Tag: EPA

December 21, 2023

The EPA has fined Cobalt Boats for allegedly committing hazardous waste violations in Kansas. Cobalt Boats LLC, based in Neodesha, Kansas, must pay $113,780 in civil penalties to resolve the alleged violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, […]

October 31, 2023

The city of New Orleans is ramping up recycling initiatives with a new grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency is allocating $3.9 million to The Big Easy as part of President Biden’s Investing in American agenda […]

May 18, 2023

When the EPA issued its coal ash regulations in October 2015, it exempted ponds and landfills that were used at power plants that had retired before the rule took effect. The EPA expects about 280 coal ash ponds and landfills […]

April 14, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set a goal to increase the national recycling rate to 50 percent by 2030, and in late 2021 released the National Recycling Strategy, which outlines about 50 multi-stakeholder-led actions, intended to help hit that […]

March 6, 2023

Moving in step with the just-released National Cyber Strategy, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a new memorandum clarifying the obligations of states when it comes to assessing the cybersecurity of operational technology used in public water systems. Pursuant to the […]

March 3, 2023

On Wednesday, U.S. Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) joined U.S. Sens. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue new rules for vehicle emission standards. In a letter to […]

February 15, 2023

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Michael S. Reagan announced $2 billion in allotted funds to support grants for disadvantaged communities. The funds were made available via EPA’s Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) Grant Program, with the […]

February 13, 2023

On Wednesday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan said his agency would continue to provide funding for electric school buses after unprecedented demand. Regan made his remarks at the Wabaunsee USD 329 School District in Alma, Kan., […]

January 25, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15), which lays out how the Agency will work to protect the nation’s waterways by following the science and the Clean Water Act to develop technology-based pollution […]

January 23, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15), which lays out how the Agency will work to protect the nation’s waterways by following the science and the Clean Water Act to develop […]

January 23, 2023

Greenhouse Gases actually come with a cost. According to a Draft Report on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases presented last November by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the estimated social cost of methane due to the future impacts […]

January 6, 2023

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500 million loan to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to modernize wastewater and drinking water systems serving over 10 million people throughout New Jersey. This is the first loan issued through […]

December 30, 2022

The Biden administration has rolled out in a final what it says is a “durable” definition of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), potentially capping a legal and political battle that has raged for nearly two decades. The final rule issued […]

October 17, 2022

Exhaust emissions from gas engines and gas turbines used to be the primary focus of regulatory bodies seeking to lower the level of pollution. But now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and associated local air districts have turned their […]

October 17, 2022

How to increase recycling rates? This is one of the questions that concerns the waste industry and legislators alike. Now a group of 17 members of the US Congress wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging its […]

September 27, 2022

In order to build a circular economy of waste for all, we must bring a magnifying glass to every different kind of community and study the different aspects unique to their waste systems. In the United States, the Environmental Protection […]

September 9, 2022

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding five sites to the Superfund National Priorities List and is proposing to add another two where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risk. “All people […]

August 9, 2022

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in late July issued a construction permit for a new 1,090 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant. The Lincoln Land Energy Center would be located near Pawnee in Sangamon County, Illinois, approximately 20 miles south of […]

July 28, 2022

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with recommendations to the agency’s Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program and Model Recycling Program Toolkit. “NWRA and its member companies support EPA’s efforts […]

July 20, 2022

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA), and Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) issued a joint letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan citing best practices for […]