EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
EPA employs 17,000 people across the country, including our headquarters offices in Washington, DC, 10 regional offices, and more than a dozen labs. Our staff are highly educated and technically trained; more than half are engineers, scientists, and policy analysts. In addition, a large number of employees are legal, public affairs, financial, information management and computer specialists.
Contact:
202-564-7873 / 4355 /
U.S. EPA Provides $1.5 Million to Clean Up and Revitalize Contaminated Properties in Southern...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $1,542,085 million in brownfields grants to the Southern California communities of Brea, LA County, Rialto and San Diego, all receiving funding through the Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants program.
EPA awards Standing Rock Sioux $400K to revitalize Fort Yates properties
Denver, CO - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe $400,000 for projects to revitalize two historic properties in Fort Yates.
Apartment Complex Owner Pays Fine for Failing to Warn Tenants about Lead Paint in...
Boston, MA - November 30, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The owner of a 25-unit apartment building in Springfield, Mass. has agreed to pay a fine of $10,000 to settle an EPA enforcement action alleging violations of federal lead-based paint disclosure requirements.
EPA Cites Unlawful Filling of Wetlands at Wicomoco County, Md. Housing Development Site
PHILADELPHIA - October 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited a Millersville, Md. couple and a Millsboro, Del. real estate developer for unlawfully filling protected wetlands, a violation of the Clean Water Act
EPA Cites Unlawful Filling of Wetlands at Wicomoco County, Md. Housing Development Site
PHILADELPHIA - October 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited a Millersville, Md. couple and a Millsboro, Del. real estate developer for unlawfully filling protected wetlands, a violation of the Clean Water Act
EPA Honors Green Building Challenge Winners
San Francisco, CA - October 13, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently honored innovative green building design ideas that reduce the environmental and energy impacts of buildings. These concepts aim to help architects and builders reduce more than 88 million tons of building-related construction and demolition debris sent to U.S. landfills each year and the climate impacts of buildings and building materials
