA’s enacted level for FY 2012 […]
• Cleanup Complete at Hiteman Leather Superfund Site In West Winfield, New York; Site Ready for Redevelopment February 13, 2012
  (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed the cleanup of the Hiteman Leather Superfund site, a former tannery in West Winfield, New York, and deleted it from the Superfund National Priorities List of the county’s most hazardous waste sites. Soil and sediment on the site was contaminated with chromium, a dangerous metal tha […]
• EPA Awards City of Andrews, Texas, Over $380,000 to Improve Drinking Water Treatment System February 10, 2012
  (DALLAS – February 10, 2012) A grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will help improve the drinking water treatment system in Andrews, Texas. The grant for $388,000 will be used by the city to install a filtration and reverse osmosis system to reduce arsenic and fluoride levels in drinking water provided to municipal customers […]
• $364,000 Grant to Plattsburg, Mo., for Drinking Water Improvements February 9, 2012
  Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 9, 2012) - EPA has awarded $364,000 to Plattsburg, Mo., for improvements to its drinking water system. The project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2013. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks said, “The City of Plattsburg recognized the need for drinking water improvements and is […]
• Feds Approve California Sewage Ban and Create Largest Coastal No-Discharge Zone in the Nation February 9, 2012
  PLEASE NOTE: Accredited members of the media are invited to participate in a telephonic press conference and Q & A with key state, local and non-profit leaders at 11:15 am today (PT) to discuss the announcement. For call-in and participant details and to reserve a line on the call, please RSVP to Mary Simms at simms.mary@epa.gov. Please include your name […]