Tag: epa
The Secret Science Reform Act of 2014
The bill prohibits EPA “from proposing, finalizing or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible.” A hearing was held yesterday by the yesterday, February 11th to discuss the bill. More information will follow. For a text of this bill, follow the link below: http://docs.house.gov/meetings/SY/SY18/20140211/101743/BILLS-113HR4012ih-SecretScienceReformActof2014.pdf
Good News! Air Pollutants are Declining
EPA published the press release that is copied below on February 4th. It shows that the work we all do to protect the environment works! EPA’s 2012 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline WASHINGTON – Total releases of toxic chemicals decreased 12 percent from 2011-2012, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) […]
EPA Advisor Dupes Taxpayers
John Beale, a former EPA senior policy adviser who defrauded taxpayers out of nearly $1 million by pretending to be a CIA agent was sentenced last month to 2 and 1/2 years in prison. Beale already has paid $886,000 in restitution, and was expected to pay another half-million dollars to the Justice Department. Beale was […]
EPA names new Regional Administrator
EPA has announced a new Regional Administrator for Region 4, which includes Kentucky. Click here for more information about Ms. McTeer Toney. The previous Region 4 Administrator, Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, is now Chief of Staff to the EPA Administrator.
EPA Releases a New Framework for Implementing the TMDL Program
Last week another “Stoner Memo” was published. This time, the memo announced a new framework for implementing the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Program – in other words, the TMDL program. The full memo can be read here, but highlights include: States and EPA have been developing this framework since August 2011; The framework “does […]