U.S. Environmental Protection Agency News

It's budget season in Piedmont, which in my experience is one of the best-kept secrets in town.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to settle water pollution violations at three treatment plants in Indiana and Venango counties that discharge wastewater from Marcellus Shale gas drilling into the Allegheny River watershed.

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to add three superfund sites in Indiana to its highest priority cleanup list for hazardous waste, and one of those is in South Bend.

That's because four federal government agencies will be closed on Friday, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency and the White House Office of Management and Budget.

In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to provide more health and safety information about their products and give regulators more power to force harmful compounds off the market.

The video highlights the role citizen science has played in raising awareness about pollution from the Tonawanda Coke Corp.

Fridley's Citizen Advisory Group for local polluted Superfund sites meets on Thursday, May 23, 2013, from 6-8 p.m. at Fridley City Hall .

Proctor Creek, the waterway that snakes from downtown and through northwest Atlanta before ending in the Chattahoochee River, wasn't always so polluted, says Na'Taki Osborne Jelks.

How do you go about protecting yourself from acquiring environmental liability? The best answer is to do a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment .

The federal government is fining a southeast Kansas refinery $300,000 for deficiencies in the company's program to curb air pollution.

Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention Facility.

Washington County authorities say a man faked a marriage certificate so he could visit a woman held in the Johnson City Detention Facility.

A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's troubled immigration system is headed to the full Senate after approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it was placing the former United Zinc & Associated Smelters Site on the federal Superfund National Priorities List.

The University of Michigan Water Center announced today that it has committed almost $570,000 in research grants to a dozen separate projects whose common goal will be to investigate ways to protect and restore the health of the Great Lakes, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says contain more than 80% of the surface fresh water in ... (more)

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday afternoon biology was found to be exceptional to very good at several sites on select Ohio River tributaries including Island Creek, Croxton Run and Wills Creek and 10 other sites in Jefferson and Harrison counties.

It doesn't really matter what your political party affiliation is: There are times when you hear about a Supreme Court ruling, and you are left scratching your head.

As a resident and business owner in Newmarket, I have an enduring love for my town.

GULF OF MEXICO - As hurricane season approaches, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 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.

The EPA wants to add a former Creek County oil refinery to the Superfund list. The 125-acre site is located on the northeast side of Bristow on West 221st Street.