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Trump Appoints New EPA Administrator For Utah’s Region

Trump Appoints New EPA Administrator For Utah’s Region

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah has a new EPA administrator as President Trump appoints Cyrus Western to lead EPA Region 8. The region covers Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and 28 Indigenous tribes. Western previously served as Majority Whip in the Wyoming State House, where he […]

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EPA approves Utah’s regional haze plan

EPA approves Utah’s regional haze plan

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the approval of the State of Utah’s regional haze plan to reduce emissions from PacifiCorp’s Hunter and Huntington power plants in Emery County, Utah. EPA is withdrawing a federal plan issued for these plants in 2016.  EPA is approving Utah’s regional haze […]

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EPA seeks bids to clean up uranium mines in Southwest

EPA seeks bids to clean up uranium mines in Southwest

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking proposals from small business to clean up abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation and in northwestern New Mexico. About 140 people attended a workshop held this week in Window Rock to learn more about the $220 million […]

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