Region 3: The Mid-Atlantic States

Serving Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia

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$3.5 million in Recovery Act funds to help cut diesel pollution, create jobs in Port of Baltimore (08/20/09) The Port will use the funds for clean-diesel technology in essential equipment used for harbor operations, creating jobs and reducing asthma rates and other respiratory illnesses. Press Release

$80,203,300 Recovery Act Funds for wastewater infrastructure projects in Virginia to boost economy, create jobs and protect the environment (08/18/09) James J. Golden, Deputy Director for Program Development, Virginia DEQ and Jeff Corbin, Assistant Secretary of Natural Resources, Office of the Governor (on the left) stand by as Governor Timothy M. Kaine accepted the ceremonial Recovery Act check from Acting Regional Administrator William C. Early at the Richmond Wastewater Treatment Facility.

U.S., West Virginia sue Fort Gay for violations of Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts (08/18/09)

EPA awards Recovery Act funds to clean up underground petroleum leaks (08/18/09) "This funding is crucial when you consider the damage that leaking underground storage tanks can cause," said Acting Regional Administrator William C. Early. "It puts Delaware ($1.2M), the District of Columbia ($607.000), Maryland ($3.7M), Pennsylvania ($6.1M), and Virginia ($4.6M) in a position to move quickly on cleaning up leaks and preventing future releases."

EPA voluntary partner reduces lead use by 85,000 pounds (08/12/09) Aetna Insulated Wire, Inc., of Virginia Beach, Va., has reduced the use of lead in its products during the period 2006 - 2008. The reduction was reached as a partner in EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities. Press Release

 

 

Four Pa. communities receive Recovery Act brownfields grants for contaminated land clean up and local job creation (08/05/09) Lehigh County ($900,000), Northampton County ($300,000), Bucks County ($500,000), and Johnstown ($900,000) provide loans and subgrants for cleanup, redevelopment, and jobs for residents living near brownfields sites.

EPA announces $93,678,317 Recovery Act funds for wastewater infrastructure projects in Pennsylvania to boost economy, create jobs and protect the environment (08/03/09) The funds will go to the state's Clean Water State Revolving Fund program, which provides low interest loans for water quality protection projects for wastewater treatment, non-point source pollution control, and watershed and estuary management. Press Release

Read EPA's Report on the Environment for the Mid-Atlantic Region- PDF (111 pgs, 15 MB, about PDF)

EPA's Trailblazer Award recognizes hospitals in southeast Pa. and Del. that are leading the way toward sustainability. Nominations are due by August 31, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US EPA Emergency Preparedness & Prevention & Hazmat Spills Conference Baltimore Inner Harbor November 15-18, 2009

"Balancing Industry and the Environment: How to Achieve Win-Win on the Industrial Waterfront, A Guide to Sustainable Redevelopment Practices".
Urban River Redevelopment Guidebook (PDF) [82p 7.92MB]
Regional Contact: Randy Sturgeon, (215) 814-3227

 

EPA encourages office employees to reduce their "environmental footprint" and save money

EPA-approved State Implementation Plan (SIP) regulations for Region 3 state and local air quality agencies. A SIP is a plan for each state which identifies how the state will meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and certain other requirements of the Clean Air Act.