The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide $19 million in grants through the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation program that will be matched by nearly $26 million in partner contributions.
EPA's 2010 plan includes a rulemaking for the Steam Electric Power Generating industry.
EPA aligns U.S. hazardous waste shipment rules with OECD regulations.
On Jan. 5, EPA will present a Webcast on the draft findings of the National Lakes Assessment.
The state is investing $5 million from stimulus money to develop eight alternative energy projects that will use sewage, animal, and food processing waste to generate power.
EPA to take comments on a proposed one-hour sulfur dioxide standard during a public meeting at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center.
EPA has developed a Web-based tool that lets people take a look at enforcement actions on a map.
Air quality grants will enable APL to outfit five vessels for cold-ironing, and construction of electrical berths is expected to begin next summer.
Coal-fired plant emissions will be slashed by an estimated 35,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides annually, according to EPA.
Petitioners in October asked the agency to require that insert pesticide ingredients be identified on the labels of products that include them in their formulations.
The American Businesses for Clean Energy has been "overwhelmed" by interest in its initiative to support passage of energy and climate bills to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
An estimated 82 percent of the companies operating brick kilns are small businesses and EPA hopes to tap into some of their knowledge before developing a new rule.
Twenty of 49 potentially responsible parties will now have to contribute funds for the cleanup of the Sutton Brook Disposal Area Superfund Site.
Standards for newly-built engines will apply beginning in 2011, and long-term standards requiring an 80 percent reduction in nitrogen dioxides will begin in 2016.
The total installed capacity of the planned projects is a little more than 9.1 megawatts, or enough to power approximately 1,000 homes.
The awards will promote collaborative long-term analysis and planning for the Eastern, Western and Texas electricity interconnections.
Trial evidence showed that plaintiffs received treatment for "exposure to toxic chemical" from emissions at the plant in Texas City, Texas.