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EPA Releases Interim Record of Decision on Omaha Lead Site (Updated 12/16/04)
EPA Celebrates Safe Drinking Water Act's 30th Anniversary and Nebraska's Protection of Public Health (Updated 12/15/04)
EPA Celebrates Safe Drinking Water Act's 30th Anniversary and Missouri's Protection of Public Health (Updated 12/15/04)
EPA Celebrates Safe Drinking Water Act's 30th Anniversary and Kansas' Protection of Public Health(Updated 12/15/04)
EPA Celebrates Safe Drinking Water Act's 30th Anniversary and Iowa's Protection of Public Health (Updated 12/15/04)
St. Louis County and Missouri Developer Cited for Clean Water Act Violations (Updated 12/10/04)
EPA Approves Iowa's Water Quality Standards (Updated 12/6/04)
Potawatomi Tribe, Kansas Department of Agriculture and EPA to Sign Agreement for Pesticides Activities (Updated 11/9/04)
EPA Awards Nearly $50,000 in EJ Grants for Kansas City and Omaha (Updated 10/29/04)
EPA Takes the Mid-America Company Site off the Superfund List (Updated 10/25/04)
EPA Scientist to Present Research at Geological Society Meeting (Updated 10/20/04)
Regional Administrator to Join Students & Edgerton Mayor to Commemorate World Water Monitoring Day (Updated 10/20/04)
EPA Extends its Public Comment Period for the Omaha Lead Site Proposed Plan to November 1, 2004 and Holds Availability Sessions for the Public (Updated 10/19/04)
National Wetlands Symposium - Kansas City, Oct. 19-20 Wetlands and Migratory Birds: Protecting and Restoring Wetlands of International Significance (Updated 10/18/04)
EPA Chief Presents $150,000 Grant to Clean School Bus for Kids Project (Updated 10/05/04)
EPA Chief Brings $250,000 to Iowa to Help Control School Bus Exhaust (Updated 10/05/04)
EPA Chief Brings $300,000 to Springfield for Work on Brownfields (Updated 10/05/04)
Governor Johanns to Join EPA Administrator for Presentation of $150,000 Clean School Bus Grant to Lincoln Public Schools (Updated 10/05/04)
EPA Administrator to Tour Omaha Lead Cleanup Site at Congressman Terry's Invitation; Mayor Fahey, Governor Johanns, HUD Director to Join Tour (Updated 10/05/04)
EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt to Present $250,000 Clean School Bus Grant to Iowa's Bus Emission Education Project at Des Moines Event Tuesday (Updated 10/04/04)
EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt to Present $300,000 Brownfields Grant to City of Springfield (Updated 10/04/04)
First Annual Healthy Indoor Environments Conference Offers Valuable Sessions on Mold, Radon, Asbestos, Pest Management and More (Updated 9/29/04)
EPA Proposes Listing the Parkview Well Site to the NPL (Updated 9/28/04)
EPA Extends its Public Comment Period for the Omaha Lead Site Proposed Plan to October 15, 2004 (Updated 9/28/04)
Cardinals President to be Closing Speaker Today at National Brownfields 2004 Conference, Public Meeting to Discuss Proposed Superfund Rule (Updated 09/22/04)
National Brownfields 2004 Conference in St.Louis Offers Valuable Information Sessions, Phoenix Award Presented to Local Hotels (Updated 09/21/04)
Kansas City Federal Community to Celebrate Citywide 2004 Combined Federal Campaign Kickoff (Updated 09/17/04)
EPA Approves Most of Latest Kansas Water Quality Standards (Updated 09/10/04)
EPA Environmental Excellence Awards Go to 13 Regional Organizations (Updated 09/10/04)
EPA Awards More Than $185,000 For Environmental Education Grants (Updated 09/03/04)
EPA Performing Mercury Cleanup at Private Residence in Clinton, Iowa (Updated 09/01/04)
EPA Oversees Cleanup and Demolition of $7 Million Arsenic Project (Updated 09/01/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Coralville & Clinton, Iowa (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Kansas City area (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - St. Louis (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Springfield, Mo. (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Chicago (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Cincinnati, Ohio (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Indianapolis (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Little Rock & Fort Smith, Ark. (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Louisville, Ky. (Updated 08/16/04)
Free Brownfields Conference Helps Put Abandoned Lands to New Use - Knoxville, Tenn. (Updated 08/16/04)
EPA Reviews Air Monitoring from St. Louis Airport Demolition Activities (Updated 08/10/04)
EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt Recognizes Successful Water Quality Collaboration (Updated 08/09/04)
Free Children's Health Fair to Offer Lead Screenings, Demonstrations (Updated 08/02/04)
EPA Proposes to Remove the Mid-America Tanning Company, Sergeant Bluff, IA Site from the Superfund List (Updated 07/28/04)
