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Selected Historical Press Releases, 1970-1998
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Since mid-1994, our press releases have been maintained in our newsroom database. Releases shown below and dated mid-1994 or later are not duplicated in that database.
1996-1998
April 21, 1998: Carol Browner's Remarks on Earth Day Right-to-Know Expansion Celebration
February 18, 1998: President Clinton's remarks on Clean, Safe Water for All Americans
February 27, 1997: Browner Announces New EPA Offices to Support Children's Health, Regulatory Reinvention and Right To Know
August 6, 1996: President Clinton Signs Legislation to Ensure Americans Safe Drinking Water
January 29, 1996: EPA Takes Final Step in Phaseout of Leaded Gasoline
1995
December 1, 1995: Statement on EPA's 25th Anniversary
December 1, 1995: A Look at EPA Accomplishments: 25 Years of Protecting Public Health and the Environment
August 2, 1995: EPA Announces Streamlining of Rules as Part of Regulatory Reinvention Effort
July 28, 1995: EPA Protects Millions of Americans From Petroleum Refinery Air Toxics
May 25, 1995: Superfund Reforms
March 29, 1995: Browner Announces New Agenda and Partnership to Protect Drinking Water
March 20, 1995: EPA Expands Open-Market Trading of Acid Rain Credits
March 10, 1995: EPA Commits to Partnership for Long-Term Research on Remote-Sensing Data from Space Satellites
1994
October 21, 1994: Fred Hansen - Biography
October 18, 1994: EPA Presents First Energy Star Computer Awards
July 20, 1994: Browner Names Six Industries in Plan to Improve Environmental Protection
April 20, 1994: Browner Releases Data on U.S. Water Quality, Calls for New Clean Water Act
March 1, 1994: EPA Announces Biggest Air Toxic Reduction in Agency History
February 16, 1994: EPA Issues First Safe Substitutes List for CFCs and Other Ozone Depleters
January 18, 1994: EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner Issues Citizen Right-To-Know List of Toxic Chemicals
1993
November 30: EPA Announces Full Phaseout of CFCs and Other Ozone Depleters
September 14: EPA Regulates Dry Cleaners in First Air Toxics Rule Under New Clean Air Act
August 4: President Clinton's Executive Order on Reducing Toxic Emissions from Federal Facilities
May 7: Robert M. Sussman - Biography
April 23: Regulatory History of CFCs and Other Stratospheric Ozone Depleting Chemicals (to 1993)
March 5: EPA Announces Final Rule on Acid Rain Emission Trading
January 7: EPA Designates Passive Smoking a "Class A" or Known Human Carcinogen
1992
November 25, 1992: Accelerated Phaseout of Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
October 30, 1992: New Oxygenated Fuels Program
August 5, 1992: Benzene Violations Targeted in Environmental Enforcement Actions
July 22, 1992: Release of Environmental Equity Report
June 30, 1992: Reilly in New York to Mark End of Sewage Sludge Dumping
May 19, 1992: EPA Issues 23 Final Drinking Water Standards
January 14, 1992: EPA, NOAA Issue Guidelines to Reduce Coastal Pollution
1991
December 5, 1991: New EPA Rule Gives Every American Right to Buy and Sell Acid Rain Emissions
July 19, 1991: Voluntary U.S. EPA/Industry Program Commits to Cut Toxic Wastes
March 13, 1991: Exxon to Pay Record One Billion Dollars in Criminal Fines and Civil Damages in Connection with Alaskan Oil Spill
1990
November 29, 1990: The Environmental Protection Agency: A Retrospective
November 15, 1990: EPA Administrator Reilly Hails Signing of New Clean Air Act
October 3, 1990: 1988 Toxic Release Inventory National Report Available
September 26, 1990: Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for Environmental Protection
September 6, 1990: Reilly Participates in Opening of Environment Center in Budapest
July 20, 1990: Times Beach Settlement Reached
May 15, 1990: Reilly responds to Lois Gibbs on Love Canal habitability and related issues
May 8, 1990: EPA Completes Land Disposal Restrictions for Hazardous Wastes
April 30, 1990: EPA to Regulate Dioxin in Paper Industry
April 20, 1990: Statement on Earth Day 1990
June 21, 1990: Charter Signed to Establish Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
February 5, 1990: EPA Registry to Record Trees Planted in Celebration of Earth Day
1989
November 7, 1989: Daminozide (Alar) Pesticide Canceled for Food Uses
