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2004 News Releases
January
February
March
April
May
June
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August
September
October
November
Previous Years
November
11-10 EPA Reaches Settlement in
Action Against Super Value, Inc. for Underground Storage Tank violations
at New York Facilities
11-10 EPA Proposes to Deny Waiver for
Ponce Wastewater Treatment Plant
11-10 Cleanup of Patchogue Auto Repair Shop a Success
11-02 EPA Announces Completion of Construction at Colesville
Site
11-01 EPA to Oversee Cleanup of
Residential Properties in Depew
October
10-29 EPA Fines NYC & Chief
Medical Examiner for Hazardous Waste Violations
10-29 EPA Finishes $4.8 Million Cleanup
at Ithaca Gun
10-28 EPA Regional Administrator Kenny
Honors Environmental Performance Track Member
10-28 EPA to Clean Up Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Site
10-27 EPA Cites KMart for Selling
Unregistered Garden Hose Pesticide Products
10-27 EPA Takes Action To Protect
Puerto Rico's Shrinking Wetlands
10-26 EPA to Connect Homes in Smithtown
to Municipal Water
10-25 EPA to Clean Up Mineola Superfund
Site
10-25 EPA Announces Completion of Construction Needed for
Cleanup at Sidney Landfill Site
10-21 EPA Awards NJDEP $50,000 Grant for Asthma Outreach
and Education Initiative
10-21 EPA to Clean Up Horseshoe
Road and Atlantic Resources Corporation Superfund Sites
10-21 EPA to Shore Up Flood Damaged Landfill in Hunterdon County
10-13 EPA to Clean Up Howell Superfund
Site
10-13 Vassar and EPA Reach Agreement
on Hazardous Waste Violations
September
09-30 EPA Recognizes Fortune 500
Companies for Providing Commuting Options; Intel Heads the List
09-30 Fowler High Test Local Waters
09-30 EPA Removes Love Canal From Superfund
List
09-29 EPA Draws Attention to Hazards
of Illegal Pesticides in Puerto Rico
09-27 EPA Completes Short-Term Cleanup
in Bainbridge
09-24 EPA Celebrates National Estuaries
Day in New Jersey With Live Webcast for Teachers and Students
09-23 EPA Proposes Arecibo Site for the
Superfund List
09-23 EPA Proposes Crown Vantage Landfill
for the Superfund List
09-23 EPA Proposes Hopewell Junction
Site for the Superfund List
09-23 White Swan Site Included on EPA's
Superfund List
09-23 EPA Celebrates National Estuaries
Day in New York With Live Webcast for Teachers and Students
09-22 East End Long Island Golf Courses
Pledge to Reduce Fertilizer Use
09-21 EPA & Public and Private Partners
Celebrate National Estuaries Day With a Variety of New York/New Jersey
Harbor Events
09-15 EPA to Connect East Fishkill Residents
to Fishkill Water Supply
09-07 EPA and the Puerto Rico Environmental
Quality Board Hold Public Information Sessions on the Proposed Addition
of Vieques and Culebra to the Superfund National Priorities List
09-07 La Agencia Federal de Protección
Ambiental ofrece sesiones informativas al público sobre inclusión
de Vieques y Culebra en la Lista de Prioridades Nacionales
August
08-25 EPA Signs Environmental Self-Audit
Agreements Covering Fourteen New York Hospitals, Two-Thirds of the Hospitals
in Greater Rochester Area
08-25 EPA Regional Administrator Tours
Demolition at Mackenzie Chemical Works
08-25 EPA inicia periodo de comentario
público para Plan de Participación Comunitaria para el
este de Vieques
08-25 EPA Releases Its Draft Community
Involvement Plan for Vieques
08-24 EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan
for Howell Superfund Site
08-24 EPA Removes Two Niagara County
Sites From the Superfund List
08-13 EPA propone la Zona de Entrenamiento
de Armas de la Flota del Atlántico en Vieques y en Culebra para
inclusión en la Lista Nacional de Prioridades de Superfondo
08-13 EPA Proposes the Atlantic
Fleet Weapons Training Area on Vieques and Culebra for Inclusion on
the Superfund National Priorities List
08-04 EPA Expands Cleanup for Hoboken
Superfund Site
08-03 EPA Cites 19 Contractors for
Violating Stormwater Eequirements in Puerto Rico
08-02 Harbor Estuary Program Gives
$50,000 for Community Environmental Projects in New Jersey and New York
July
07-27 EPA Fines Dredging Company
For Discharging Rock in Unauthorized Areas
07-27 EPA Cites National Liquidators
and Odd Job for Selling Illegal household Pesticides
07-27 EPA Proposes To Change Cleanup
Plan at Plattekill Superfund Site
07-22 Kean University Will Use the
Sun to Power New Building Under Agreement With EPA
07-22 EPA Wins Court Challenge:
New Jersey Site to Remain on Superfund List
07-22 EPA Issues Decision on General
Electric's Dispute over Hudson River Areas Delineated and Targeted for
Dredging
