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National "Documerica" Environmental Photo Exhibit Comes to National Archives at ...

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., May 15, 2012) - The National Archives at Kansas City, in cooperation with E.P.A. Region 7, will open EPA's "Documerica" exhibit of photographs depicting environmental conditions of the past and present beginning May 16, 2012. The display's visit to Kansas City is the 7th stop in a national tour and will be open through May 31, 2012. From its development in 1971, "Documerica" became the United...

E.P.A. Awards $77,021 for Environmental Stewardship Work

Wed, 09 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(DALLAS - May 9, 2012) The Ozark Nature Mentoring Initiative and Ozark Tracker Society received $77,021 to create environmental mentoring communities in their local areas. The plan promotes the development of training for people interested in teaching others about nature. Partnering with Jon Young and the 8SG, U.S.F.W.S., U.S. Corps of Engineers, Arkansas State Parks and the Greenway of the Cherokee Ozarks, this plan will provide nature mentoring workshops and recruit educators fro...

E.P.A. Region Seven Representatives Volunteer at Local High Schools as Part of Girl ...

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., May 8, 2012) - E.P.A. Region seven representatives have volunteered at 3 Kansas City area high schools as part of the Girl Scouts of America's IMAGINE program. The IMAGINE plan looks for to educate girls about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) by providing interaction and hands-on learning activities with role models and content knowledge experts. 3 E.P.A. Region seven employees volunteered to be those role models and cont...

E.P.A. Awards In excess of $1 Million to College Teams for Innovative Environmental Solutions

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

WASHINGTON - The E.P.A. (EPA) awarded in excess of $1 million in grants to 15 university and college teams from across the country who participated in the Eighth Yearly National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for their innovative environmental solutions. EPA's People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) award competition was held at the expo, and featured in excess of 300 college innovators showcasing their sustainable plans designed to protect the enviro...

Announcement of $15,000 Grant for Lincoln University to Prepare Students Interested in Water ...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., April 24, 2012) - E.P.A. and Lincoln University (LU) officials this week will gather in Jefferson City, Mo., to declare a $15,000 grant to provide training for high school and college students interested in water quality careers. The grant is the result of a partnership arrangement signed on January 27, 2012, to prepare students for future careers in water-related environmental and scientific...

Niobrara, Neb., High School Students Gain E.P.A. ...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., April 17, 2012) - Students from Niobrara High School in Niobrara, Neb., have been selected to gain E.P.A. Region 7's 2011 President's Environmental Youth Award for their work on a wetlands conservation project. The Purple Loosestrife Plan focused on controlling purple loosestrife, an aggressively invasive plant species, around the town of Niobrara. The Plan developed 6 years ago as a project for the high school biology class to get out of the building and b...

Inhofe Opening Statement: Subcommittee hearing on Review of Mercury Pollution's Impacts to ...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Contact: Matt Dempsey Matt_Dempsey@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-9797 Katie Brown Katie_Brown@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-2160 Opening Statement of Senator James M. Inhofe Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety hearing enti...

Bipartisan Group of Governors Challenge Most Expensive E.P.A. ...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Contact: Matt Dempsey Matt_Dempsey@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-9797 Katie Brown Katie_Brown@epw.senate.gov (202) 224-2160 Bipartisan Group of Governors Challenge Most Expensive E.P.A. Rule in History while Senate Democrats Protect the President Washington, D.C. - At today's Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works...

April Twelve Tree Planting Plan to Help Restore English Landing Park in Parkville, Mo. ...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., April 9, 2012) - Parkville, Mo., residents and city officials, along with local Girl Scouts and E.P.A. Region seven staff, will participate in a tree planting plan April twelve at the city's English Landing Park, which lost approximately 100 trees during last year's flooding along the Missouri River. Parkville Mayor Gerry Richardson, Parkville Mayor-elect Jim Brooks and Adam Zink, Chairman of...

Cosmoflex, Inc., to Pay $80,000 Civil Penalty for Community Right-to-Know Violations at ...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., April 3, 2012) - Cosmoflex, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and plastic hoses and belts, has agreed to pay an $80,000 civil penalty to the U.S. to settle a series of violations of environmental regulations related to the public reporting of toxic chemicals at its manufacturing facility in Hannibal, Mo. According to an administrative consent arrangement filed by E.P.A. Region seven in Kansas City, Kan., the Agency conducted an inspection of Cosmoflex's facili...

