Articles tagged as: EPA
April 7, 2023
East Chicago residents, U.S. EPA raise concerns over plans to expand hazardous waste facility
Tradebe Treatment and Recycling, LLC wants to store hazardous waste for longer time periods than what's usually allowed.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2023
EPA aims to limit toxic PFAS in drinking water
The agency hopes the standards will prevent thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of serious illnesses.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2023
EPA rule to limit soot could save lives, especially in Indiana's metro areas
The EPA has proposed lowering the amount of soot from 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air to somewhere between 9 and 10. The agency said that could save about 4,200 lives every year.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2023
EPA to give out largest grant awards for environmental justice in its history
Unlike some other grants, state and local governments will have to work with community-based nonprofits to get that money and some will go to those nonprofits directly.
Read MoreOctober 26, 2022
Flexsteel will pay to clean up contaminated groundwater at Elkhart County Superfund site
An Elkhart County Superfund site may soon be getting cleaned up, after former RV furniture manufacturer Flexsteel Industries agreed to pay nearly $10 million to do so under a consent decree with the Department of Justice.
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2022
EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds
The EPA is denying requests by three Midwest power plants to extend operations of leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds. EPA says plants in Indiana, Ohio and Iowa will have to close coal ash ponds months or years ahead of schedule.
Read MoreAugust 12, 2019
EPA To Host Meeting On Sewer Work Near Tainted Franklin Site
Tests have confirmed groundwater and sewer vapors in the community have cancer-causing chemicals at levels exceeding Indiana's safe limits.
Read MoreJune 27, 2019
EPA Watchdog: Agency Misleading Homebuyers About Franklin Contamination
The Environmental Protection Agency may be misleading potential homebuyers about contamination in Franklin.
Read MoreMay 22, 2019
EPA To Clean Up Lake Michigan Canal With Century-Old Pollutants
This latest $26 million cleanup on the Lake George Canal will be funded through a partnership with the EPA, the East Chicago Waterway Management District, and oil companies Atlantic Richfield and BP.
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