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News Releases issued by the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

(308 records in this collection)
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08/04/2009EPA Announces $55 Million for Contaminated Land Clean Up and Local Job Creation
08/04/2009Almost $7 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Train Workers to Clean Contaminated Sites
07/13/2009EPA Publishes Notice Identifying Hardrock Mining Industry for Financial Responsibility Requirements / EPA plans to propose rule by spring 2011
06/29/2009EPA Posts List of 44 “High Hazard Potential” Coal Ash Waste Impoundments
06/29/2009EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Definition of Solid Waste
06/17/2009EPA Announces Public Health Emergency in Libby, Montana;
EPA to Move Aggressively on Cleanup and HHS to Assist Area Residents with Medical Care
06/16/2009Joint Press Conference with Administrator Jackson, HHS Secretary Sebelius and Senators Baucus and Tester
06/12/2009EPA Extends the Compliance Dates for all Facilities and Establishes New Compliance Dates for Farms Subject to Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule
06/11/2009The Digital Television Transition: Don’t Kick Your TV to the Curb – eCycle Instead
05/08/2009EPA: $111.9 Million in Grants for Contaminated Land Cleanup, Economic Development
05/05/2009EPA Announces Next Steps on Two Hazardous Waste Rules
04/08/2009EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List / EPA also proposes to add an additional 13 new sites to the NPL
04/08/2009EPA Awards $197 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Clean Up Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Leaks, Creating Jobs, Protecting Land and Water
04/02/2009EPA Challenges Americans by Launching National Cell Phone Recycling Week: April 6-12

