EPA Agreement Clears Way for Removal of Hazards at Taunton, Massachusetts Site

Taunton, Mass. – The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has reached an agreement with two entities which will undertake site cleanup activity at the Nu-Brite Chemical Company, Inc. site in Taunton.

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EPA Approves Partial Deletion of the USCG Buoy Depot Site from South Weymouth Superfund Site

BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the partial deletion of the U.S.

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Cornell Pond Fishing Derby in North Dartmouth, Mass. Scheduled for Sat. Sept. 14

BOSTON - Registration is open for the biennial Cornell Pond Fishing Derby in North Dartmouth, Mass. The derby takes place at Cornell Pond on Sat., Sept. 14 between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

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Alligator hunting season opens Friday in Mississippi

Mississippi’s 2019 alligator season officially opens Friday at noon. WLBT-TV reports the season will open for 10 days and will close at noon on Monday, Sept. 9. A total of 960 permits in seven hunting zones across the state were offered in two random drawings. This is the 15th year of public waterway alligator hunting ...

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US proposing easing rules on climate-changing oil emissions

Oil and gas companies could face far looser oversight of emissions of potent climate-changing methane gas under a proposal expected from the Trump administration as soon as Thursday, oil industry and environmental groups said. The government’s plan would ease requirements on oil and gas sites to monitor for methane leaks and plug them. The Environmental ...

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Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Project in Miami

ATLANTA (August 28, 2019) – Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced a grant to Museum of Science, Inc.

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Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Project in Atlanta

ATLANTA (August 28, 2019) – Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced a grant to Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Inc.

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EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Contaminated Properties in Vineland, New Jersey

NEW YORK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a cleanup plan to address about 40 non-residential contaminated properties that remain impacted by the Former Kil-Tone Company Superfund Site in Vineland, New Jersey.

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EPA Announces Change to Cleanup Plan for Lightman Drum Company Superfund Site

NEW YORK – Because levels of contamination in groundwater are falling naturally, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend part of its previous plan to clean up an area of the Lightman Drum Company Superfund site in Winslow Township, New Jersey.

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EPA to Provide Relief for Certain Marine Diesel Engines

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MONDAY: EPA to Announce Proposed Rule to Address Marine Engine Regulations

GARDEN CITY, Ga. (August 23, 2019) — On Monday, August 26, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Mary Walker will join Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) in Savannah to announce a proposed EPA rule to address marine engine regulations.

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Remembering Hurricane Camille 50 years later

Hurricanes Camille and Katrina were as different as night and day, yet those who lived through both storms say the two were similar in many ways. Saturday, Aug. 17 (was) the 50th anniversary of Camille and Aug. 29 will be 14 years since Katrina. “Camille was a Sunday Storm,” said Rupert Lacy, now emergency management ...

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EPA presents East Helena, Montana partners with Superfund Reuse award

East Helena, Mont.  -- At a ceremony today at Prickly Pear Elementary School in East Helena, Mont., U.S.

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Judge rules lawsuit over oilfield waste can proceed

A Mississippi judge says a lawsuit over oilfield waste can move forward. Jones County Circuit Court Judge Dal Williamson ruled Monday that Tae and Diedra Baucum can sue a number of companies including Petro Harvester Oil & Gas. WDAM-TV reports the Baucums allege waste buried nearby has leached into the Baucum property and contaminated it. ...

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MONDAY: EPA to Hold Open House and Community Meeting August 19 in Marietta, Georgia to Address Ethylene Oxide Concerns

ATLANTA (August 19, 2019) — The U.S.

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TUESDAY: EPA to Hold Open House and Community Meeting August 20 in Covington, Georgia to Address Ethylene Oxide Concerns

ATLANTA (August 19, 2019) — The U.S.

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EPA announces $3.2 million in water quality cooperative agreements in Mississippi and Florida

ATLANTA (August 14, 2019) – Today, the U.S.

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EPA announces $3.2 million in water quality cooperative agreements in Mississippi

Gulfport, Miss. (August 14, 2019) – Today, the U.S.

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EPA Finalizes Interim Plan to Clean Up Contamination at the Universal Oil Products Superfund Site in East Rutherford, New Jersey

East Rutherford, N.J. - This week, the U.S.

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Flooded Mississippi a threat as hurricane season heats up

The river that drains much of the flood-soaked United States is running far higher than normal this hurricane season, menacing New Orleans in multiple ways. One continuing concern is the massive volume of water that for months has been pushing against levees protecting a city that’s mostly below sea level. The Mississippi River is well ...

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Jackson trashes recycling, citing cost and market demand

Mississippi’s largest city will stop curbside recycling collections by month’s end. Jackson Public Works Director Bob Miller tells the Clarion Ledger the program is indefinitely suspended, in part because China’s demand for recycled materials has fallen. Officials say more than 300 cities nationwide have stopped curbside collections. Jackson is referring residents to private collectors and ...

