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.

New rules from the Environmental Protection Agency give states the power to set their own goals for greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.

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 company will recall about 500,000 medium- and heavy-duty trucks with model years between 2010 and 2015.

The latest recall affects 2010-2015 medium- and heavy-duty trucks with engines made by Cummins Inc.

TCE is used to degrease metal and to make other chemicals like refrigerants. It's just one of the chemicals found at the Amphenol industrial site in Franklin.

On the surface, this doesn't change much. Since the rule was on hold, farmers weren't required to report their emissions.