EPA Official to Speak at Radiation Emergency Response Exercise Press Conference (Updated 07/26/04)
EPA to Hold Radiation Emergency Response Exercise in Fort Leavenworth Area (Updated 07/26/04)
EPA Places Annapolis Lead Mine Site on the National Priorities List (Updated 07/26/04)
EPA Releases It's Proposed Plan for the Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt Superfund Site for Public Review and Comment (Updated 07/23/04)
Iowa Watershed Project to Get $1 Million Grant for Nitrate Reduction (Updated 07/21/04)
EPA Releases its Proposed Plan for the Omaha Lead Site for Public Review and Comment (Updated 07/19/04)
EPA to Award Brownfields Grant to Kansas City (Updated 06/25/04)
EPA to Award Brownfields Grants to St. Louis (Updated 06/25/04)
EPA to Award Brownfields Grants to Heartland Foundation (Updated 06/25/04)
EPA Acting Deputy Administrator will Deliver Remarks at Kansas Kickoff of Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration (Updated 06/24/04)
Participants Sought for EPA Outreach on Mercury Exposure Through Fish Consumption (Updated 06/23/04)
EPA To Award Brownfields Grants to Coralville (Updated 06/17/04)
EPA To Award Brownfields Grants to Cedar Rapids (Updated 06/17/04)
EPA Awards Almost $4 Million to Iowa and Missouri to Revitalize Blighted Communities (Updated 06/17/04)
EPA Approves Majority of Iowa's Water Quality Standards (Updated 06/16/04)
Kansas City, Kan., St. Louis Groups each get $100,000 Environmental Justice Grants (Updated 06/08/04)
Missouri Developer Cited for Clean Water Act Violations (Updated 06/03/04)
EPA Opens Presidential Environmental Youth Awards Competition (Updated 05/27/04)
Environmental Management Systems: Do They Make Sense for Agriculture? (Updated 05/24/04)
EPA Administrator Leavitt to Visit Kansas City to Discuss New Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Rule (Updated 05/12/04)
EPA Approves Nebraska's Impaired Waters List (Updated 04/30/04)
True Manufacturing Co. to Cut Air Emissions and Pay Penalty to Settle Clean Air Act Claims (Updated 04/30/04)
Sprint World Headquarters Receives 2004 Green Power Award (Updated 04/21/04)
EPA Finds St. Louis Area Out of Compliance With Ozone Standard (Updated 04/16/04)
Kansas City Area Remains in Compliance With One-Hour Ozone Standard; Further Evaluation Needed for Decision on Eight-Hour Standard (Updated 04/16/04)
EPA Awards $125,000 Grant to St. Louis Community College (Updated 04/05/04)
EPA Awards More Than $84,000 for Environmental Justice Grants (Updated 03/19/04)
EPA Selects Consultants to Help Improve Environment in Des Moines (Updated 03/15/04)
EPA Awards Financial Assistance to Seven Organizations in Celebration of Earth Day (Updated 03/11/04)
West Branch Middle School Science Club Project Wins Presidential Environmental Youth Award (Updated 03/10/04)
Tenth Regional Wetlands and Water Resources Meeting New Protection Challenges for Unprotected Waterbodies (Updated 03/10/04)
Tenth Regional Wetlands and Water Resources Meeting New Protection Challenges for Unprotected Waterbodies (Updated 03/10/04)
Iowa's Maytag Corporation Receives 2004 Energy Star Award (Updated 03/09/04)
EPA Settlement Reduces Air Pollution at Refinery and Ensures Cleanup of Hazardous Wastes (Updated 03/09/04)
EPA Region 7 Environmental Justice Research Grants Available (Updated 03/04/04)
Kansas City Employers Recognized for Commuter Benefits (Updated 02/06/04)
EPA Awards KDHE and Leavenworth Over $1 Million Dollars in Brownfields Funds (Updated 02/02/04)
EPA Seeks Consultant to Help Improve Environment in Des Moines (Updated 01/13/04)

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EPA Settles with 8 Parties at Hastings Ground Water Contamination Site (Updated 12/24/03)
EPA Announces Amended Decision on Missouri's List of Imparied Waters (Updated 12/18/03)
EPA Emphasizing Environmental Benefits in Enforcement (Updated 12/18/03)
EPA to Award Brownfield Grants to City of Columbia and Missouri Department of Natural Resources (Updated 12/03/03)
EPA Announces Amended Decision on Iowa's Impaired Waters List (Updated 11/20/03)
EPA to Award Brownfields Grants to City of St. Louis (Updated 11/20/03)
EPA to Award Brownfield Grants to City of Des Moines and Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Updated 11/20/03)
Kansas City Responds to California Wildfires (Updated 11/18/03)
EPA Conducts Indoor Dust Sampling in Support of Omaha Lead Site Risk Assessment (Updated 11/12/03)
EPA Approves Most of Latest Kansas Water Quality Standards (Updated 11/12/03)
EPA Investigating Groundwater Contamination in Grand Island (Updated 10/29/03)
Blue Valley Schools win Honors for Air Quality Protection (Updated 10/29/03)
EPA Regional Administrator to Help Reopen Nature Trail and Commemorate World Water Monitoring Day in Kansas City, Kansas (Updated 10/28/03)
