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10/20 -- National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is October 19-25, a week focused on educating parents and children about the dangers of lead exposure, especially lead-paint hazards in and around the home. EPA Lead web site/ State of Colorado press release.
Region 8 "Legacy Report" available
10/2 -- The Legacy Report, a 16-page summary of EPA's achievements and shared
successes in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region, is now available online.
Legacy Report.
Cleanup complete at Colorado uranium mine and mill
9/29 -- A chapter in the history of the uranium industry in western Colorado
closed today when EPA certified the completion of the 20-year cleanup of the
Uravan Mill Superfund Site, a former uranium and vanadium mine and processing
site along the San Miguel River in Montrose County. Press
release/ EPA's
Uravan web site.
EPA proposes U.S. Magnesium facility for Superfund listing
9/3 -- EPA today proposed adding U.S. Magnesium in Tooele County, Utah, to
the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Press
release.
EPA's Denver office receives American Architecture award
8/21 -- EPA's Denver headquarters, designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects,
has been selected as a 2008 winner of The American Architecture award by the
Chicago Athenaeum at the Museum of Architecture and Design. This prestigious
award recognizes excellence in new and cutting-edge building design. More
information.
Fine particulate nonattainment areas for Utah and Montana
8/19-- EPA has identified several Utah counties and the community of Libby,
Montana as areas that do not meet new air quality standards for fine particulate
matter (PM 2.5). This is a preliminary step towards the designation of final
nonattainment area boundaries and the development of specific plans to reduce
PM 2.5 pollution. States now have the opportunity to comment on EPA's proposed
boundaries and to provide new information and analyses to EPA. EPA will also
provide a 30-day public comment opportunity. Detailed information can be found
on EPA's PM 2.5 designations page.
Utah
press release and Fact sheet (PDF) /
Montana press release.
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Calendar |
October 26-29, 2008
EPA Emergency Preparedness
and Prevention Conference
Richmond, Virginia
November 11-14, 2008
North American
Lake Management Society, 28th International Symposium
- Lake Management in a Changing Environment.
Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
November 20-21, 2008
Colorado Brownfields Conference
Aurora, Colorado
December 1-2, 2008
Energy Star Summit 2008
Denver, Colorado
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