E.P.A. arrangement with oil production companies ensures safe drinking water for Poplar, Montana

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Arrangement with Murphy, Pioneer and Samson requires continued groundwater monitoring and contingencies for treatment or alternate supply (Denver, Colorado-March 26, 2012) The E.P.A. has reached an Arrangement with 3 oil production companies operating on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana requiring the companies to address groundwater contamination threatening the City of Poplar's public water supply system. The Arrangement with Murphy Exploration & Production...

E.P.A. Grant of $150,000 Awarded to Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., March 21, 2012) - E.P.A. has awarded a $150,000 Environmental Education Grant to the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education, of Manhattan, Kan. This grant will provide backing for approximately 19 small sub awards, up to $5,000 each, to organizations for the development and implementation of projects, programs and solutions to meet a variety of educational and environmental priorities. The sub awards will be based on priorities esta...

Hinkson Creek Meeting Scheduled March 28 in Columbia, Mo.

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., March 20, 2012) - Representatives of EPA; Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Boone County, Mo., Commission; City of Columbia, Mo.; and University of Missouri will host a public informational meeting on March 28 in Columbia, Mo., about an innovative partnership to carry out a pollutant reduction project to restore Hinkson Creek's water quality. A cooperative arrangement will be announce...

E.P.A. Adds Compass Plaza Well TCE Location in Rogersville, Mo. ...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., March 13, 2012) - The E.P.A. is announcing the addition of the Compass Plaza Well TCE Location to the federal Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). An NPL listing notifies the public that E.P.A. believes a Location requires further study and cleanup under EPA's Superfund program. The Compass Plaza Well TCE Location consists of contaminated ground water that has impacted domestic and irrigation wells. The Location includes a small cluster of wells in Gre...

E.P.A. Region Seven to Co-Host 6th Yearly Radon Stakeholders’ Meeting on March 14 in ...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., March 6, 2012) - E.P.A. Region seven will join state health agencies from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, and the American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST), to host the 6th Yearly Region seven Radon Stakeholders' Meeting on March 14 in Nebraska City, Neb. Partnering to present the daylong event with E.P.A. and AARST will be the Iowa Department of Public Health, t...

Titan Environmental Services to Pay $10,878 for Violations of Residential Lead-Based Paint ...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 6, 2012) - Titan Environmental Services, Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., has agreed to pay a $10,878 civil penalty to the U.S. to settle a series of violations of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, including failures to provide required hands-on training to contractors and other renovation professionals who enrolled in some of its training courses. As part of its settlement with E.P.A. Region 7, and in addition to paying the $10,878 civi...

D.O.E. Solar Decathlon 2013 Moves to California

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced on January 26 that the D.O.E. Solar Decathlon 2013 will be held at a new location in Orange Co. Great Park in Irvine, California. For the 1st time since the competition began in 2002, the event has moved from the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Chu also named the 20 teams from colleges and universities across the U.S. and from around the world that will compete in the biennial event. The participants will now begin a two-year process to bu...

Energy Department Declares Student Teams, New Location for Solar Decathlon 2013

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

At an event today in Albuquerque, New Mexico, D.O.E. Secretary Steven Chu announced the 20 collegiate teams selected to compete in the D.O.E. Solar Decathlon 2013 and unveiled the competition's location, the Orange Co. Great Park in Irvine, California. The 20 teams from colleges and universities across the U.S. and from around the world will now begin a two-year process to build solar-powered, highly energy-efficient homes that combine affordability, consumer appeal and design excellence. ...

Lincoln University and E.P.A. Declare Partnership Arrangement to Promote Environmental Careers

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Environmental News NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY (Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 23, 2012) - E.P.A. and Lincoln University officials this week will gather in Jefferson City, Mo., to declare a partnership arrangement to promote environmental careers. The arrangement will update an existing plan of activities that will enhance Lincoln University's research and educational capabilities, while simultaneously assisting E.P.A. in achieving its community outreach mission.

E.P.A. Regions Seven and Eight Meet State Agriculture Directors in Kansas City, Kan.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:00 +0100

(Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 20, 2012) - Officials from E.P.A. Regions seven and eight today hosted a meeting with the directors of state agriculture departments of Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The meeting, held at EPA's Region seven building in Kansas City, Kan., provided a forum for dialogue on E.P.A. programs and regulations as well as specific issues, interests and concerns of the agriculture sector. E.P.A. ...