Region 7

Serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and 9 Tribal Nations

Final Decision on Missouri's Impaired Waters List

(Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 16, 2009) - EPA has released its final decision on Missouri's 2004/2006 list of impaired waters. This decision will help the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) set priorities for restoration activities to improve water quality in the coming years. News Release

Macy, Neb., Public Water System Now Under Partial Boil Order

(Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 16, 2009) - EPA Region 7 has directed the Omaha Macy Public Water System, located on the Omaha Tribe Reservation in Thurston County, Neb., to partially lift a boil order issued January 7, 2009. A partial boil order remains in effect for an estimated 20 households generally situated along 33rd Road and south of Macy on U.S. Highway 75. News Release

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Administrative Action Directs Public Water System in Macy, Neb., to Issue Boil Order for Drinking Water

(Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 7, 2009) - EPA Region 7 has issued an emergency administrative notice to the Omaha Macy Public Water System, located on the Omaha Tribe Reservation in Thurston County, Neb., directing the water system to issue an order advising its customers to boil their water until further notice. News Release

City of Hutchinson, Kan., Honored for Public Water Projects

(Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 6, 2009) - EPA Region 7 today honored the City of Hutchinson, Kan., with a pair of awards in recognition of the city's innovative efforts to remediate problems with its water supply and provide better drinking water to its residents. News Release

Public Comment Period Extended for Omaha Lead Site

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 29, 2008) - EPA Region 7 will extend the public comment period for the Omaha Lead Superfund Site to January 15, 2009. Without this extension, the public comment period would have expired at midnight on December 31, 2008. News Release

$477,000 Grant to Mason City, Iowa, for Water Infrastructure

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 23, 2008) - EPA has awarded $477,000 to Mason City, Iowa, for improvements to the city's existing sanitary sewer collection system. News Release

Iowa's Scott and Muscatine Counties in Violation of Air Standards

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 22, 2008) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially notified the state of Iowa today that portions of Scott and Muscatine counties do not meet the Agency's daily standards for fine particle pollution, also known as fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5. News Release

St. Louis Metro Area in Violation of Federal Air Quality Standards

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 22, 2008) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially notified the state of Missouri today that areas of the St. Louis metropolitan area in Missouri do not meet the Agency's daily standard for fine particle pollution, also known as fine particulate matter, or PM 2.5. News Release

Kansas is Making Progress in Assessing and Restoring its Waters

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 18, 2008) - EPA has approved Kansas' 2006/2008 list of impaired waters. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) submitted a list of impaired waters to EPA for review and approval March 31, 2008, as required by the Clean Water Act. News Release

Deadline for National CARE Grant Applications is March 16

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 17, 2008) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications for grants from the national Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. Through March 16, 2009, EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., will accept proposals to support community-based partnerships to reduce pollution at the local level. News Release

New Water Quality Standards are Necessary to Protect the Mississippi River for Recreation

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 15, 2008) - EPA has determined that new or revised water quality standards are necessary to protect the Mississippi River in Missouri. News Release

Iowa State University Selected to Receive $600,000 in Grants to Reduce Upstream Pollution Impacting Gulf of Mexico

(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 12, 2008) - Iowa State University has been selected to receive $600,000 in grants from EPA's Targeted Watersheds Grant Program to reduce upstream pollutants that contribute to an oxygen-depleted hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico. News Release

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