LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 3, 2022) - EPA has approved Kansas’ and Iowa’s 2022 lists of impaired waters. A water body is placed on an impaired waters list when monitoring finds that pollutant levels prevent the lake, river or stream from attaining its designated uses. Designated uses include human recreation, fish consumption,...
EPA Region 7 and Lincoln University Renew Environmental Partnership and Collaboration Through 2027
EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister (left) speaks with 1890 Scholars and students from the LU chapter of MANRRS after the MOU signing on April 26, 2022. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (APRIL 26, 2022) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 and Lincoln University (LU) in Jefferson...
EPA to Step Up Federal Actions in PA for Water Pollution
PHILADELPHIA (April 18, 2022) – After the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reviewed Pennsylvania’s updated plan to address pollution reduction goals for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, it found that the plan falls short of those goals largely due to the lack of resources provided by the state. Approximately 25,000 miles of...