News Releases from Headquarters 07/08/2021 Contact Information: WASHINGTON (July 8, 2021) —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) to Allied BioScience for their product SurfaceWise2. SurfaceWise2, a residual antimicrobial surface coating, was previously authorized for emergency use in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. EPA investigations found the company...
Settlement Leads to Halt of Scrap Metal Releases into Mt. Hope Bay
News Releases from Region 0105/28/2021Contact Information: SOMERSET, MASS. – Under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Patriot Stevedoring & Logistics, the port operator at Brayton Point in Somerset, Mass. has changed its system for loading scrap metal in order to avoid illegally discharging scrap metal into Mt. Hope...
EPA Issues Fuel Waiver for Select Areas Impacted by Colonial Pipeline Shutdown
News Releases from Headquarters›Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)05/11/2021Contact Information: WASHINGTON (May 11, 2021) — In response to the recent ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan today issued an emergency fuel waiver to help alleviate fuel shortages in states whose supply of reformulated gasoline has...