August 2, 1989: Reilly Press Conference in Anchorage about Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Cleanup
July 31, 1989: Bioremediation of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
June 1, 1989: Occidental Chemical Signs Consent Order for Storage and Destruction of Love Canal Wastes
May 19, 1989: F. Henry Habicht II - Biography
April 12, 1989: EPA Releases Toxic Inventory Data
March 13, 1989: EPA Tracking Program for Medical Waste Starts Today
1988
November 1, 1988: Lead Contamination Control and Asbestos Information Acts of 1988
October 28, 1988: Indoor Radon Abatement Act of 1988
October 26, 1988: FIFRA Amendments of 1988
September 30, 1988: Times Beach Record of Decision Signed
September 13, 1988: EPA Sets Standards For Underground Storage Tanks
April 5, 1988: Lee M. Thomas Statement on U.S. Ratification of the Montreal Protocol
February 2, 1988: EPA Announces Guidance on State Revolving Funds for Sewage Treatment
1987
December 21, 1987: President Reagan on Montreal Protocol Ratification
November 18, 1987: United States and Canada Sign Amendments to Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
September 24, 1987: National Dioxin Study Released
October 26, 1987: Love Canal Record of Decision Signed
October 9, 1987: Final EPCRA rule for Hazardous Chemical Reporting Requirements
April 7, 1987: EPA Outlines Actions to be Taken with States Not Meeting Clean Air Standards; Some Sanctions Mandatory
1986
October 23, 1986: Signing of Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
October 6, 1986: Endangered Wetlands and New EPA Office of Wetlands Protection
May 14, 1986: Cleanup of the Niagara River
June 20, 1986: President Signs Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments
1985
November 14, 1985: EPA Approves First Use in Environment of Genetically Altered Bacteria
June 4, 1985: EPA Announces National Strategy for Toxic Air Pollutants
March 20, 1985: A. James Barnes - Biography
March 4, 1985: EPA Sets New Limits on Lead in Gasoline
1984
December 13, 1984: Ruckelshaus Pledges Continued Support of Chesapeake Cleanup
November 29, 1984: Lee M. Thomas - Biography
November 9, 1984: Statement by the U.S. EPA on the President's Signing of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
September 13, 1984: EPA and Defense Sign Resolution on Chesapeake
August 2, 1984: Ruckelshaus Denies Request to Buy Love Canal Homes
June 26, 1984: Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling of June 25th on EPA's "Bubble" Policy to Control Air Pollution
1983
November 1, 1983: EPA Sets Standards for FIFRA, TSCA Lab Tests
September 30, 1983: EPA Acts to Ban EDB Pesticide
August 5, 1983: Alvin L. Alm - Biography
May 19, 1983: Ruckelshaus Takes Steps to Improve Flow of Agency Information
April 21, 1983: Olin Agrees to Clean Up DDT in Triana, Alabama Area
February 22, 1983: Joint Federal/State Action Taken to Relocate Times Beach Residents
1982
July 15, 1982: New York State and U.S. EPA Sign $7 Million Love Canal Cleanup Agreement
July 12, 1982: EPA Issues Final National Contingency Plan for Superfund
May 24, 1982: EPA Announces Rule Requiring Schools to Test for Asbestos
March 12, 1982: National Contingency Plan for Superfund Announced
1981
October 23, 1981: EPA Announces First 114 Top-Priority Superfund Sites
October 16, 1981: EPA Issues First Storage Permit Under RCRA
September 18, 1981: EPA Schedules Emergency Cleanup at Valley of the Drums
May 20, 1981: Anne M. Gorsuch (Burford) - Biography
March 4, 1981: Sixteen States to Manage Hazardous Waste Programs
March 2, 1981: John W. Hernandez, Jr. - Biography
February 10, 1981: EPA Incinerator Approvals to Speed PCB Disposal
January 19, 1981: New EPA Report Focuses on Environmental Accomplishments
1980
November 19, 1980: EPA's Hazardous Waste Regulations Effective November 19, [1980]
September 11, 1980: Costle Presses for Immediate Passage of Superfund
May 21, 1980: EPA, New York State Announce Temporary Relocation of Love Canal Residents
April 15, 1980: Statement at International Meeting on Chlorofluorocarbons
April 4, 1980: EPA Named Lead Agency to Monitor at Three Mile Island
March 1, 1980: EPA Imposes First Federal Funding Limitations to Spur Auto Inspection Programs
1979
December 20, 1979: U.S. Sues Hooker Chemical at Niagara Falls, New York
December 3, 1979: "Bubble" Policy Added to EPA's Cleanup Strategy
July 19, 1979: EPA Survey Ship to Visit Washington