07-22 EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan For
Contaminated Soil and Ground Water At North Hempstead Superfund Site
07-21 EPA Adds Cidra Ground Water Contamination
Site, Puerto Rico; Diaz Chemical Corporation,
Holley, NY.; Peninsula Boulevard Ground Water
Plume, Hewlett, NY to its Superfund List
07-19 EPA Awards $900,000 to Improve
Passaic River Watershed
07-15 EPA Reaches Agreement With
Cerveceria India to Settle Violations of Clean Water Act
07-07 EPA Signs Environmental Self
Audit Agreement With Health and Hosptial Corp of New York City
07-06 EPA Proposes Cleanup for Cornell-Dublilier
Electronics
07-01 EPA's Coastal Crusader Hits
the Skies to Ensure Safe Beach Season
June
06-30 EPA Proposes Plan to Address
Contamination at Horseshoe Road and Atlantic Resources Corporation Superfund
Sites
06-29 EPA Proposes Areas Not Meeting
New Particle Air Pollution Standard In New Jersey
06-29 US EPA Regional Administrator
Jane M Kenny and DEP Commissioner Christopher O. Ward Announces Winners
of New York City's First "Green" Buildings Competition
06-29 EPA Proposes Areas Not Meeting
New Particle Air Pollution Standard In New York State
06-28 EPA Proposes That All
Areas of U.S. Virgin Islands Meet Particle Air Pollution Standard
06-28 EPA Proposes That All Areas of
Puerto Rico Meet Particle Air Pollution Standard
06-28 EPA Gives $500,000 to Reduce
Pollution from Hundreds of New York State School Buses
06-28 EPA Gives $180,000 to Reduce
Pollution from 115 Vineland, N.J. School Buses
06-25 San Juan-based Organization
Receives EPA Environmental Justice Grant
06-25 EPA Signs Consent Agreement
and Final Order With Westchester County
06-24 EPA Makes Report on Toxics
Released in the Environment During 2002 Available on the Internet
06-24 EPA Reaches Settlement To
Protect Critical Wetlands In Puerto Rico
06-24 EPA Regional Administrator
Awards Grants to Benefit Virgin Islands Environment
06-22 EPA Promotes Brownfields
Revitalization With Grant to Toa Baja
06-21 EPA Launches Pesticide Safety Campaign on Hispanic Radio
Network in New Jersey and in New
York
06-17 EPA Recognizes NYC Parks
for Reducing Pesticide and Fertilizer Use on Thousands of Acres
06-17 EPA Proposes Plan for Contaminated
Ground Water at Smithtown Superfund Site
06-15 EPA Promotes Brownfields Revitalization With Grants in New
Jersey and New York
06-15 EPA Takes Florence Township
Superfund Site Off the National Priorties List
06-04 EPA Cites Elmhurst Hospital
for Hazardous Waste Violations
06-03 The Pontifical Catholic University
of Puerto Rico Fined for Hazardous Waste Violations
06-03 EPA Finalizes Quality of Life
Standards for Hudson River Cleanup
06-01 Long Island University Expands
its Program to Help High Schools Comply With Environmental Regulations
06-01 EPA Reaches Agreement With
PRASA to Protect Critical Watershed
May
05-27 EPA-funded Study Shows Educating
Families about Asthma Reduces Attacks
05-25 EPA and Coalition Announces
First Metro NY-NJ-CT Best Work for CommutersSM List
05-20 EPA Urges New Jersey to Adopt
Regulations to Ease Smog Problems
05-19 EPA Reaches Important Agreement
to Fund Study of Lower Passaic River
05-13 EPA Applauds NYC Department
of Sanitation Efforts to Reduce Diesel Pollution
05-12 EPA Announces Dramatic New
Clean Diesel Rule
05-04 EPA Announces Important Milestone
in Cleanup of Great Neck Superfund Site
April
04-28 EPA Recommends Sites for
Use as Dewatering Facilities in Hudson River Cleanup
04-26 EPA Regional Administrator
Kenny and Representative Holt Present $134,100 Check to New Jersey EnvironMentors
04-22 EPA Region 2 Administrator Honors Environmental Achievers
in New Jersey, New
York, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands
04-21 EPA Regional Administrator
Kenny Honors Environmental Performance Track Members
04-20 EPA Finalizes Dredging Performance
Standards and Approves Preliminary Design for Hudson River Cleanup
04-08 St. Croix Public Water System
Faces Fine for Drinking Water Violations
March
03-31 Dave King selected as the new
head of EPA's Hudson River Field Office
03-30 Oyster Bay Superfund
Case Settled for Cleanup at the Liberty Industrial Finishing Site
03-26 EPA Signs Environmental Self-Audit Agreements With Three
New York Healthcare Institutions
03-25 EPA Releases Draft Final Report
for the Residential Dust Cleanup Program
03-24 Alcan Aluminum Pays EPA $14
Million in Landmark Superfund Case
03-17 EPA Proposes to Remove Three
Niagara County Sites From the Superfund List
03-17 Delay in Actions Called for
in Agreement With EPA Costs Compania Petrolera Caribe
03-17 EPA Takes Action to Ensure That