EPA Places the Newton County Mine Tailings Site on the National Priorities List (NPL) (Updated 10/23/03)
EPA Places the Madison County Mines Site on the National Priorities List (NPL) (Updated 10/23/03)
EPA Awards more than $170,000 for Environmental Education Grants (Updated 10/17/03)
EPA Recognizes Rockwell Collins for Multiple Membership in The National Environmental Performance Track Program (Updated 10/10/03)
Kansas Refinery Settlement to Cut Harmful Air Emissions More than 3,000 Tons a Year (Updated 10/03/03)
EPA Region 7 to Hold Small Grants Workshop (Updated 10/01/03)
Construction Sites in Kansas City & St. Louis Areas Cited for Clean Water Act Violations (Updated 09/16/03)
EPA Announces Six Pollution Prevention Award Winners for 2003 (Updated 09/16/03)
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Grants Available (Updated 09/12/03)
EPA Recognizes Lineville, Iowa Wastewater Treatment Facility for Excellence (Updated 08/21/03)
Gov. Vilsack Key Speaker at 8/21 Rathbun Lake Event (Updated 08/21/03)
EPA Approves Majority of Nebraska's Water Quality Standards (Updated 08/15/03)
EPA Approves Portion of Kansas Water Quality Standards (Updated 08/11/03)
EPA Selects Mr. Clintel Betts for the 2003 Citizen Excellence in Community Involvement Award (Updated 08/01/03)
EPA Extends Public Comment Period for Proposed Decisions on Missouri's Impaired Waters List (Updated 07/08/03)
EPA Revises Kansas Water Quality Standards (Updated 07/08/03)
EPA Proposes the Madison County Mines Site to the National Priorities List (NPL) (Updated 06/25/03)
EPA Places Omaha Lead Site on the National Priorities List NPL) (Updated 06/25/03)
EPA Awards Almost $4 Million to Iowa, Kansas and Missouri to Revitalize Blighted Communities (Updated 06/23/03)
Local Watershed Group to Receive $300,000 From EPA (Updated 06/09/03)
Tree Planting to Commemorate Completion of Cleanup at Former Diller Battery Superfund Site (Updated 06/06/03)
Urban Environmental Outreach Program for Kids Project Receives Presidential Environmental Youth Award (Updated 05/28/03)
EPA: St. Louis Meets One-Hour Ozone Standard (Updated 05/15/03)
Two Watershed Organizations in Midwest Chosen to Get EPA Grants (Updated 05/12/03)
EPA Administrator in Kansas City Friday, May 9, for New Science and Technology Center Dedication (Updated 05/08/03)
EPA to Hold Environmental Justice Listening Session (Updated 05/06/03)
Oakhill Day School Educator Receives EPA's Educators' Environmental Excellence Award (Updated 05/05/03)
EPA Seeking Public Comment on Proposed Decisions on Missouri's Impaired Waters List (Updated 04/30/03)
State, Local, Business Officials Join EPA Regional Administrator in Earth Day Press Availiabiltiy Session Tuesday, April 22 (Updated 04/22/03)
EPA Conducts Listening Session on the Environment and Aging (Updated 04/11/03)
EPA Looking for Pollution Prevention Award-Winning Programs (Updated 04/02/03)
EPA Offers Four Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Workshops (Updated 04/01/03)
EPA to Hold Environmental Justice Listening Session in St. Louis (Updated 03/31/03)
New Energy Conservation Program, Home Performance with Energy Star, Debuts in Kansas City (Updated 03/20/03)
EPA Administrator Visits Microfinish Company, Warrenton, to Support Small Business and Stress Importance of President's Clear Skies Plan (Updated 03/18/03)
EPA Region 7 Lends Support to Massive Cleanup Effort Along Kansas City Riverbanks (Updated 03/14/03)
EPA to Honor Six Local Agencies for Exceptional Actions to Protect Water Quality in the Midwest (Updated 03/14/03)
EPA Administrator Visits Cox Design and Metal Fabrication, Altoona, to Support Small Business and Stress Importance of President's Clear Skies Plan (Updated 03/14/03)
Iowa, Nebraska, Facilities Join List of Top Environmental Peformers (Updated 03/06/03)
Kansas City EPA Office Assisting with Columbia Recovery Efforts (Updated 02/12/03)
Kingsville, Missouri Auction Service Fined for Failing to Share Lead Based Paint House Hazards (Updated 02/05/03)
EPA Takes Air Quality Actions in St. Louis (Updated 01/23/03)
Environmental Education Grants are now Available (Updated 01/08/03)

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EPA Region 7 and Becon Energy Center Launch New Method for Manufacturing Plastics (Updated 01/03/03)
EPA Administrator Signs Revisions to Regulations for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (Updated 12/23/2002)
EPA Administrator Delivers $1 Million to Help Kansas Clean up Brownfields (Updated 11/08/2002)
EPA Region 7 Awards Lincoln University $50,000 Grant for Technical Assistance (Updated 11/04/2002)
EPA Region 7 to Hold Environmental Justice Grants Workshop, Recognition Ceremony (Updated 11/01/2002)
EPA Region 7 Environmental Justice Small Grants Now Available (Updated 11/01/2002)