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EPA to begin soil cleanup at former Dixon Iron & Metal Company in Dixon, Illinois

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA064

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Drought affecting about 1 million in Deep South

A new assessment shows about 1 million people are being affected by drought in the Deep South, but conditions are improving slightly in some areas. The latest report released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows parts of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina all have regions that are too dry. The worst areas are agricultural ...

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Camille Memorial getting face lift for 50th anniversary

Hurricane Katrina left lasting scars on the Hurricane Camille Memorial in Biloxi located at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. The church reached out to the Biloxi Fire Department which, in turn, reached out to Lodging and Leisure Investments for help in returning the memorial to its best condition in light of the storm’s upcoming ...

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El Nino fades so forecasters expect busier hurricane season

Government meteorologists say this year’s hurricane season may be busier than initially expected now that summer’s weak El Nino has faded away. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center said Thursday the Atlantic season looks more active than normal as peak hurricane season begins. Forecasters now expect 10 to 17 named storms, with ...

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EPA proposes partial delisting of the New Brighton/Arden Hills/TCAAP site in New Brighton, Minn., from NPL

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA063

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EPA recovers $1.75 million for Agency costs at Connecticut cleanup site

BOSTON - The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has recovered $1.75 million in cleanup costs in settling a lawsuit against several parties, including the owner of a burnt-out building in Bridgeport, Conn., where EPA performed an extensive environmen

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UN climate report: Change land use to avoid a hungry future

Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth’s land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse, a new United Nations scientific report says. That creates a vicious cycle which is already making food more expensive, scarcer and less nutritious. “The cycle is accelerating,” said NASA climate scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig, a ...

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EPA Community Advisory Group to Host Meetings about Wolverine World Wide Tannery Site in Rockford, Michigan

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA062 ROCKFORD, Mich. (Aug.  7, 2019) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that a community advisory group (CAG) has been formed to share information regarding the Wolverine World Wide Tannery site, Rockford, Michigan.

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Call for Applications: Trump Administration to Support Community Revitalization, Local Food Initiatives in the Southeast

ATLANTA (August 6, 2019) – Today, in support of the Trump Administration’s Executive Order on Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in Ameri

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EPA awards Clawson Excavating Inc. a $646,383 contract for work in Cove, Arizona

COVE, Ariz. –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Clawson Excavating a $646,383 contract to control erosion in the vicinity of former uranium mines in the Cove Chapter on the Navajo Nation.

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EPA Celebrates 20 Years of Superfund Redevelopment in Cinnaminson, New Jersey

NEW YORK – The U.S.

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EPA to remove asbestos, hazardous waste from South Point Biomass site in South Point, Ohio

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA060

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Columbus home becomes state’s first eScore 10

By MARY POLLITZ / The Commercial Dispatch COLUMBUS — As bad luck would have it, Jamie Alford’s air conditioner started losing its gumption last summer, and she knew costly repairs were coming soon. Taking on a larger project, she decided to improve more than just her air conditioner and become more energy efficient. After $15,000 ...

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TUESDAY: EPA to Hold Public Hearing August 6 on Georgia’s Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program

ATLANTA (August 2, 2019) — The U.S.

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Former Naval Air Station Cecil Field Recognized for Redevelopment Impact on Local Economy in Jacksonville, Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (August 1, 2019) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Mary S.

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EPA Recognizes Bucks County Site for Excellence in Reuse

PHILADELPHIA (August 2, 2019) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented Heritage Conservancy in Southern Bucks County, Pennsylvania with its Excellence in Site Reuse Award for outstanding work in the reuse of the Croydon TCE Superfund Site.

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EPA proposes partial delisting of South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination Superfund site

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA056

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EPA proposes removing Duell & Gardner Landfill Superfund site in Dalton Township, Michigan, from NPL

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA057

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EPA proposes to remove the Buckeye Reclamation Landfill site in Belmont County, Ohio, from NPL

For Immediate Release: No. 19-OPA058

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‘Dead zone’ reduced by Hurricane Barry but still 8th largest

Scientists say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is the eighth largest on record. Every summer, a large underwater area with too little oxygen to sustain marine life forms off Louisiana. Scientists had predicted a near-record 7,800 square miles (20,200 square kilometers) this year because of nitrogen and other nutrients carried by Midwestern flooding. ...

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EPA Celebrates 20 Years of Superfund Redevelopment at former Blackburn & Union Site in Walpole, Mass.

WALPOLE – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Superfund Redevelopment Initiative, launched in 1999 with the goal of returning formerly contaminated lands to long-term sustainable and productive reuse for communities across the country.

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EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan of Cayuga County Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site in Cayuga County New York

Cayuga, New York The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to clean a discrete area of the Cayuga County Ground Water Contamination Site in Cayuga County, New York, extending towards Union Springs.

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