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EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants awarded

Posted Tue, 2010/09/14 - 9:18am by RCAP

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun to award its competitive grants under President Barack Obama’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is targeting the most significant environmental problems in the region. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson traveled to Toledo, Ohio, and Green Bay, Wisc, Sept. 7 to highlight several local projects that received funding in the first round of grant awards.

 

Comment period extended for the proposed Revised Total Coliform Rule

Posted Tue, 2010/08/31 - 3:53pm by RCAP

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending by 30 days the public comment period for a proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, the Revisions to the Total Coliform Rule (RTCR), which was published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2010. The comment period for the proposed RTCR now ends October 13, 2010.

Treating contaminants of emerging concern: A literature review

Posted Thu, 2010/08/26 - 9:44am by RCAP

EPA has published the results of an extensive review of the recent literature on wastewater treatment technologies and their ability to remove a number of chemical contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). We have also made available a computer-searchable format of the data from this literature review. The new tools provide an accessible and comprehensive body of historical information about current CEC treatment technologies.