BOSTON – The Fall River, Mass. Water Filtration Plant will make significant upgrades to eliminate the use of chlorine gas at the facility, under the terms of a settlement with EPA for alleged violations of Clean Air Act’s chemical accident prevention regulations ( http://goo.gl/hzcYEd)

ATLANTA – Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Maureen O’Mara, Special Agent in Charge, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division (EPA-CID), Michael A ( http://goo.gl/75XuVL)

SAN DIEGO — On Tuesday, October 7, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will announce several million dollars in grant funding for environmental improvement projects to reduce water pollution, recycle e-waste and improve environmental health in the U.S.–Mexico border ( http://goo.gl/j6dFVi)

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., October 3, 2014) - As a result of an inspection of northeastern Iowa livestock operations by EPA Region 7 staff last spring, the owner of E&M Farms, Inc., has agreed to pay a $7,500 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water ( http://goo.gl/5ThXqE)

LOS ANGELES — On Monday, October 6, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will deliver a keynote address on innovations in water quality, clean power, and green infrastructure at the LA Cleantech Global Showcase. Administrator McCarthy will also meet with the Surfrider F ( http://goo.gl/BSBM4H)

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., October 3, 2014) - As a result of an inspection of northeastern Iowa livestock operations by EPA Region 7 staff last spring, the owner of E&M Farms, Inc., has agreed to pay a $7,500 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water ( http://goo.gl/u08aGG)

(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated soil and sediment at the Lower Ley Creek area of the Onondaga Lake Superfund Site located in the City of Syracuse and Town of Salina, Onondaga County, New York. Discharges from nearby industries ( http://goo.gl/pefCfx)

(Seattle, WA – October 2, 2014) Pacific Air Research, Inc. (PAR) a pesticide applicator based in White City, OR, has been issued a civil administrative complaint by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). ( http://goo.gl/hr0Hss)

DOVER (October 2, 2014) – EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced today at an event in Dover, Delaware, that EPA’s Mid Atlantic Region has awarded a total of $2,642,270 in Wetland Program Development Grants to six recipients. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural R ( http://goo.gl/JyLjng)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is engaging teams of college students to develop green infrastructure system designs to manage stormwater runoff in its third annual Campus RainWorks Challenge. Registration ends Oct. 3. Stormwater is one of the nation’s most significant chal ( http://goo.gl/DDznr2)

DOVER (October 2, 2014) – EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced today at an event in Dover, Delaware, that EPA’s Mid Atlantic Region has awarded a total of $2,642,270 in Wetland Program Development Grants to six recipients. The Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences was one of the ( http://goo.gl/JUy0hy)

DOVER (October 1, 2014) – EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced today at an event in Dover, Delaware, that EPA’s Mid Atlantic Region has awarded a total of $2,642,270 in Wetland Program Development Grants to six recipients. The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources (WVDNR) ( http://goo.gl/defebW)

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2014) – An underground storage tank (UST) at the Lake Moomaw Marina Store in Warm Springs, Va., will now be regularly monitored and inspected under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve alleged violations of UST regulations. The Lake Moomaw ( http://goo.gl/7mm22w)

DOVER (October 2, 2014) – EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced today at an event in Dover, Delaware, that EPA’s Mid Atlantic Region has awarded a total of $2,642,270 in Wetland Program Development Grants to six recipients. The Maryland Department of Environment was awarded $37,50 ( http://goo.gl/67QlDr)

Agency highlights water conservation project in the city of Fresno, reducing water use by 25% FRESNO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced more than $183 million in funding to invest in California for statewide improvements in local ( http://goo.gl/ZAb14B)