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Public Meeting to be Held on April 16 April 5, 2024 NEW YORK (April 5, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to protect people…

April 3, 2024 NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final cleanup plan to address contaminated groundwater at a portion of the New…

This Women’s History month we’re honoring Lois Gibbs, who led her community in a fight against toxic waste in the 1970s and sparked a national cleanup program that continues to benefit numerous communities throughout the country to…

“Congratulations to the incredible team at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for an accomplishment that was decades in the making,” said Meredith Berger, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations,…

March 14, 2024 NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its cleanup plan to address arsenic and lead-contaminated soil, and volatile…

March 12, 2024 WATERBURY, CONN. (March 12, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host an informational public meeting at the Roberto Clemente…

March 6, 2024 DALLAS, TEXAS (March 6, 2024) —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding the Louisiana Superfund site Exide Baton Rouge to the National…

March 5, 2024 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a third and final wave of more than $1 billion for cleanup projects at more than…

March 5, 2024 CHICAGO (March 5, 2024) -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added the site of the former Acme Steel Coke Plant at 11236 South Torrence Ave. in…

March 5, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding five sites and proposing to add three sites to the Superfund National Priorities…

March 5, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to add Afterthought Mine near Bella Vista in Shasta County, Calif. to the to…

March 5, 2024 SEATTLE (March 5, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is proposing to add the Upper Columbia River Site in northeast…

Adding the site to the National Priorities List ensures that the site is prioritized for cleanup, due to the potential for contamination of drinking water March 5, 2024…

CHICAGO (March 5, 2024) -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed to add Gelman Sciences Inc., which spans portions of the city of Ann Arbor and Scio Township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, to the Superfund National…

March 5, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (March 5, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today it will add the area surrounding the former Exide…

March 5, 2024 WASHINGTON — Today, Mar. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding five sites and proposing to add three additional sites to the Superfund…

March 5, 2024 WASHINGTON — Today, Mar. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding five sites and proposing to add three additional sites to the Superfund…

February 29, 2024 SEATTLE — Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $1 billion for cleanup projects across the country, including…

February 28, 2024 NEW YORK (February 27, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Scorpio Recycling, Inc. Superfund site in Toa…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Ohio February 27, 2024 CHICAGO (February 27, 2024) — Today, U.S. Environmental…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts February 27, 2024 Philadelphia (Feb. 27, 2024) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection…

February 27, 2024 NEW YORK  - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that two New York Superfund sites are among the over 100 sites across the…

February 27, 2024 NEW YORK  - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that three New Jersey Superfund sites are among the over 100 sites across…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is continuing to boost Superfund cleanup efforts across Illinois February 27, 2024 CHICAGO (February 27, 2024) — Today, U.S.…

Thanks to this third and final wave of investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA is funding all the construction work that is ready to begin at Superfund sites…

February 21, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 21, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be holding a public meeting to update the community on current site…

February 20, 2024 NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has deleted a portion of the Universal Oil Products (UOP) Superfund site in East Rutherford,…

February 16, 2024 BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is deleting the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located in Kittery, Maine, from the National Priorities…

Public Comment Period Ends March 18, 2024 February 16, 2024 CHICAGO (February 16, 2024) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to delete a 6-acre…

February 15, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 15, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will begin excavation and off-site disposal of the…

February 8, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will perform comprehensive five-year reviews this year of 14 National Priorities List…

February 1, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of completed cleanup work at three National…

February 1, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of completed cleanup work at six National…

February 1, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive review of completed cleanup work at the Saco…

February 1, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of completed cleanup work at 14 National…

February 1, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of completed cleanup work at five National…

February 1, 2024 BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive review of completed cleanup work at the Linemaster…

January 30, 2024 (CHICAGO) This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized its plan to complete the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the storm…

Wayne State's Melissa Runge-Morris, M.D. and Carol Miller, Ph.D., have received an $11.3 million award from NIEHS…

A new Superfund Research Center (SRC) at Yale will conduct extensive analysis of emerging water contaminants that have been linked to liver cancer. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences recently awarded Yale a $7.35…

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) This year marks the 35th anniversary of the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP), and there is much to celebrate with that milestone.…

Seven trainees with the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) have earned K.C. Donnelly Externship Award Supplements. Named for longtime SRP grantee Kirby “K.C.” Donnelly, the funding enables graduate students and postdoctoral…

The NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) marked its 35th anniversary Dec. 14-17, 2022, at its first in-person annual meeting since 2019. Researchers, trainees, and community partners from across the U.S. gathered in Raleigh, North…

The annual grant recipient meeting of the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP), held Dec. 4-6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, showcased how collaborative research can accelerate scientific discovery to protect the health of communities…

December 20, 2023 BOSTON (Dec. 20, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed required comprehensive site cleanup reviews, or Five-Year Reviews, of…

December 22, 2023 NEW YORK (December 22, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the United States District Court in Puerto Rico has…

December 20, 2023 BOSTON (Dec. 20, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed required comprehensive site cleanup reviews, or Five-Year reviews, of…

December 20, 2023 BOSTON (Dec. 20, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed required comprehensive site cleanup reviews, or Five-Year reviews, of…

EPA will hold a public meeting on December 11 in Woodstock, Conn. to explain the proposed plan, followed by a 30-day public comment period December 1, 2023…

December 4, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the final cleanup plan for the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine Superfund site,…