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07/19/11 The state Department of Environmental Protection is renewing efforts to remind residents that blue claw crabbing in the Lower Passaic River and Newark Bay is against the law.
07/19/11 EQT Corp. announced the opening of the first natural gas fueling station in Pittsburgh city limits on Tuesday. The compressed natural gas station will initially charge $1.849 per gallon of gasoline equivalent. The station cost $2.3 million for the Downtown-based energy provider to build, $700,000 of which came from a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection grant.
07/19/11 HARRISBURG, Pa., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection and its regional air quality partnerships have forecast an air quality action day for Wednesday, July 20, in the Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Susquehanna Valley regions.
07/19/11 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will step in to remove hazardous asbestos from the burned remains of the former Emge meat packing plant in Fort Branch, Ind., after the owner declined to do it.
07/18/11 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal environmental regulators are looking closely at a new scientific study that found Appalachian residents who live near mountaintop removal mine sites face an increased risk of birth defects. U.S. Environmental Protection Ag...
07/17/11 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The Interior Department is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to delay its decision on pollution controls for a northern Arizona coal plant while it studies the benefits of the plant and impacts of a potential shutdown. The Bureau of Reclamation under Interior is the majority owner of the Navajo Generating Station near Page. The EPA is considering whether to ...
07/16/11 Water Restrictions: The City of Americus has implemented the following water restrictions, established by the state Environmental Protection Division as Level II drought restrictions.
07/15/11 Two chemical experts who studied water pollution at a Putnam County paper mill said Thursday debates about building a wastewater pipeline haven't looked at important details. "There was too much emphasis on trying to find a silver bullet," said Lucy Sonnenberg, a Jacksonville University chemist hired by Florida's Department of Environmental Protection to review research on Georgia-Pacific's mill ...
07/14/11 Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Cas Holloway launched an expanded Water-On-the-Go program for the second consecutive summer to make New York City drinking water easily available at outdoor public locations and events throughout the city. read more
07/14/11 Port St. Joe city commissioners hope to expand access to the city business district for golf cart riders. Commissioners unanimously approved sending a letter to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to allow golf carts to cross U.S....
07/13/11 The Bush White House played a role in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's controversial 2008 decision not to regulate the drinking water contaminant perchlorate, according to a congressional watchdog agency. In a report released Tuesday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office...
07/13/11 The Department of Environmental Protection will spray for mosquitoes today in several areas of Delaware County.
07/13/11 TALLAHASSEE -- Pointing to a long-running fight in Florida, the U.S. House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would restrict the Environmental Protection Agency's power to require tougher water-quality standards. U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, was a sponsor of the measure, which passed 239-184. Mica and other supporters said the EPA has overstepped its authority in Clean Water ...
07/13/11 KEY ACTION Authorized bidding for the water treatment plant chlorine room expansion. DISCUSSION The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency recently reviewed the plant and gave the go-ahead for the expansion.
07/12/11 (DALLAS ? July 12, 2011) The City of Texarkana is receiving $300,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The project will provide environmental job training and workforce development to poverty stricken areas in Northeast Texas
07/12/11 Emery Harriston works with computers for the Environmental Protection Agency.
07/12/11 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is scheduled to spray for black flies Wednesday in Bucks County.
07/12/11 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is scheduled to spray for black flies today in Bucks County.
07/12/11 VICKI SMITH Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Some of the people who have helped turn West Virginia's scenic New River Gorge and the communities around it into a thriving destination for tourists and outdoor adventurers say proposed strip mining could destroy the whole picture. They planned to gather Tuesday at the headquarters of the state Department of Environmental Protection in Charleston ...
07/11/11 (07/11/11) (New York, N.Y. - July 11, 2011) ? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed plan to cleanup the Crown Vantage Landfill Superfund site in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
07/11/11 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking Exxon Mobil to make changes in its plan to clean up the Yellowstone River after an oil pipeline spill. The EPA said the company provided insufficient information on oil recovery and containment and cleanup for impacted areas downstream and for the area around the spill site. | 
