environmental planning News
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EPA Region 7 Tribal Program Awards grants to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for water pollution control, general assistance
EPA Region 7’s Office of Tribal Affairs has awarded two grants to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to support water pollution control efforts and provide general assistance to the tribe’s environmental protection programs. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, headquartered near Mayetta, Kan., occupies approximately 77,400 acres of reservation land in Jackson County in north central ...
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Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington awarded $190,000 for environmental education
As part of its ongoing effort to enhance environmental education in the Pacific Northwest, the Environmental Protection Agency has awarded US$190,000 for education programs in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. This funding will promote and advance environmental literacy and sustainable practices in the region. “We are impressed year after year with how much the recipients are able to ...
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EPA Monitoring Shows South China Sea Not Polluted
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) of the Executive Yuan said the first successful marine water quality monitoring it conducted in the Spratly Islands in September 2010 showed that water quality at all monitoring points around Taiping Island and Central Reef are qualified with Taiwan’s A type standards of marine environmental quality, making it an unpolluted sea area. It is ...
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Martin pena community group receives epa environmental justice award
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Lisa Garcia, the Agency’s Senior Advisor on Environmental Justice, today presented an award for outstanding work to further environmental justice to the ENLACE Cano Martin Pena Project. The group was recognized for work developing a comprehensive and environmentally sustainable economic development plan for ...
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Partnership Releases New Blueprint to Protect and Restore Long Island Sound
The Long Island Sound Study, a partnership of federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as nonprofit and community groups and businesses, today released a new updated Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for restoring and protecting the Long Island Sound over the next two decades. The Long Island Sound and its watershed is a critical economic driver; it provides estimated ...
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EPA awards $100,000 to ensure safe drinking water for citizens of Arkansas
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $100,000 to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for water quality management planning. The funds will be used to conduct analysis of chemical samples of rivers, streams and lakes in Ark. The Clean Water Act allows EPA to issue states funding for regional water quality management planning projects. Our nation's waters are ...
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Locus Scores in Green Quadrant of Environmental Management Software Report
Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in Cloud-computing enterprise software for environmental, energy, air, water, and compliance management, has been recognized as one of 12 leading environmental management software suppliers globally in the report "Green Quadrant® Environmental Management Software, 2012." This report by Verdantix, an independent analyst firm who provide data, ...
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OilClean from EcoSolutions Naturally Separates Oil from Water
Residents of the United States’ East Coast are focused on cleaning and repairing property damaged by Superstorm Sandy, but contaminated floodwaters and damage to natural ecosystems will leave a lasting impact on the region unless handled responsibly and expeditiously. EcoSolutions, a Vermont company specializing in cutting-edge water treatment systems, offers a new product that can ease the ...
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Los Angeles County’s Sun Valley Watershed Multi-Benefit Project Receives ISI’s Highest Sustainable Infrastructure Award - Envision Platinum
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) announced today that the Sun Valley Watershed Multi-Benefit Project in Los Angeles County, Calif., has earned the Envision™ infrastructure rating system’s Platinum award—the highest level attainable in the Envision system. The L. A. County Board of Supervisors will accept the award from ISI President and CEO, William Bertera, ...
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EPA Proposes Plan to Remove Toxic Sediment from the Passaic River; the Largest Cleanup in EPA History
In an historic action that will protect people’s health and the environment, and benefit riverfront communities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed a plan to remove 4.3 million cubic yards of highly contaminated sediment from the lower eight miles of the Passaic River in New Jersey. The sediment in the Passaic River is severely contaminated with dioxin, polychlorinated ...
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