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Join our Community Climate Change Initiative (C3I) C3I is a voluntary opportunity for municipalities in Region 5 to join EPA climate partnership programs and be recognized for their efforts to address climate change. We've extended the deadline until November 20, 2009.
Asian Carp Management from US Fish & Wildlife Service
From A Caterpillar To A Butterfly
Recovery Act money will be put to good use in East St. Louis, IL, turning an eyesore with leaking underground storage tanks into a bountiful farmers market.
PCBs in Caulk in Older Buildings
Cleanup Sites
Meetings & Conferences
Public Comment Opportunities
- Tittabawassee River/Saginaw River/Saginaw Bay Cleanup, October 19 to December 17, 2009
"Dow dioxin site" proposed settlement (Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (AOC)) - EPA Considering Application for Sole-source Aquifer Status EPA plans to approve an application from the city of Bryan, Ohio, to designate the Michindoh Aquifer as a "sole-source" aquifer. That designation means the aquifer is the only source of drinking water for people in a nine-county area that includes parts of three states. Comment period runs through January 29, 2010.
Notices of proposed penalty orders or complaints for penalties
- Premier Real Estate Management, LLC, Brookfield, WI - Administrative Complaint and Notice of Proposed Penalty Assessment (CWA-05-2010-0002) through Monday, November 30, 2009
Important Issues in Region 5
- Region 5 Climate Change
- Tittabawassee River / Saginaw River / Saginaw Bay Cleanup
EPA Administrator Pledges Strong Federal Cleanup Presence at Dow Dioxin Site in Michigan and Accelerated Assessment of Dioxins' Human Health Impacts 5/26/2009 Administrator Lisa P. Jackson committed to a federal leadership role in expediting the ongoing cleanup of the Michigan Dow Dioxin site and an acceleration of EPA's overall scientific review of dioxins. - Great Lakes Beach Sanitary Survey Tool
- Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative
- Midwest Natural Resources Group
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Brownfields 2009
New Orleans - November 16-18, 2009
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EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson talks about the Agency's Recovery Act accomplishments. Watch the 3-1/2-minute video.
Region 5 Recovery Act Info
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