Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

July 10, 2026 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) COLUMBUS, Ohio – Earlier this week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin advanced pillars of the agency’s Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative during a visit to central Ohio.

July 10, 2026 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a roundtable on water infrastructure programs, including the State Revolving Funds, to identify and address challenges in program implementation that can result in delays in vital drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater projects.

EPA Facilitates Removal of Abandoned Boat and Large Buoy from Shinnecock Nation Beaches July 10, 2026 Contact Information Nikita Joshi (joshi.nikita@epa.gov) 934-210-9347 NEW YORK - On Long Island, New York, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Shinnecock Indian Nation completed the successful removal of an abandoned boat from Westwoods Beach and a large navigational buoy from a beach near the Shinnecock Indian Cemetery.

Company agrees to pay more than $26.8M civil penalty, complete estimated $40M to prevent future discharges, and pay Kansas $3M July 10, 2026 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice, and the state of Kansas announced a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that South Bow (USA) LP and South Bow Infrastructure Operations Inc.

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal estimated to save American truckers $12 billion through commonsense revisions to unnecessary and unworkable Biden-era compliance requirements. The reimagined approach also heeds calls from American truckers and diesel operators to eliminate deratements entirely, a burdensome problem often caused by Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) system failures.

July 9, 2026 Contact Information Joe Robledo and Jennah Durant (R6press@epa.gov) 214-665-2200 DALLAS, TEXAS (July 9, 2026) – This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $400,000 in funding to ENF Products LLC in Edmond, Oklahoma, to develop and commercialize environmental technologies through EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The grant supports the company’s project to develop a nanofiber filter to capture indoor air toxins and pathogens.

July 8, 2026 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $3.6 million in funding to nine U.S. small businesses to further develop and commercialize environmental technologies through EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

July 8, 2026 Contact Information David Shark (shark.david@epa.gov) 312-353-1056 CHICAGO (July 8, 2026) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin cleaning up hazardous coal tar waste at the former Peninsular Gas Co. site at 55996 Lake Linden Ave. in Calumet, Michigan. Crews will excavate soil, debris, and underground remnants of a manufactured gas plant formerly located at the site.

July 8, 2026 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON – On July 1, 2026, in accordance with President Trump’s new memorandum, “Lowering the Cost of Living by Promoting the Freedom to Fix,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin ensured every American has the freedom to fix their vehicle, reducing reliance on the California Air Resource Board emission certification process for aftermarket vehicle products.

July 7, 2026 Contact Information Region 8 News (Region8Media@epa.gov) COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, LLC (CFAC) has agreed to clean up contamination at the Anaconda Aluminum Company Columbia Falls Reduction Plant Superfund site near Columbia Falls, Montana (also called the CFAC site). CFAC agreed to pay past response costs and implement multi-million-dollar cleanup actions at the site.