EPA Conducts Brownfields Funding Workshops (Updated 10/17/2002)
Roosevelt High School Students, Faculty to Receive EPA Awards for Their Clean Air Awareness Video (Updated 10/17/2002)
St. Louis Industry Participants and Stakeholder Advisory Groups to Receive EPA Awards for Two Environmental Initiatives (Updated 10/17/2002)
Three St. Louis Environmental Champions to Receive EPA Awards for Environmental Contributions (Updated 10/17/2002)
Anheuser-Busch and Spartech to Receive National Pollution Prevention Awards from EPA Regional Administrator (Updated 10/17/2002)
IBP's New EPA Permit for Wastewater to Result in Significant Cuts in Ammonia Discharges (Updated 10/17/2002)
Clean Water Act 30th Anniversary to be Celebrated & Commemorated by EPA Region 7 Administrator, Staff & Midwest Communities (Updated 10/17/2002)
EPA Awards more than $99,000 for Environmental Justice Grants (Updated 10/11/2002)
EPA Awards $50,000 Grant to St. Louis Community College to Train Underemployed(Updated 10/02/2002)
EPA Region 7 to Host Contacts for Contracts Government Expo(Updated 10/01/02)
Oak Grove Village, MO Site Added to Superfund List(Updated 9/10/02)
Railroad Avenue, West Des Moines, IA Site Added to Superfund List(Updated 9/09/02)
Independence, MO School District Receives EPA Excellence Award for Indoor Air Program(Updated 9/09/02)
EPA Region 7 States Get $1.6 Million to Help Share Data(Updated 9/05/02)
EPA Announces Nine Pollution Prevention Award Winners for 2002(Updated 9/05/02)
Lead Soil Cleanup to Start in Lawrence County, MO(Updated 9/05/02)
3M Plant in Nevada, MO., is One of 23 New Members Added to EPA National Environmental Performance Track Program(Updated 8/28/02)
Regional Administrator Announces $160K in Grants for Des Moines, IA(Updated 8/12/02)
EPA Region 7 Awards Nebraska Schools and Organizations $37,568 in Environmental Education Grants(Updated 8/02/02)
EPA Region 7 Awards Iowa Schools and Organizations $63,415 in Environmental Education Grants(Updated 8/02/02)
EPA Region 7 Awards Kansas Schools and Organizations $41,975 in Environmental Education Grants(Updated 8/02/02)
EPA Region 7 Awards Missouri Schools and Organizations $48,833 in Environmental Education Grants(Updated 8/02/02)
Governor Whitman's Visit to Kanas City, July 25, 2002(Updated 7/30/02)
EPA Region 7 Will Hold Four Information Sharing Meetings in Thurston County, NE, to Inform the Community of EPA's Responsibilities and Ongoing Program Activities(Updated 7/25/02)
EPA Awards Grant to Help Safeguard Nation's Drinking Water Supply(Updated 7/10/02)
EPA To Present U.S. Flags, Guides to Wyandotte County Groups, Marking Upcoming Lewis & Clark Bicentennial(Updated 7/08/02)
Lead Soil Cleanup to Start in Lawrence County, MO(Updated 07/02/02)
EPA Announces 40 USTfields 2002 Pilot Recipients, 3 from Region 7(Updated 07/02/02)
New Data Show How Heartland will Benefit from Clear Skies Initiative (Update 07/02/02)
EPA Announces Additional Funding to Make Abandoned Iowa Properties Prosper(Updated 06/14/02)
EPA Announces Additional Funding to Make Abandoned Nebraska Properties Prosper(Updated 06/14/02)
Public Hearing on a Proposed Wastewater Permit, Sioux City, NE(Updated 06/10/02)
EPA Signs with Warehouse Owner to Conduct Cleanup (Update 05/31/02)
May 20, 2002 - Volunteer Firefighters to be recognized, Nebraska City, NE(Updated 05/20/02)
January 1, 2002 - EPA Chose the Hawkeye Community College, Watterloo, IA for Brownfields Job Training and development Demonstration Pilot (Updated 05/06/02)
May 3, 2002 - Many Working on Commuter Choice Toward Meeting Ozone Standard for St. Louis (Updated 05/06/02)
May 1, 2002 - EPA Announces the Upcoming Brownfields Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina (Updated 05/03/02)
May 1, 2002 - Children's Environmental Art Contest Awards Ceremony (Updated 05/03/02)
April 11, 2002 - Reeds Springs High School "R" Project Receives Presidental Environmental Youth Award (Updated 04/26/02)
April 22, 2002 - EPA and Missouri Botanical Gardens to Recognize Groups That Improve Health and Environment of St.Louis Residents (Updated 04/25/02)
April 10, 2002 - EPA Provides Sampling Results to 583 Residents in Omaha, NE (Updated 04/11/02)
March 27, 2002 - EPA Looking for Pollution Prevention Award-Winning Programs (Updated 04/04/02)
April 2, 2002 - EPA Offers Grants to Help Safeguard Nation's Drinking Water Supply (Updated 04/03/02)
March 22, 2002 - EPA Administrator Visits Des Moines Children's Hospital to Stress Importance of President's Clear Skies Plan (Updated 03/26/02)
March 21, 2002 - EPA Administrator Christie Whitman Highlights Importance of President's Clear Skies Plan During Visit to Iowa (Updated 03/26/02)
March 13, 2002 - EPA Launches Campaign about Saving Money and Energy, Protecting Environment (Updated 03/21/02)
