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FRIDAY - Federal Agencies to Announce Urban Waterway Revitalization Effort in Proctor Creek
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Transportation, and Urban Development, Army Corp of Engineers and the Centers for Disease Control, along with other federal partners, are expanding an effort to revitalize urban waterways to Proctor Creek in Atlanta, Ga. Proctor Creek is one of ...
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EPA announces first 2013 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant and priorities at great lakes week
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe today announced a new 2013 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant at Great Lakes Week in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will receive more than $1.5 million for several Milwaukee Estuary and Great Lakes projects. “The Great Lakes are critical to our economy and support millions of American ...
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EPA awards $120,000 to revitalize urban waters of Spicket River snd Merrimack River
In two separate grants, EPA is awarding $120,000 to two organizations working to clean urban rivers in northeastern Massachusetts. Grants of $60,000 each to address water quality issues in urban waters will go to Groundwork Lawrence for the “Spicket River Restoration Partnership” in Lawrence, Mass., and to the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments for their project, ...
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Final Decision on Missouri`s List of Impaired Waters
EPA Region 7 has made a final decision on Missouri’s list of impaired waters. EPA restored eight water bodies to Missouri’s list and removed one water body due to an EPA-approved pollution reduction plan. Today’s decision brings the total number of impaired waters in the state to 258. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) submitted its impaired waters list to EPA ...
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Gulf ecosystem restoration task force creates citizens’ advisory committee, releases restoration priorities / EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson, joined by CEQ chair Nancy Sutley, other task force members, hold official meeting today in Mobile, Ala.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson convened an official meeting of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force today in Mobile, Alabama. During the meeting, the task force created a citizens’ advisory committee to help guide the group’s efforts and released a strategy background document outlining the priorities of the ongoing gulf restoration. The ...
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SUEZ wins a contract worth €145 million to build and operate India`s largest wastewater treatment plant in New Delhi
Delhi Jal Board, the authority in charge of water management in New Delhi, has awarded SUEZ the contract to build and operate a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 564,000 m3/day at Okhla, South of New Delhi, for a value of €145 million. The contract provides for a three-and-a-half-year design and construction phase of the plant, followed by an eleven-year operation and ...
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Urban Waters Federal Partnership Initiates San Antonio River Basin Project
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) are celebrating the start of the Urban Waters Project. The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., at the Christopher Columbus Hall, 201 Piazza Italia, San Antonio, Texas. The project ...
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Final decision issued on Missouri’s list of impaired waters
EPA has made a final decision on Missouri’s 2010 list of impaired waters. Today’s decision brings the total number of impaired waters in the state to 245. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks said, “EPA fully supports Missouri’s efforts to develop pollutant reduction plans, which will restore water quality in the state. The impaired waters list helps the Missouri ...
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EPA reports reduced costs with low impact development
The Mill Creek subdivision in the town of Geneva, Kane County, Illinois is a 1,500-acre, mixed use community built as a conservation design development. The subdivision was built using cluster development. It uses open swales for stormwater conveyance and treatment, and it has a lower percentage of impervious surface than conventional developments. When compared with the conventional ...
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Up To $13.9 Million Available From EPA for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a Request for Applications soliciting proposals for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants to fund new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Up to $13.9 million will be available during the 2015 funding cycle for grants to state, tribal, interstate and local governmental agencies, institutions of higher learning and other ...
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EPA complies with court decision and directs Florida to restore water quality in the everglades
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directed the state of Florida to take specific measures to restore water quality to levels that protect the Everglades. This action, known as an “Amended Determination,” complies with a decision by Judge Alan Gold of the U.S. District Court – Southern District of Florida following lawsuits by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and the ...
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EPA Settlement with Amerikohl Mining Inc. Will Help Restore Water Quality for Western Pennsylvania Communities
In a consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Amerikohl Mining, Inc., has settled Clean Water Act violations at 22 of its Pennsylvania mining operations, including four active and 18 inactive mines in western Pennsylvania. As part of the settlement agreement, Amerikohl will pay a $140,000 penalty and implement a new standard operating procedure to ensure Clean Water Act ...
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Bonneville Environmental Foundation named Green Power supplier of the year
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), an entrepreneurial supplier of green power solutions, announced today that it has received a Green Power Leadership Award for the second year in a row. The Green Power Leadership awards program is jointly sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the Center for Resource ...
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NRCS California Allocates $1 Million to Fund Tribal-Specific Conservation Practices
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has partnered with California's tribal nations to make $1 million available to help tribal farmers and ranchers put additional conservation on the ground. Tribal nations have historically had unequal access to financial resources, due to the unique and tradition-based conservation practices typically practiced by tribes, and ...
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NRCS California Accepting Applications for Tribal EQIP Initiative
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for the California Tribal Initiative, a partnership effort with Tribal Nations in California to help tribal farmers and ranchers put additional conservation on the ground. This initiative is funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and is being made in two statewide and three landscape ...
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EPA Announces Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants of $1.7 Million to Cleveland Area
The U.S. Environmental Agency has announced two Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants, totaling over $1.7 million, to improve water quality in the Cleveland area. The grants were announced yesterday by EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Persciasepe at Great Lakes Week in Cleveland. Over the last three years, GLRI has provided more than $29.8 million for EPA grants to improve Great Lakes water ...
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Public meeting on floyds fork pollution control plan EPA to host Aug. 30 meeting
On Tuesday, August 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 will conduct a public meeting to obtain comments from stakeholders on the process of developing a Total Maximum Daily Load for Floyds Fork. The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. (EDT) in the Eastern High School auditorium. The school is located in the Middletown community of Louisville at 12400 Old Shelbyville ...
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EPA awards $317,000 for Brownfields job training and urban water protection grants in Rhode Island
EPA is providing a total of $317,000 to three Rhode Island organizations. One grant will provide job training for environmental work, and two grants will help address urban water quality issues, all of which will contribute to cleaner, healthier communities. Groundwork Providence, Brownfield Job Training Grant, $200,000 Under EPA’s Brownfields “Environmental Workforce Development ...
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NACWA, Major U.S. Cities File Briefs in Chesapeake Bay Daily Load Appeal, Defend Lower Court Ruling & Holistic Watershed Approach
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) filed a brief April 21 with the U.S Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit strongly supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Chesapeake Bay. The brief urges the Third Circuit to affirm a 2013 federal district court ruling upholding the TMDL and to support the holistic ...
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EPA Designates Center of Excellence for Watershed Management at Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University has been designated a Center of Excellence for Watershed Management, becoming the tenth such institution in the Southeast. Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and Mississippi State University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to help communities identify ...
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