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EPA’s 2014 budget proposal maintains the strength of core environmental and human-health protections

Posted Thu, 2013/04/25 - 11:09am by RCAP

FY 2014 request focuses on transforming the way EPA does business

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The Obama administration proposed a fiscal year 2014 (FY 2014) budget on April 10 of $8.153 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This request is $296 million below the EPA’s budget for fiscal year 2012.

EPA proposes to reduce toxic pollutants discharged into waterways by power plants

Posted Wed, 2013/04/24 - 12:26pm by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA) — In accordance with a consent decree and in line with requirements under the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a range of options to help reduce dangerous pollutants, including mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium that are released into America’s waterways by coal ash, air pollution control waste and other waste from steam electric power plants. The proposal includes a variety of options for whether and how these different waste streams should be treated.

EPA's How's My Waterway app now has new features

Posted Wed, 2013/04/24 - 12:10pm by RCAP

EPA's app and website, How's My Waterway, helps you find information on the condition of your local waterways, what's being done to protect and restore those waterways, and what you can do to help.

And now, How's My Waterway lets people find out even more about their local waterways. The new features include search results color-coded by condition, local information on watersheds, a watershed-locator tool, and options to look up dischargers regulated by permits and individual runoff control projects for a specific waterway.