EPA

Yakima Dairies Agree to Reduce Nitrate Contamination

Courtney Flatt — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:25:38 +0000

Four Eastern Washington dairies have agreed to reduce pollution that’s been contaminating drinking water. For EarthFix, Courtney Flatt has more.

EPA Releases $305M Draft Clean Up Plan For Seattle's Duwamish River

Ashley Ahearn — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:36:01 +0000

For over a decade, state and federal agencies have been trying to figure out how to clean up Seattle’s Duwamish River. The Duwamish was declared a superfund site in 2001. It’s contaminated with dioxins, PCBs and other hazardous chemicals left over from years of industrial use. The Environmental Protection Agency has just released their proposed plan for public review.

Eugene Non-Profit Faces Loss Of Federal Stimulus Grant

Jes Burns — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:03:38 +0000

EPA auditors are recommending that federal stimulus funds granted to a Eugene non-profit be taken back. They say Cascade Sierra Solutions, which works to clean up the US trucking industry, has problems with its books.

Work Begins On Central Washington Superfund Site

Anna King — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:09:41 +0000

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has started the cleanup of a superfund site near Moses Lake in central Washington. As correspondent Anna King reports, this restoration has been in the works for decades.

The contaminated area is made up of an old Air Force airport, a county airport and some adjacent lands. Dumpsites there are loaded with chemicals like PCBs, lead and petroleum. The EPA has started testing and designing a treatment system to remove trichloroethylene from the groundwater at the superfund site.

North Idaho Couple Celebrates Court Victory

Colin Fogarty — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:10:39 +0000

A north Idaho couple is celebrating a major legal victory at the nation's highest court. Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Mike and Chantell Sackett have the right to challenge a decision by federal regulators that their property is a protected wetland.

EPA Gives Oregon Water Report A Mixed Review

Sueann Ramella and Bonnie Stewart — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:15:44 +0000

SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon’s 2010 water quality report has earned a mixed review from the U.S. EPA.

Environmental Group Sues EPA Over Leaded Airplane Fuel

John Ryan — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:02:37 +0000

SEATTLE -- Small airplanes are the leading source of lead pollution in the nation’s air. Activists are suing the EPA to get the lead out of aviation fuel. KUOW's John Ryan reports.

EPA Scales Back North Idaho Clean-Up

Steve Jackson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:30:54 +0000

SILVER VALLEY, Idaho -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to scale back plans for cleaning up Idaho’s Silver Valley. The region has been the site of a Superfund clean-up of mining waste since the 1980s. Steve Jackson has more on the story.