100 million recycled cell phones save enough energy to power 18,500 homes
03/30/2009Delay of Effective Date for Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Requirements Finalized in December 2008
03/20/2009EPA Announces $211 Million of Recovery Act Funding Available to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Spur Redevelopment, Create Jobs
03/09/2009EPA Announces New Action to Prevent Coal Ash Releases
02/19/2009Stimulus Plan Will Create Sustainable Jobs That Will Protect Public Health
02/12/2009Manufacturers Take Up Challenge to Recycle TVs
01/30/2009EPA Seeks Additional Review, Extends Effective Date of Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Requirements
01/15/2009$2.6 Million for Brownfields Environmental Job Training
01/14/2009SPCC Compliance Dates for all Facilities Extended and New Compliance Dates for Farms Established
01/09/2009EPA Proposes to Exempt Milk Containers from Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Requirements
01/08/2009Manufacturers, Retailers Boost Consumer Electronics Recycling
12/22/2008EPA Releases Clarification on Spent Oil Shale
12/12/2008Better Approach to Reporting Hazardous Substances from Farm Animal Waste
12/12/2008Comparable Fuels Exclusion Expanded
12/03/2008$1.75 Million Grant To Strengthen Tribal Partnerships
11/26/2008Celebrate the Environment: Go Green This Holiday Season without Going in the Red
11/20/2008EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposal to Add Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste to Universal Waste Rule
11/20/2008Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule Gains New Amendments
11/18/2008New Rule Will Improve Environmental Performance of Academic Labs
11/17/2008Progress Continues in Cleaning Up Hazardous Waste Sites
11/12/2008Recyclers Wanted
10/31/2008New Guidelines Encourage Responsible Recycling of Electronics
10/29/2008Industry Steps Up Recycling and Reducing Waste
10/17/2008EPA Amends Community Right-to-Know Reporting Regulation
10/16/2008EPA Finalizes Revisions to the 2005 Hazardous Waste Combustor NESHAP Rule
10/14/2008Fueling the Revitalization of Petroleum Brownfields
10/07/2008Definition of Solid Waste Revised to Encourage Recycling
09/24/2008EPA Powers Up Contaminated Sites into Renewable Energy
09/19/2008EPA Proposes Changes to Transboundary Hazardous Waste Shipment Regulations
09/08/2008The Digital Television Transition: No Need to Trash Your TV
09/03/2008Organizations Receive $1.5 Million for Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance
09/03/2008EPA Adds Six and Proposes 11 Sites to Superfund's National Priorities List
08/29/2008Manufacturers and Retailers Balance Tires and the Environment
07/29/2008EPA Funds Greener Brownfields Projects
07/08/2008Give Your Old Cell Phone A New Life- in English and Spanish
07/02/2008EPA Recognizes Leadership in Beneficial Uses of Industrial Materials
06/12/2008Grantees Receive $6.3 Million to Boost Property Revitalization
05/30/2008EPA Finalizes Amendment to the F019 Hazardous Waste Listing
05/23/2008Go Green in Your Lawn and Garden This Summer
04/23/2008Plug-In to Earth Week by eCycling
04/07/2008$74 Million in Grants to Give New Life to Old Properties
03/27/2008EPA Amends the 2005 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors Final Rule
03/19/2008EPA Adds 12 and Proposes Six Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List
03/06/2008$2.5 Million for Brownfields Environmental Job Training
02/29/2008What's in a Million? Less Mercury
01/30/2008EPA Releases Multi-cultural Environmental Outreach Materials
01/08/2008Cell Phone Recycling is an Easy Call
12/21/2007EPA Proposes Better Approach to Reporting Hazardous Substances from Farm Animal Waste
12/21/2007EPA Promotes Recycling Materials Into Fuel
11/15/2007EPA Continues Success at Hazardous Waste Sites
11/14/2007What Did You Recycle Today?
11/14/2007EPA Partners Improve the Environment and Their Balance Sheets
11/13/2007EPA Administrator to Speak on Recycling
10/23/2007EPA Calls for Partnering on School Chemical Safety
10/01/2007EPA Proposes Amendments to Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule
09/21/2007EPA Seeks Public Comment on Analysis of MACT Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors
09/19/2007EPA Adds Seven Sites and Proposes 12 Sites to the Superfund List
09/10/2007EPA Pushes Procurement of Materials from Recovered Waste
08/27/2007EPA Makes Additional Coal Combustion Waste Data Available
08/08/2007EPA Releases Operator Training Guidelines for State Underground Storage Tank Programs
08/08/2007EPA Reports to Congress on Underground Storage Tank Program in Indian Country
07/26/2007More than $2 Million Goes to Revitalizing Properties
06/26/2007Leading Innovators in Pollution Prevention Receive Awards
06/06/2007Bush Administration Takes Major Step Forward on Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines - New tools will help 'Good Samaritans' remove mine waste, restore watersheds, improve fisheries
06/01/2007Early Hurricane Preparations Can Save Lives and Property
06/01/2007EPA Issues Proposed Expansion to Comparable Fuels Exclusion
05/14/2007EPA Awards $71 Million to Help Brownfields Bloom into Productivity
05/11/2007EPA Extends SPCC Compliance Dates
05/02/2007EPA Makes It Easier for States, Tribes and Others to Get Involved in Superfund Cleanup
04/27/2007EPA Issues Two Grant Guidelines for State Underground Storage Tank Programs
04/23/2007EPA Announces $600,000 in Brownfields Tribal Assistance Grants
04/20/2007eCycle for Earth Day
04/20/2007On Earth Day Recycle Old Computers and Help the Environment - EPA's 1st Capital Area eCycling Event
04/19/2007Metrorail Riders to Recycle
04/19/2007Assistant Administrator Bodine to Give Address at GreenDC Week
04/11/2007(1) EPA Seeks Public Comment on Underground Storage Tank Operator Training Grant Guidelines
(2) Sinclair Tulsa Refining Company to Pay $5 Million and Managers Sentenced for Environmental Crimes
03/29/2007Cherry Blossom Peepers Recycle On the Go
03/23/2007No Recess for School Chemicals
03/22/2007EPA to Hold School Chemical Cleanout Event
03/16/2007EPA to Revise Definition of Solid Waste
03/07/2007EPA Adds 5 and Proposes 5 Sites to Superfund's National Priorities List
02/09/2007Pro Bowl Scores Recycling Touchdown
01/24/2007EPA Issues Two Grant Guidelines For State Underground Storage Tank Programs
01/24/2007EPA Seeks Public Comment On Draft Underground Storage Tanks Grant Guidelines
01/12/2007EPA Issues Proposed Exemption to F019 Hazardous Waste Listing
01/10/2007EPA Supports Electronics Recycling
12/14/2006EPA Issues Final Rule on Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures

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