Articles tagged as: Environmental Protection Agency
September 3, 2020
EPA Applauds Indiana Counties, Cities That Now Meet Air Quality Standards
Since 2017, 26 areas in the Midwest region of the EPA meet air quality standards that they didnt before.
Read MoreJuly 14, 2020
EPA Doesn't Plan To Tighten Standards For Smog
In April, the agency proposed not changing the standards for particle pollution. It announced on Monday it also doesn't plan to tighten the standards for ozone -- commonly known as smog.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2020
EPA Orders Hazardous Waste Probe At Shuttered Indiana Site
The federal agency recently ordered Citgo Petroleum Corp. and Oxy USA to begin assessing and cleaning up dangerous waste at the former Cities Service Refinery site in East Chicago.
Read MoreNovember 25, 2019
EPA To Host Meeting On Sewer Work Near Tainted Indiana Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled a Dec. 3 open house in Franklin to discuss a groundwater treatment pilot study and sewer and soil work near the former Amphenol Corp. site.
Read MoreOctober 18, 2019
Residential Soil Cleanup In East Chicago Superfund Expected To Wrap Up Next Spring
The EPA cleaned up 178 residential properties and the former Carrie Gosch Elementary School during this years construction season. With that, there are 14 residential properties left to clean up, with a few to test before the end of the year.
Read MoreOctober 9, 2019
EPA Administrator Visits, Announces Water Infrastructure Funding For Indiana
The EPA will loan Indiana more than $400 million to help fund 23 water infrastructure projects across the state 10 of those will be in rural areas.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2019
Pines Resident To Speak Out Against Proposed Changes To Coal Ash Rules
Coal ash from a nearby landfill contaminated drinking water wells in Pines with toxic heavy metals. Ash was also used as fill in construction sites at homes and roads in the area.
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2019
IDEM Applauds Repeal Of Obama-Era Water Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it has finalized its repeal of the Obama-era rule that would have expanded federal protections for smaller water bodies like streams and ponds.
Read MoreAugust 23, 2019
Ethanol Producer Blames Indiana Plant Closure On Trump's EPA
South Dakota-based ethanol producer Poet says it will cease production by mid-October at its Cloverdale plant, one of four it operates in Indiana.
Read MoreAugust 6, 2019
EPA Removes Lead, Arsenic Contaminated Soil At Former School Property
Members of the East Chicago Calumet Coalition Community Advisory Group have asked the EPA for months to retest the property before cleaning it up.
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