Articles tagged as: Environmental Protection Agency
November 14, 2018
November Meetings, Public Comments On East Chicago Cleanup
Residents living in the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago will have opportunities to talk with the Environmental Protection Agency and learn more about its cleanup plans this month.
Read MoreNovember 9, 2018
EPA Allows Dicamba For Another Two Years
The Environmental Protection Agency recently re-approved its use for dicamba resistant soybean and cotton crops. Last year, a coalition of farmers and environmentalists filed a lawsuit against the EPA for approving the weedkiller.
Read MoreNovember 1, 2018
Conservation Groups Petition EPA Over Biofuels Law
At issue is a part of the Energy Independence and Security Act, which only allows land cultivated before 2007 to grow corn and soybeans for biofuels.
Read MoreOctober 29, 2018
Indiana Organization Joins Lawsuit Over Coal Ash Rollbacks
The Hoosier Environmental Council and five other groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over recent rollbacks to coal ash regulations.
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2018
Former EPA Officials In Indiana Say Plans To Downgrade Science Office Wrong Move
The EPA wants to merge the Office of the Science Advisor with the Office of Science Policy, which would give it less authority.
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2018
Residents At USS Lead Superfund Get Advisor To Explain EPA Documents
The technical advisor could discuss important developments coming up like the EPA's proposed cleanup plan for the West Calumet Housing Complex.
Read MoreSeptember 25, 2018
East Chicago Stops Doing Dangerous Partial Lead Pipe Replacements
The EPA says partial replacement doesn't reduce lead contamination and can sometimes make it worse.
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2018
EPA Not Monitoring Asbestos In Midwest Schools
The EPA only conducted 13 percent of all asbestos compliance inspections from 2011 to 2015. States responsible for their own monitoring did 87 percent.
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2018
EPA Adds Anderson Site To Priority List
A priority designation makes more long-term federal funding for cleanup available. Indiana has 39 active sites on the Superfund NPL list.
Read MoreAugust 28, 2018
East Chicago Advocates: Lead Dust Standards Unequal Across Superfunds
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.
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