Puerto Rico Highway Authority and Contractors Meet Stormwater Controls
03-16 Grant For Technical
Assistance Awarded to Vieques Community Group
03-12 EPA Provides Funding
to Initiate Nine Environmental Education Projects Throughout New Jersey
03-11 EPA Completes Removal
of Hazardous Waste at Stillwater Facility
03-11 EPA Provides Funding
to Initiate Thirteen Envionmental Education Projects Throughout New York
03-08 EPA Proposes Cidra
Ground Water Contamination Site for the Superfund National Priorities
List
03-08 EPA Proposes
Nassau County Site for the Superfund List
03-08 EPA Proposes Diaz
Chemical in Holley for Superfund Listing
03-01 World Trade Center Panel Formed
to Review Health Protection-Expert Panel to Begin Assessments in March
February
02-27 EPA Settlement Will Bring
Puerto Rico Schools into Compliance With Asbestos Regulations
02-26 EPA and Government of Puerto
Rico Implement Stewardship Program
02-25 EPA Announces Availability
of $60,000 to Create Environmental Information Center on St. Croix
02-24 EPA Signs Environmental
Self-Audit Agreements With Two New Jersey Healthcare Institutions
02-24 EPA Signs Environmental Self-Audit
Agreements With Four New York Healthcare Institutions
02-23 EPA Provides Interamerican
University of Puerto Rico With Funding to Encourage Students to Pursue
Environmental Careers
02-23 US Sues Dry Cleaners to Enforce
EPA Orders
02-23 EPA Action Brings Better Lead-Based
Paint Information to Tenants of 1,800 Apartments
02-04 Camden
Redevelopment on Track with EPA Assistance
02-03 EPA Applauds Bethlehem, New York
for Efforts to Clean Up 57 School Buses Eleven Capital Area Schools
Districts to Retrofit Total of 347 Buses
January
01-28 Eleven Companies Agree to
Fund Hazardous Waste Removal at Bayonne Barrel & Drum Site in Newark
01-27 Sloan-Kettering Fined
for Failure to Properly Manage Hazardous Waste
01-08 Passaic County Receives
EPA Grant for Brownfields Assessment Grant
01-08 Port Jervis to Receive
EPA Grant for Brownfields Cleanup
01-05 Investigation of Areas
of Vieques Begins
01-02 EPA Agrees to Montefiore
Medical Center Environmental Self Audit
2003
04-14 Good News for the
Environment: Clear Skies and Performance Track -- Regional Administrator
Jane Kenny at Business Council of New York State's Spring Environment
Conference
02-05 Clear Skies -- Regional
Administrator Jane Kenny's Op-Ed for Publication in Watertown Daily Times
01-14 Brownfields: The EPA Perspective--
Regional Administrator Jane Kenny at Rochester Brownfields Symposium
2002
10-03 Clean Water Act:
30 Years Later Regional Administrator Jane Kenny at Hudson
River Environmental Society Conference
06-27 Workshop on Real-time Monitoring
and Modeling Remarks by William Muszynski
06-25 EPAs
Exploration of the Industrial Ecology Approach Regional Administrator
Jane Kenny at NY/NJ Harbor Consortium
05-08 Announcement of
Lower Manhattan Apartment Cleanup Plan Regional Administrator
Jane Kenny at EPA Region 2 Press Conference
04-22 Earth Day 2002
Message Regional Administrator Jane Kennys Op-Ed for
Publication in Newark Star-Ledger and Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle
03-06 Wise Women in My
Career Regional Administrator Jane Kenny at EPA Womens
History Month Opening Ceremony
02-08 Local People, Local
Solutions, Local Benefit: Environmental Protection in Puerto Rico
Regional Administrator Jane Kenny at AIDIS Conference
01-31 Emergency Preparedness
Regional Administrator Jane Kenny at New Jersey Corporate Counsel
Association Breakfast
2001
11-01
EPA Response to September 11 Acting Deputy Regional Administrator
Kathleen Callahan before the New York City Council Environmental Protection
Committee
06-15 Beaches Environmental
Assessment and Coastal Health Act Acting Deputy Regional
Administrator Kathleen Callahan at BEACH Conference
02-05
Wastewater Infrastructure Acting Regional Administrator
William Muszynski at New York Water Environment Association
2000
06-05 Adopting a Watershed
Management Approach - Assistant Regional Administrator William J.
Muszyski at the Watershed Management Panel at International Environmental
Expo Convention Center, Atlantic City, NJ
05-01 The Face of Environmental
Regulation - Regional Administrator Jeanne M. Fox at the San Juan
Rotary Club, Puerto Rico
04-16 Earth Day 2000:
EPA's 30th Anniversary - Regional Administrator Jeanne M. Fox at
the Earth Fair 2000 Kick-Off Event in New York City
03-28 The Effects of Global
Warming and Climate Change on the Insurance Industry Climate Change
Roundtable Discussion - Regional Administrator Jeanne M. Fox
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