EPA Mansyone Semèn Nasyonal Preparasyon pou Siklòn
WASHINGTON – Avèk chanjman klimatik k ap afekte entansite ak frekans presipitaston Ozetazini, EPA ap ede piblik Ameriken an prepare l pou sezon siklòn nan pandan l ap mansyone Semèn Nasyonal pou Siklòn, 9-15 Me 2021.
EPA Rescinds Rule on Guidance Documents
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule rescinding an October 18, 2020, rulemaking that established procedures for issuing, modifying, withdrawing, and using guidance documents.
EPA to resume soil cleanup at the DePue Superfund site in DePue, Illinois
CHICAGO (May 12, 2021) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a virtual open house on Thursday, May 20, to answer questions about residential cleanup and soil sampling activities set to begin this month at the DePue/New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Co. Superfund site in DePue, Illinois.
EPA Selects Two New Hampshire Towns to Receive $800k for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment
BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that two grantees in the state of New Hampshire have been selected to receive $800,000 to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency's Brownfields Program.
Shimkin Named Chesapeake Bay Program Office Deputy Director
PHILADELPHIA (May 11, 2021) – EPA Mid-Atlantic Region Acting Regional Administrator Diana Esher today announced that Martha Shimkin of EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW), has been selected as Deputy Director for the Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO).
EPA Announces the Selection of Four Communities in Virginia to Receive $1.5 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding
PHILDELPHIA (May 12, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 151 communities to receive 154 grant awards totaling $66.5 million in Brownfields funding through its Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grants.
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Mexico’s Decision to Extend Deadline for U.S. Organic Exports
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021 — "I am pleased to report that on May 7, 2021, Mexico's Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) extended the deadline for U.S. organic exports to be certified to its Organic Products Law (LPO). This is a request that I made directly to Mexico's Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Victor Villalobos and am grateful that he extended the compliance deadline to December 31, 2021. USDA-certified organic products may continue to be exported through 2021. USDA will continue to work with U.S.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff Appointments
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the names of individuals who will hold key staff positions in Washington, D.C.