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News Releases from Region 02 01/28/2020 Contact Information:  NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of an administrative order requiring the start of the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York. This is a major milestone in the cleanup of the site. The order, which covers…

News Releases from Region 02 01/15/2020 Contact Information:  San Juan, Puerto Rico The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responding to the recent series of damaging earthquakes in Puerto Rico. EPA is working under a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mission assignment focused on lending aid to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Puerto…

News Releases from Region 02 01/15/2020 Contact Information:  San Juan, Puerto Rico (15 de enero de 2020) La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los EE. UU. (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) está respondiendo a la reciente serie de terremotos que han causado daños en Puerto Rico. La EPA está trabajando junto a la Agencia…

News Releases from Region 0201/07/2020Contact Information: WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its 50th anniversary theme, “EPA at 50: Progress for a Stronger Future.” “For fifty years, EPA employees and our many partners have worked together to fulfill the agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment. Today, Americans enjoy cleaner land, air…