July 11, 1979: EPA Establishes Hazardous Waste Enforcement and Emergency Response System; Names 60 New Sites
June 13, 1979: Administration Proposes Hazardous Waste Cleanup Fund
April 19, 1979: EPA Bans PCB Manufacture; Phases Out Uses
February 23, 1979: EPA Rules Increase Public Role in Environmental Programs
1978
November 22, 1978: 1978 Water Quality Agreement Signed by U.S. and Canada
October 15, 1978: Government Ban on Fluorocarbon Gases in Aerosol Products Begins October 15 [1978]
September 29, 1978: EPA Sets New National Air Pollution Standard for Lead
June 16, 1978: DOT, EPA Join To Combat Transportation-Caused Pollution in Urban Areas
June 13, 1978: EPA Announces New Rules on Industrial Growth in Clean Air Areas
1977
December 28, 1977: Statement by Douglas M. Costle on Enactment of the Clean Water Act of 1977
August 5, 1977: Statement by Douglas M. Costle on Passage of Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977
July 22, 1977: Blum Starts Report Reduction Campaign at EPA
July 14, 1977: EPA Says Scrubbers Necessary for Health Protection Under Coal Conversion Plan
June 25, 1977: EPA Safe Drinking Water Standards Go into Effect Today
May 31, 1977: EPA to Regulate Benzene, a Suspected Cause of Leukemia
March 4, 1977: Barbara Blum - Biography
March 4, 1977: Douglas M. Costle - Biography
January 19, 1977: Train Hails Court Decision on Transportation Controls
1976
December 13, 1976: New Law to Control Hazardous Wastes, End Open Dumping, Promote Conservation of Resources
October 21, 1976: Train Sees New Toxic Substances Law as "Preventive Medicine"
July 16, 1975: Working Catalysts Required on Imported Cars
February 2, 1976: EPA Begins Two-Year Monitoring Survey of Broadcast Radiation in Major United States Cities
January 27, 1976: EPA Secures Over 700 Environmental Jobs for Welfare Recipients
1975
October 24, 1975: U.S.-Soviet Environmentalists to Discuss Joint Research
August 11, 1975: New DDT Report Confirms Data Supporting 1972 Ban, Finds Situation Improving
July 30, 1975: Train Stops Manufacture of Heptachlor/Chlordane, Cites Imminent Cancer Risk
July 10, 1975: Quarles Testifies on the Need for Toxic Substances Act
April 22, 1975: Train Stresses Long-Range Planning as the Environmental Movement Comes of Age
April 17, 1975: Federal Government Will Not Award Contracts, Grants, or Loans to Water and Air Polluters
March 27, 1975: EPA Designated International Data Center
January 31, 1975: EPA Administrator Reorganizes Enforcement and General Counsel Office
1974
December 18, 1974: Train Names 80 Cities for EPA Drinking Water Survey
November 27, 1974: EPA Issues "Significant Deterioration" Regulations
November 22, 1974: EPA Administrator Cites Benefits of Pollution Control Programs
May 20, 1974: EPA to Exhibit Documerica Photographs
January 28, 1974: EPA and General Mills Kick Off Public Service Campaign on the Environment
1973
November 28, 1973: EPA Requires Phase-Out of Lead in All Grades of Gasoline
October 15, 1973: Transportation Controls Established in Major Urban Areas to Lower Air Pollution Levels
August 23, 1973: EPA Issues Public Participation Regulations
July 30, 1973: EPA Issues First Municipal Wastewater Discharge Permit in the Nation
June 4, 1973: EPA Sets Auto Maintenance Regulations
April 30, 1973: Robert W. Fri - Biography
April 30, 1973: John R. Quarles, Jr. - Biography
April 8, 1973: Earth Week 1973
March 8, 1973: EPA Voices Support for Safe Drinking Water Act
March 2, 1973: Indiana and Federal EPA Announce Issuance of Nation's First Wastewater Permits
February 13, 1973: EPA Releases Guidelines for New Water Quality Standards
1972
December 31, 1972: DDT Ban Takes Effect
November 8, 1972: EPA to Ask for Comments on New Pesticides Law
August 2, 1972: Las Vegas Laboratory Designated National Environmental Research Center
May 7, 1972: EPA Using Aircraft to Study Eutrophication in Lakes
1971
October 19, 1971: EPA Defines Air Pollution Danger Levels
August 13, 1971: EPA Approves First State Clean Air Plans
April 30, 1971: EPA Sets National Air Quality Standards
March 4, 1971: Hearings Set on Automobile Pollution Control
February 19, 1971: U.S. Files Suit Against U.S. Steel and DuPont in Indiana
February 9, 1971: EPA Designates Four Corners Interstate Air Quality Region Boundaries
1970
December 16, 1970: First Administrator on establishment of EPA