EPA Grants Will Help Communities to Cleanup Land in Maine and Massachusetts (ME, MA)

(Boston, Mass. – Oct. 15, 2010) – The City of Lowell, Mass., the Town of Sanford, Maine, and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, based in Chicopee, Mass., will receive EPA grants of approximately $175,000 each to foster clean up of sites known as “brownfields” which may be contaminated by … Source:EPA Grants Will Help Communities [...]

EPA Technical Assistance Will Help Rhode Island Communities with Sustainable Growth and Development (RI)

(Boston, Mass. – October 18, 2010) – Recognizing local governments' challenges in addressing infrastructure constraints, protecting water quality, setting development standards and creating options for housing and transportation, EPA has chosen the KeepSpace Program in Rhode Island as one of eight r… Source:EPA Technical Assistance Will Help Rhode Island Communities with Sustainable Growth and Development [...]

Connecticut Holding Company Pays Fine for PCB Violations (CT)

(Boston, Mass. – October 21, 2010) - The owner of an inoperative Bridgeport, Conn. brass facility has agreed to pay $52,000 for violating federal regulations covering the disposal, use, storage and marking violations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The Fairfield-based Connecticut Transfer and R… Source:Connecticut Holding Company Pays Fine for PCB Violations (CT)

EPA Releases New Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Selecting Safe School Locations / EPA provides new tools for communities making school siting decisions (DC)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released draft voluntary guidelines to help communities protect the health of students and staff from environmental threats when selecting new locations for schools.More than 1,900 new schools serving approximately 1.2 million chi… Source:EPA Releases New Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Selecting Safe School Locations / EPA provides [...]

EPA Appoints 17 Mayors, Other Local Leaders to Federal Advisory Group (HQ)

WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has appointed 30 new local, state, and tribal elected and appointed officials from across the country to serve on the agency’s Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC). The committee advises EPA on a broad … Source:EPA Appoints 17 Mayors, Other Local Leaders to Federal Advisory [...]

keep looking »