March 6, 2002 - EPA to Conduct Oil Spill Prevention Workshops for Bulk Storage Facilities (Updated 03/08/02)
March 6, 2002 - EPA to Conduct Oil Spill Prevention Workshops for Oil Producing Facilities (Updated 03/08/02)
March 5, 2002 - EPA Recognizes Bancroft, NE, Wastewater Treatment Facility for Excellence (Updated 03/08/02)
March 1, 2002 - EPA Proposes Listing the Omaha Lead Site to the NPL (Updated 03/08/02)
February 19,2002 - EPA to Conduct Workshops on Toxic Release Reporting Requirements (Updated 02/20/02)
January 25, 2002 - Iowa Ranch Receives EPA Award for Environmental Excellence (Updated 02/08/02)
February 1, 2002 - Volunteer Firefighters Hired to Assist with Ongoing Nebraska City Tire Fire (Updated 02/05/02)
January 17, 2002 - EPA, 13 Facilities Talk About Environmental Improvement That Goes Beyond Compliance (Updated 01/31/02)
January 9, 2002 - EPA Region 7 Environmental Justice Small Grants Now Available (Updated 01/09/02)
January 7, 2002 - Hawkeye Community College Awarded $200,000 for New EPA Brownfields Job Training Pilot (Updated 01/14/02)

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December 21, 2001 - EPA Helps Protect Heculaneum Children by Ordering Faster Lead Cleanup (Updated 12/27/01)
November 26, 2001 - EPA Region 7 Announces That Scott Middle School, Lincoln, Nebraska is the Recipient of an EPA Excellence Award for 2001 (Updated 12/07/01)
September 25, 2001 - EPA Proposing To Take The Farmers' Mutual Cooperative Site In Hospers, IA Off The Superfund List (Updated 12/06/01)
December 3, 2001 - EPA Signs Agreement to Cleanup the Former Diller Battery Superfund Site, Des Moines, IA (Updated 12/04/01)
November 26, 2001 - EPA and KU Med Center Officials Sign Agreement to Strengthen Ties, Give Latinos Resources (Updated 11/28/01)
November 26, 2001 - EPA Region 7 Draft Interim EJ Guidance and Policy Available for Public Comment (Updated 11/28/01)
November 26, 2001 - EPA Region 7 Announces Scott Middle School, Lincoln, NE, recipient of EPA Excellence Award 2001 (Updated 11/26/01)
October 29, 2001 - Six Top Officials From The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Will Be On Hand During The National Farm Broadcasters Convention In Kansas City, Nov. 14, 2001 (Updated 10/30/01)
October 22, 2001 - EPA Region 7 Awards Iowa Schools And Organizations $49,157 In Environmental Education Grants (Updated 10/30/01)
October 22, 2001 - EPA Region 7 Awards Kansas Schools And Organizations $37,840 In Environmental Education Grants (Updated 10/30/01)
October 22, 2001 - EPA Region 7 Awards Missouri Schools And Organizations $47,226 In Environmental Education Grants (Updated 10/30/01)
October 22, 2001 - EPA Region 7 Awards Nebraska Schools And Organizations $47,406 In Environmental Education Grants (Updated 10/30/01)
October 16, 2001 - EPA Is Proposing To Put The Oak Grove Village Well Site, Oak Grove, MO, On Its National Priorities List (Updated 10/17/01)
September 20, 2001 - EPA Announces the Request for Proposals for 2002 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS (Updated 9/20/01)
September 17, 2001 - EPA Region 7, MDNR, and Lincoln University Form Partnership (Updated 9/20/01)
September 4, 2001 - Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) Protect Our Communities When There Are Risks To Citizens From Accidents involving Hazardous Materials (Updated 9/06/01)
August 14, 2001 - EPA Recognizes Dodge City Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant for Excellence (Updated 8/16/01)
August 9, 2001 - EPA Announces Pollution Prevention Award Winners for 2001 (Updated 8/13/01)
July 20, 2001 - EPA and Department of the Army Request Publc Assistance in Locating Drinking water Wells on Residential Properties Near Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAP) in Middletown, Iowa (Updated 8/10/01)
August 7, 2001 - EPA Proposing to take the Times Beach, Missouri Site Off the Superfund List (Updated 8/10/01)
August 7, 2001 - EPA Proposing to take the Shenandoah Stables Site Near Moscow Mills, Missouri Off the Superfund List (Updated 8/10/01)
August 6, 2001 - EPA Proposing to take the KEM-PEST Site in Cape Girardea, MO Off the Superfund List (Updated 8/6/01)
July 20, 2001 - EPA Proposing to take the Sheller-Globe Corporation Disposal Site Off the Superefund List (Updated 8/10/01)
June 15, 2001 - EPA Administrator Christie Whitman Announces EPA Approval of States' Clean Air Plans for St. Louis Areas (Updated 6/18/01)
June 5, 2001 - EPA to Host Community Open House at Cleanup Site in Shenandoah (Updated 6/6/01)
May 23, 2001 - EPA Looking for Pollution Prevention Award-Winning Programs (Updated 5/25/01)
May 16, 2001 - EPA Recognizes Boone Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant for Excellence (Updated 5/18/01)
