Articles tagged as: Environmental Protection Agency
September 18, 2018
EPA Not Monitoring Asbestos In Midwest Schools
The EPA only conducted 13 percent of all asbestos compliance inspections from 2011 to 2015. States responsible for their own monitoring did 87 percent.
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2018
EPA Adds Anderson Site To Priority List
A priority designation makes more long-term federal funding for cleanup available. Indiana has 39 active sites on the Superfund NPL list.
Read MoreAugust 28, 2018
East Chicago Advocates: Lead Dust Standards Unequal Across Superfunds
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to tighten restrictions on lead dust in homes. But it wouldn't affect those by Superfund sites like USS Lead in East Chicago.
Read MoreAugust 21, 2018
How The Rule Replacing The Clean Power Plan Might Affect Indiana
New rules from the Environmental Protection Agency give states the power to set their own goals for greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Read MoreAugust 10, 2018
Some East Chicago Homes Not Getting All Lead Pipes Replaced
The Environmental Protection Agency says replacing only some of the lead pipes leading to a home doesn't reduce lead contamination in drinking water and can even make it worse when the old pipes are disturbed.
Read MoreAugust 9, 2018
2 New Exotic Species Identified In The Great Lakes
Experts say the discovery is the planet's largest fresh water system is alarming.
Read MoreAugust 3, 2018
EPA Halts Obama-Era Clean Car Standards
The fuel economy standards would have required new cars and light trucks to use less gas over time. The new proposal puts that on hold for another six years starting in 2020.
Read MoreAugust 1, 2018
Cummins, EPA Announce Voluntary Recall Of Medium-, Heavy-Duty Trucks
The company will recall about 500,000 medium- and heavy-duty trucks with model years between 2010 and 2015.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2018
Cummins Agrees To US Recall Of Half-Million Trucks
The latest recall affects 2010-2015 medium- and heavy-duty trucks with engines made by Cummins Inc.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2018
Rare Cancers In Franklin Spur Parents To Support TCE Ban, Head To Washington
TCE is used to degrease metal and to make other chemicals like refrigerants. It's just one of the chemicals found at the Amphenol industrial site in Franklin.
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