The EPA said Monday it issued two unilateral administrative orders for residential areas slated for cleanups in East Chicago's USS Lead Superfund site.

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting in January.

The former DuPont site is not a Superfund, but is contaminated with lead and arsenic, as well as zinc and cadmium.

An EPA rule would require animal farmers to reports certain air emissions above a certain amount.

Many Hoosiers want to see the set reduce carbon emissions, even as the federal government moves to rollback climate policies.

Industry groups cheered the move, while environmental groups continue to decry the Trump Administration's rollback of Obama-era climate regulations.

More than 100 dicamba-related complaints have been filed in Indiana so far this year.

A Congressional subcommittee last month passed an 8 percent across the board cut to the EPA's 2018 budget. That's far less drastic than the 31 percent cut proposed by President Trump.

The federal regulation dictates which bodies of water are subject to federal clean water regulations. Indiana and several other states challenged the current interpretation of the rule.

The grants announced Wednesday include $300,000 each for Indianapolis, Bloomington and Connersville.