May 15, 2001 - EPA Recognizes Farmington Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant for Excellence (Updated 5/18/01)
May 14, 2001 - EPA, NDEQ Lead Way in Sharing Information on Regulated Facilities (Updated 6/11/01)
May 9, 2001 - Chillicothe Middle School Teacher Receives EPA's Educators' Environmental Excellence Award (Updated 5/14/01)
May 9, 2001 - Wynot Teacher Receives EPA's Educators' Environmental Excellence Award (Updated 5/14/01)
May 9, 2001 - Butler Community College Teacher Receives EPA's Educators' Environmental Excellence Award (Updated 5/14/01)
May 9, 2001 - Pella Christian Grade School Teacher Receives EPA's Educator's Environmental Excellence Award (Updated 5/14/01)
May 8, 2001 - EPA Postponing Effective Date for Non Attainment in St. Louis (Updated 5/9/01)
May 1, 2001 - EPA Orders 21 Kansas Drinking Water Suppliers to Let Customers Know What's in Their Water (Updated 5/4/01)
May 3, 2001 - Omaha Lead Advisory (Updated 5/3/01)
May 1, 2001 - Missouri River Oil Spill Cleanup Oversight Completed (Updated 5/1/01)
April 25, 2001 - EPA Announces More Than $2 Million to Make Abandoned Iowa Properties Prosper (Updated 4/30/01)
April 18, 2001 - BP AMOCO TO PAY $804,700 FOR CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS (Updated 4/20/01)
April 18, 2001 - EPA Says It Is Responsible For Walthill And Pender Wastewater Treatment Plant Permits (Updated 4/18/01)
April 17, 2001 - Editors: Get an Early Jump on Local Earth Day Photo Ops and Stories (Updated 4/18/01)
April 12, 2001 - EPA Engineer from Lenexa is Federal Engineer of the Year (Updated 4/13/01)
April 6, 2001 - Oil Producers Can Learn More About How To Prevent Oil Spills (Updated 4/6/01)
March 15, 2001 - Kansas City Utility to Pay $1 Million for Clean Water Act Violations (Updated 3/26/01)
March 5, 2001 - CAFO Meeting on Proposed Feedlot Regulations (Updated 3/6/01)
February 27, 2001 - Nebraska Firm to Pay $35,000 for Pesticide Violations (Updated 2/28/01)
February 27, 2001 - Missouri River Oil Spill Update (Updated 2/28/01)
February 21, 2001 - EPA will Conduct Workshops on Reporting Requirements for Toxic Releases (Updated 2/21/01)
February 20, 2001 - Missouri River Oil Spill Update (Updated 2/21/01)
February 8, 2001 - Missouri River Oil Spill Update (Updated 2/12/01)
February 1, 2001 - EPA Region 7 Environemtnal Justice Small Grants Now Available (Updated 2/1/01)

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December 26, 2000 - Ten Charter Members in EPA's Achievement Track Program are from Region 7 (Updated 12/26/00)
December 21, 2000 - EPA Announces Western Iowa Tech Community College as a Brownfields Job Training Pilot (Updated 12/21/00)
December 19, 2000 - Oil Spill Update (Updated 12/20/00)
December 11, 2000 - EPA Continues to Monitor Safe Cleanup of Oil Spill (Updated 12/12/00)
December 7, 2000 - EPA Working to Insure Safe Cleanup of Oil Release (Updated 12/11/00)
November 27, 2000 - Tenneco Pays $30,000 Fine, Will Complete Environmental Project to Settle Air Violations (Updated 11/29/00)
November 13, 2000 - EPA Seeks $93,500 from Pesticide Distributor for Misbranding (Updated 11/13/00)
November 7, 2000 - Sedalia landords face fine for violations of lead-based paint regulations (Updated 11/8/00)
October 31, 2000 - EPA announces the State of Missouri as an UST fields pilot (Updated 11/8/00)
November 1, 2000 - Grain Processors are Offered Voluntary Air Compliance Audit Program by EPA (Updated 11/1/00)
Ocotber 20, 2000 - Lewis & Clark Redevelopment Receives Phoenix Award (Updated 10/25/00)
Ocotber 18, 2000 - EPA seeks $70,000 Penalty for wetlands damage in Perkins county, Nebraska (Updated 10/19/00)
October 12, 2000 - Noranda Aluminum, Inc. pays $120,000 penalty for alleged RCRA violations (Updated 10/13/00)
October 10, 2000 - Nahant Marsh Superfund Site: Celebrating Its Future Use (Updated 10/13/00)
October 2, 2000 - Contractors must provide lead-based paint booklet to owners and residents before repairing and/or remodeling housing built before 1978 (Updated 10/4/00)
September 1, 2000 - EPA Plans Information Session Prior To Hearings On Water Quality Standards For Kansas (Updated 10/2/00)
September 19, 2000 - Interstate Power Company Agrees to Acid Rain Consent Decree (Updated 09/20/00)
July 31, 2000 - Interstate Power Company Reaches Settlement on Acid Rain Complaint (Updated 09/18/00)
August 31, 2000 - EPA Orders 101 Missouri Drinking Water Suppliers To Let Customers Know What's In Their Water (Updated 09/15/00)
September 14, 2000 - EPA Announces Pollution Prevention Award Winners for 2000 (Updated 09/15/00)
September 11, 2000 - Largest Ozone Protection Program Settlement Reached (PDF) (Updated 09/11/00)
September 7, 2000 - EPA Region 7 responding to spill on the Missouri River (Updated 09/11/00)
