The EPA wants to merge the Office of the Science Advisor with the Office of Science Policy, which would give it less authority.

The technical advisor could discuss important developments coming up like the EPA’s proposed cleanup plan for the West Calumet Housing Complex.

A priority designation makes more long-term federal funding for cleanup available. Indiana has 39 active sites on the Superfund NPL list.

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to tighten restrictions on lead dust in homes. But it wouldn’t affect those by Superfund sites like USS Lead in East Chicago.

The Environmental Protection Agency says replacing only some of the lead pipes leading to a home doesn’t reduce lead contamination in drinking water and can even make it worse when the old pipes are disturbed.

Experts say the discovery is the planet's largest fresh water system is alarming.

The fuel economy standards would have required new cars and light trucks to use less gas over time. The new proposal puts that on hold for another six years starting in 2020.

The standards require new cars and light trucks build after 2025 to get about 50 miles to the gallon.

The EPA said Tuesday that adding the city of Spencer's Franklin Street Groundwater Contamination site to the federal agency's priority list signals its commitment to cleaning up that contamination.

Indianapolis, Jeffersonville and Richmond are each getting $300,000 to either assess and clean up contamination or redevelop cleaned-up sites.