U.S. EPA News for Region 02 http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/By+Date!open en-us http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C6EA02BFA85503C685257677006E3266(New York, N.Y.) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was joined by federal, state and local officials as they noted important progress in the cleanup of the Imperial Oil Superfund site in Morganville, New JerseyMon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C6EA02BFA85503C685257677006E3266http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/947D5B73EB83FEF285257677005C4371(New York, N.Y.) In an effort to enhance public safety and protect the environment, the U.SMon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/947D5B73EB83FEF285257677005C4371http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/528620CF18AEC9B1852576720054141A(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a proposal to prohibit vessel waste discharges within the South Shore Estuary Reserve of Long IslandWed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/528620CF18AEC9B1852576720054141Ahttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3F60937FB041202B8525766D005ECDCE(New York, N.Y.) With more than 50,000 students, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is one of the most highly-attended universities in the Northeast. Thanks to myriad efforts to quantify and reduce its environmental impacts, the New Jersey school is also one of the greenestFri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3F60937FB041202B8525766D005ECDCEhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A5C5D5D3916C883185257669005EE5FC(New York, NY) Walter Mugdan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Director of Emergency Response and Remedial Division, was joined by Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and Councilmember Diana Reyna to check out the progress of an EPA-funded job training program at StMon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A5C5D5D3916C883185257669005EE5FChttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6E3E0B57060C3F7F852576650073544E(New York, NY) Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced President Barack Obama’s selection of Judith Enck to be the Agency’s Regional Administrator for EPA’s region 2Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6E3E0B57060C3F7F852576650073544Ehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4FA7E37D5B7532C6852576620067DBBA(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has placed the Raritan Bay Slag site in Sayreville and Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4FA7E37D5B7532C6852576620067DBBAhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F61B14DC5027D1F68525765F00641433(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its plan to address contamination at the Hopewell Precision site in Hopewell Junction, New YorkFri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F61B14DC5027D1F68525765F00641433http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C50F116862DC42588525765E0050836E(New York, N.Y.) The first results from ongoing air toxics monitoring at two New Jersey schools and one New York school are now available on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Web siteThu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C50F116862DC42588525765E0050836Ehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/61B216A56EA5E4AC8525765D0056A5A7(New York, N.Y.) Paved parking lots and driveways make our lives easier, but they often create an easy pathway for pollutants to reach underground water sources and alter the natural flow of water back into the ground. The U.SWed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/61B216A56EA5E4AC8525765D0056A5A7http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/37993625E5F3EABF8525765C0065B6A9(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Acting Administrator George Pavlou paid a visit to STRIVE/East Harlem Employment Services, Inc. today to speak with students and community members about the importance of green jobsTue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/37993625E5F3EABF8525765C0065B6A9http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/201D62B730B8262985257656005AF84C(New York, NY) When it publicized that its keyboards were antimicrobial and inhibited germs and bacteria, Samsung hadn’t registered its products with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and was found to be in violation of the federal pesticide lawWed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/201D62B730B8262985257656005AF84Chttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/76558E16D890A38085257650005F608D(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the period of time for community input on the proposal to add New York City’s Newtown Creek to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL)Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/76558E16D890A38085257650005F608Dhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3FE0D875D206AA668525764F00574083(New York, N.Y.) Is sustainable year-round food production possible in cold climates? Could a new kind of cooking stove in Haiti help decrease the amount of fuel needed, carbon dioxide emissions and deforestation? These are some of the questions four New York college teams are investigating tWed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3FE0D875D206AA668525764F00574083http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/72729D105D8B56448525764E0068A29C(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Department of Energy (DOE) covering federal facilities, which details responsibilities for the cleanup of a contaminated site in Middlesex, New JerseyTue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/72729D105D8B56448525764E0068A29Chttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/B29B37A0EC602B9E852576430065C303(New York, N.Y.) Advertising old electrical equipment on eBay that contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) turned out to be a losing proposition for Railside LLC, a factory surplus liquidator, after the sale was discovered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the company finedFri, 2 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/B29B37A0EC602B9E852576430065C303http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F2207C9E37362F978525764300616790(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently settled with the Crop Protection Program of the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture (PRDA)Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F2207C9E37362F978525764300616790http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/EF2BF6396E8F638F85257642005DC547(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, working with state air quality agencies, is now monitoring at all four schools in the region that were selected as part of EPA's Schools Air Toxics Monitoring Initiative, and it has early data back from one school in New York CityThu, 1 Oct 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/EF2BF6396E8F638F85257642005DC547http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9DA71C2A16828DAF8525764100704167(New York, N.Y.) In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, improve aging water and wastewater infrastructure and protect human health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $4,061,700 to the U.S. Virgin IslandsWed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9DA71C2A16828DAF8525764100704167http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/13DE30310BB0236585257641006EF7C4(New York, N.Y.) In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, reduce diesel emissions and protect human health and the environment for people of New Jersey and New York, the U.SWed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/13DE30310BB0236585257641006EF7C4http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E67C7BE95160FE938525763C00624BE1(New York, N.Y.) In an effort to create jobs, boost local economies and protect human health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $57,000 to the U.S. Virgin Islands to assess and clean up underground petroleum storage tank leaksFri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E67C7BE95160FE938525763C00624BE1http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/AB07879D60D92DD28525763A006A0795(San Juan, P.R.) The U.SWed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/AB07879D60D92DD28525763A006A0795http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/DFB99EE54944C2BD8525763A00699DB1(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add New York City’s Newtown Creek to its National Priorities List (NPL) of sites with known or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territoriesWed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/DFB99EE54944C2BD8525763A00699DB1http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/107BD06EEFC87C938525763A00690EA2(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is today announcing its decision to add the Curtis Specialty Papers, Inc. site (also known as the James River Paper site) in Milford, New Jersey to the EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL)Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/107BD06EEFC87C938525763A00690EA2http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C0A80902EC69A7E28525763500561BA1(New York, N.Y.) Working to protect human health and the environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the signing and public availability of an inter-agency agreement with the U.SFri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C0A80902EC69A7E28525763500561BA1http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0D56FED94FB5CAD085257634004EE50F(New York, N.Y.) For the last five days, scientists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been collecting water quality data as far as 80 miles off the New Jersey and Long Island coasts as part of an ongoing agency effort to monitor the health of the New York BightThu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0D56FED94FB5CAD085257634004EE50Fhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7E2B65A3A38B7FA98525763100562C64(New York, N.Y.) It took a court order, a bomb squad and months of around-the-clock work by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but now the Abrachem Chemical facility in Clifton, New Jersey is completely cleaned upMon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7E2B65A3A38B7FA98525763100562C64http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/47C7574015FDE3198525762600635294(New York, NY) All cleanup work has been successfully completed at the Wilson Farm Superfund site in Plumsted Township, New Jersey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is deleting it from the national list of the country’s most hazardous waste sitesThu, 3 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/47C7574015FDE3198525762600635294http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/46FC564DEB0D26D9852576250050DC11(New York, N.Y.) For the second time in less than a year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has cited Shell Chemical Yabucoa in Puerto Rico for violating the federal Clean Water ActWed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/46FC564DEB0D26D9852576250050DC11http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F80F57800C119C9985257623005576A7(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership recognized six supermarkets last week for reducing their use of greenhouse gas refrigerants that deplete the Earth’s ozone layer and contribute to climate changeMon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F80F57800C119C9985257623005576A7