August 31, 2000 - Indianola, IA, Community School District receives EPA Excellence Award for its indoor air program (Updated 09/1/00)
August 23, 2000 - EPA Proposes $88,000 Fine in Olathe, Kansas, Diesel Spill (Updated 08/23/00)
August 17, 2000 - Missouri Plan to Reduce Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) (Updated 08/18/00)
August 3, 2000 - EPA TO HOLD AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FORUM (Updated 08/4/00)
July 31, 2000 - REFINERY AGREES TO PAY $600,000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS (Updated 08/2/00)
July 26, 2000 - EPA RESCHEDULES HEARING ON FEDERAL WATER QUALITY STANDARDS (Updated 07/31/00)
July 21, 2000 - MEMO TO EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS (Updated 08/8/00)
July 21, 2000 - EPA TO CONDUCT OIL SPILL PREVENTION WORKSHOPS ON SPCC REGULATIONS (Updated 07/24/00)
July 11, 2000 - LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS FACE PROPOSED FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF LEAD PAINT DISCLOSURE REGULATIONS (Updated 07/12/00)
July 7, 2000 - EPA ORDERS 99 KANSAS DRINKING WATER SUPPLIERS TO LET CUSTOMERS KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR WATER (Updated 07/00)
July 10, 2000 - LEAD SAFE OMAHA COALITION COMPLETES PLAN TO ADDRESS CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING (Updated 07/11/00)
June 22, 2000 - EPA FILES ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AGAINST DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN IOWA, KANSAS, AND MISSOURI (Updated 06/23/00)
June 19, 2000 - EPA PROPOSES FEDERAL WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR KANSAS (Updated 06/23/00)
June 5, 2000 - WEST BRANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER RECEIVES EPA REGION 7's 1999-2000 EDUCATORS' ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD (Updated 06/7/00)
June 5, 2000 - TOPEKA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL TEACHER RECEIVES EPA REGION 7's 1999-2000 EDUCATORS' ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD (Updated 06/7/00)
June 5, 2000 - UMKC PROFESSOR RECEIVES EPA REGION 7's 1999-2000 EDUCATOR'S ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD (Updated 06/7/00)
June 5, 2000 - TECUMSEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER RECEIVES EPA REGION 7's 1999-2000 EDUCATORS' ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD (Updated 06/7/00)
May 22, 2000 - EPA Region 7 Announces $1,800,000 in Brownfields Grants (Updated 05/26/00)
May 19, 2000 - EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Wastewater Treatment Services within Missouri's Meramec River Basin (Updated 05/19/00)
May 18, 2000 - EPA to Conduct Oil Spill Prevention Workshops on SPCC Regulations (Updated 05/18/00)
May 11, 2000 - Kansas Army National Guard Receives EPA Order for Improper Use of A/C Recycling Equipment (Updated 05/11/00)
May 10, 2000 - EPA Approves Missouri Plans for Cleaner Air in St. Louis (Updated 05/10/00)
May 3, 2000 - Area Schools Receiving EPA Environmental Green Apple Awards for Indoor Air Improvements (Updated 05/05/00)
May 2, 2000 - EPA Announces Update on Omaha Lead Contamination Removel Action (Updated 05/05/00)
April 28, 2000 - Public Hearing on May 4 on Permit for Mission Wastewater Treatment Complex (Updated 05/01/00)
April 27, 2000 - EPA to Hold Meeting and Public Hearing on Cleanup of Union Pacific Shops (Updated 04/28/00)
April 25, 2000 - EPA to hold Public Hearing on Kansas Application to Administer Lead-Based Paint Program Activities (Updated 04/28/00)
April 21, 2000 - Walthill, Neb., Environmental Livestock Production Project Awarded $250,000 EPA Grant (Updated 04/24/00)
April 21, 2000 - Marshall, MO., Environmental, Economic Project Awarded $70,000 EPA Grant (Updated 04/24/00)
April 19, 2000 - Editors: Get an Early jump on Local Earth Day Photo Ops and Stories (Updated 04/24/00)
April 14, 2000 - Fort Dodge Second Grade Student Wins Earth Day 2000 Poster Contest (Updated 04/24/00)
April 12, 2000 - EPA Region 7 Announces $650,000 in Grants to Assess Environmental Conditions at Brownfields (Updated 04/24/00))
April 12, 2000 - EPA to Conduct Toxic Release Inventory Workshops on Reporting Requirements (Updated 04/24/00)
April 7, 2000 - EPA Proposing to Approve Plans to Cut Smog in St. Louis Area (Updated 04/24/00)
April 10, 2000 - Earth Angels, St.Louis, Missouri, Selected As A President's Environemntal Youth Awards Competition Winner (Updated 04/10/00)
April 5, 2000 - EPA Recognizes Duckett Creek Sanitary District Treatment Plant #2 for Excellence (Updated 04/05/00)
March 29, 2000 - EPA Announces Update on Omaha Lead Contamination Removal Action (Updated 03/31/00)
March 22, 2000 - EPA to host Regional Radiological Training in Topeka (Updated 03/24/00)
March 10, 2000 - HAZMAT 2000 Spills Prevention Conference to be held April 4-6 in St. Louis, MO (Updated 03/21/00)
