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Duwamish waterway cleanup options released for public review (WA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology today released a draft study of cleanup alternatives for the 5-mile-long Lower Duwamish Waterway cleanup site. The agencies are seeking public input on a wide range of cleanup options to reduce toxic pollutants in the waterway. The public can review and comment on the cleanup alternatives online at ...
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$59,876 grant to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
EPA is providing a $59,876 urban waters grant to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) to evaluate the effectiveness of neighborhood green infrastructure in metropolitan St. Louis, Mo. SIUE and partners, including the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the City of St. Louis and Habitat for Humanity of St. Louis, will conduct a study in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood in north St. ...
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New York Plants Curbside Gardens to Soak Up Storm-Water Runoff
The gardens appeared suddenly along an industrial corridor of Brownsville, Brooklyn — one, two, a half-dozen — as if airlifted from a cul-de-sac upstate. At first, local residents stopped to inspect the sidewalk oddities. Pictures were snapped and posted on Facebook. At least one young suitor pilfered the contents of a plot and handed them to a girlfriend. Soon, the whole ...
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EPA Requests comments on survey for stormwater rule
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a survey to help strengthen stormwater regulations and reduce stormwater discharges from newly developed and redeveloped sites. Stormwater discharges can harm water quality through increases in stormwater volume and pollutant loadings into nearby waterways. Generally, as sites are developed, less ground area is available for ...
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City and Port of Seattle commit to $33 million cleanup of terminal 117 on Lower Duwamish Waterway
One of the most polluted areas of the Lower Duwamish Waterway will be cleaned up as a result of a $33 million settlement agreement among the Port of Seattle, City of Seattle and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The agreement requires the port and city to implement EPA’s cleanup decision for the Terminal 117 early action area of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site. The ...
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$59,876 Grant to University of Nebraska-Lincoln
EPA is providing a $59,876 urban waters grant to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Saddle Hills neighborhood’s green infrastructure in metropolitan Omaha, Neb. UNL and partners, including the City of Omaha and the Nebraska Forest Service, will assess green infrastructure practices by creating a water quality assessment database and developing a ...
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Mission markets musings: Theda 6braddock
Mission Markets Blog Stormwater runoff has been identified as one of the largest sources of pollutants in the Nation’s waterways. Stormwater is rain and snow melt that runs off impervious surfaces such as roads and rooftops. In the draining process, the runoff picks up chemicals such as nitrogen and phosphorus as well as oil, heavy metals, fertilizers, pesticides, trash, and animal waste. ...
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Sewage Overflows Cost Allegheny County $4.2 Million
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (ENS) - In a $4.2 million legal settlement with federal, state, and county agencies, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, ALCOSAN, today agreed to a comprehensive plan to reduce its annual discharge of billions of gallons of untreated sewage into local waterways. Under the proposed consent decree, ALCOSAN has agreed to a multi-year strategy to upgrade the sewage ...
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Black & Veatch selected to design $244 million deep rock tunnel to combat sewer and stormwater overflows
tunnel can provide cleaner and healthier waterways in Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio – Planning is now underway for a $244 million, 1.2-mile tunnel system, pump station and enhanced high-rate treatment facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, that could reduce the mixture of sewage and stormwater that enters local waterways, improving the quality of life for the more than 2 million people living in the ...
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House passes critical clean water bill
A bill that will help close the multi-billion dollar annual gap that exists between wastewater infrastructure needs and current funding was passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives. “This bill will help make it safer to swim in our nation’s lakes, streams and rivers,” said Nancy Stoner, co-director of the Water Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “Congress has taken a step ...
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EPA releases final Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund cleanup plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the final cleanup plan for the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund site, a major industrial waterway that includes the mouth of the Duwamish River on the south end of Elliott Bay. As part of the cleanup plan, the Washington State Department of Ecology will continue leading source control efforts that reduce incoming pollution to the river and ...
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New funding helps great lakes plastic cleanup initiative
A first-of-its-kind initiative, the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup was infused today with a $375,000 contribution from the Government of Ontario to Pollution Probe to support the program. The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup initiative, launched this past August, was founded by Boating Ontario, the Council of the Great Lakes Region, Pollution Probe, PortsToronto and the U of T Trash Team with support ...
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Safe Drain® Prevents 45,000lbs of Sediment and 12lbs of Heavy Metals from Entering California Bay Area Waterways
473 Safe Drains were installed at 3 Applied Materials campuses in California’s Bay Area. The objective was to provide a means of ensuring day to day operations without risk to the environment. The Safe Drains allowed total control over storm water discharges and preventing spills from entering into the storm drain system. Over the 3 year study, the Safe Drains collected a total of 45,000lbs ...
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$60,000 Grant to Kansas State University
Josh Svaty, EPA Region 7 senior advisor; Barbara Goode, Kansas State University pollution prevention specialist; Martha Tasker, City of Salina, Kan., director of utilities; Troy Vancil, Friends of the River past president, and others will hold a news conference Friday, July 13, to announce a $60,000 urban waters grant from EPA to Kansas State University (KSU). KSU and partners, including the ...
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EPA Awards $58,000 to Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to Revitalize Philadelphia-Area Watershed
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society today announced a $58,000 grant for a new initiative for restoring clean water, improving neighborhoods and supporting green jobs in the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed in Philadelphia, Pa. “EPA is committed to restoring our urban waters and supporting green techniques to control pollution,” said ...
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Florida Identifies 272 Impaired Waterbodies for Cleanup
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, December 21, 2007 (ENS) - The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, DEP, has identified five groups of waterbodies that are impaired and in need of water monitoring, cleanup and restoration. In the latest round of evaluating impairments in the surface waters of Florida, DEP Deputy Secretary Mimi Drew signed a final order on December 12 targeting 272 impaired ...
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EPA Action Ensures that Runoff Doesn’t Harm Nearby Streams at North Reading, Mass. Construction Site
An EPA enforcement action resulted in reduced amounts of sediment and contaminated run off impacting streams and waterways near a construction site in North Reading, Mass. The recent settlement between EPA and Gilbane Building Co. resolved EPA allegations that the company violated a Clean Water Act General Construction Permit at the work site. An EPA complaint detailed the Agency’s ...
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EPA and New York state announce ban on boat sewage disposal to New York canal system
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that the entire New York State Canal System is now a “no discharge zone,” which means that boats are banned from discharging sewage into the canals. Boaters must instead dispose of their sewage at specially designated pump-out stations. EPA Regional ...
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EPA Awards $60,000 to Revitalize the Rocky River in Anderson, S.C.
During a ceremony today at Anderson University, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $60,000 award to Upstate Forever to help restore the Rocky River and its associated wetlands in Anderson, S.C., support community revitalization and protect public health. Upstate Forever will use the funds to advance plans for a 158-acre urban riverside park. “These grants support ...
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EPA, States and Automotive Industry to Reduce Copper in Motor Vehicle Brake Pads
Summary Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the automotive industry and the states signed an agreement to reduce the use of copper and other materials in motor vehicle brake pads. The Copper-Free Brake Initiative calls for cutting copper in brake pads to less than 5 percent by 2021 and 0.5 percent by 2025. This voluntary initiative also calls for cutting the amount of mercury, lead, ...
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