EPA to Announce First-Ever Comprehensive Nationwide PFAS Action Plan

News Releases from Region 0202/13/2019Contact Information: NEW YORK – Tomorrow, Thursday, February 14, 2019, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Pete Lopez and EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) Assistant Administrator Susan Bodine will unveil the Agency’s Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan. EPA’s Action Plan will...

EPA Advances President Trump's Water Infrastructure Agenda Through Accelerated Investments in New York and New Jersey

News Releases from Region 02 02/07/2019 Contact Information:  (New York, NY) — As highlighted in President Trump’s State of the Union address and in support of the President’s Infrastructure Initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has accelerated investment in the nation’s aging water infrastructure. New York and New Jersey...

EPA Proposes Interim Plan to Clean Up Contamination at the Universal Oil Products Superfund Site in East Rutherford, N.J.

News Releases from Region 02 12/10/2018 Contact Information:  (New York, N.Y. – December 10, 2018) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed an interim cleanup plan to address sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the waterways at the Universal Oil Products Superfund Site, which is located next...