March 7, 2000 - EPA to Hold Public Availability Session on Union Pacific's Cleanup Plan (Updated 03/21/00)
February 24, 2000 - Public Meetings on Pollution Limits for 3 Iowa Waters set for Week of March 6th (Updated 03/23/00)
February 17, 2000 - EPA Actions Announced to help St. Louis Reduce Ozone (Updated 03/23/00)
February 16, 2000 - Pesticide Producers Face March 1 Deadline to Avoid Fines (Updated 03/21/00)
February 1, 2000 - EPA Announces Completion of Cleanup at Properties in Omaha, More Qualify (Updated 02/03/00)

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December 16, 1999 - Tyson Foods Cited By EPA For reporting Violations (Updated 12/17/99)
December 13, 1999 - EPA Awards More than $100,000 for Environmental Justice Grants (Updated 12/13/99)
September 9, 1999 - EPA Region 7's 1998-99 Educators Environmental Excellence Award Winners Named (Updated 9/09/99)
September 2, 1999 - LEPC Conference to be Held in Kansas City, September 10-12 (Updated 9/02/99)
August 20, 1999 - EPA Announces Pollution Prevention Award Winners for 1999 (Updated 8/20/99)
July 9, 1999 - ROTO-DIE Co., Eureka, Missouri, Cited for Clean Air Act Violations (Updated 7/27/99)
July 9, 1999 - EPA and U.S. Army demonstrate Airborne Tests of Joint Program (Updated 7/27/99)
June 28, 1999 - EPA Grants Second Extension of Comment Period on Iowa's Impaired Waters (Updated 6/30/99)
June 25, 1999 - PUBLIC NOTICE -- Comment Period Extended to July 15, 1999 -- EPA is Seeking Comments on Additional Water Quality-limited Streams, Rivers, and Lakes in Iowa (Updated 6/25/99)
June 4, 1999 - THE MIDWEST POLLUTION PREVENTION (P2) Converence to be Held June 7-9, 1999 (Updated 6/04/99)
June 1, 1999 - Tribal Workshop to be held at Haskell Indian Nations University (Updated 6/03/99)
May 21, 1999 - Potential Responsible Parties Settle Liability (Updated 5/21/99)
May 13, 1999 - EPA Issues Corrective Action Order to Vickers, Inc., in Omaha (Updated 5/17/99)
May 11, 1999 - EPA's Diversity Lecture Series presents: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (Updated 5/12/99)
May 10, 1999 - EPA/MDNR to Hold Public Availability Session About Former AMOCO Sugar Creek Refinery (Updated 5/10/99)
May 4, 1999 - EPA Issues Air Compliance Orders to Iowa and Missouri Auto Shops (Updated 5/6/99)
April 29, 1999 - EPA ADDS 115 WATER BODIES TO IOWA'S LIST OF IMPAIRED WATER BODIES (Updated 5/6/99)
April 29, 1999 - EPA REGION & PARTNERS WITH HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY (Updated 5/4/99)
April 30, 1999 - PUBLIC NOTICE EPA is Seeking Comments on Additional Water Quality-limited Streams, Rivers, and Lakes in Iowa (Updated 4/28/99)
April 21, 1999 - HAPPY EARTH DAY! Join us and more than 700 hundred fourth-graders in celebrating Earth Day April 22, 1999 (Updated 4/23/99)
April 20, 1999 - EPA to honor school district and Kiel Center for Energy Star Work at Earth Day Event (Updated 4/23/99)
April 20, 1999 - Join us in celebrating Earth Day April 21 and 22, 1999 (Updated 4/20/99)
April 16, 1999 - U.S. EPA Partners with USD 500 to Monitor Area Streams (Updated 4/19/99)
April 13, 1999 - Hendrix Family from Fulton, Kansas,to Receive a President's Environmental Youth Award in Washington, D.C. (Updated 4/14/99)
April 6, 1999 - EPA Announces $104,539 Proposed Penalty for Violations by city of Lincoln (Updated 4/8/99)
March 22, 1999 - EPA and KDHE to conduct Availability Session on LaFarge Corporation permit (Updated 4/5/99)
March 23, 1999 - EPA Hearing on Walthill and Pender Wastewater Treatment Plant Permits to be March 31 (Updated 3/25/99)
March 15, 1999 - EPA to issue FR proposal on attainment status of St. Louis area (Updated 3/19/99)
February 26, 1999 - EPA final rule now includes portions of St. Louis area in reformulated gasoline program (Updated 2/26/99)
February 18, 1999 - EPA's Diversity Lecture Series Presents: Fruits of Success (Updated 2/23/99)
February 9, 1999 - City of Aurora, Missouri, agrees to pay $57,500 to settle asbestos complaint (Updated 2/10/99)
February 4, 1999 - Landlords fined under lead paint disclosure regulations (Updated 2/10/99)
February 2, 1999 - PUBLIC NOTICE EPA is Seeking Comments on Additional Water Quality-limited Streams, Rivers, and Lakes in Missouri (closes 2/4/99)
January 21, 1999 - The New Madrid County, Missouri Child Health Champion Campaign Kicks Off
January 21, 1999 - EPA To Sponsor Annual Black History Month Luncheon Program
January 7, 1999 - EPA Removes Mercury from House
January 6, 1999 - Environmental Justice Speak ne_303d.htm">December 23, 1998 - PUBLIC NOTICE Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Public Notice Seeking Comments on Additional Water Quality-limited Streams, Rivers, and Lakes in Nebraska (closes 1/23/99)

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