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EPA Selects Cataño, Puerto Rico to Receive a $200,000 Grant to Investigate Contaminated Properties

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(New York, N.Y. – May 31, 2017) The Municipality of Cataño, Puerto Rico, was among 172 communities across the country selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to receive funding for brownfield site revitalization to help local governments redevelop vacant and unused properties, transforming communities and local economies.
 

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EPA Adds Dorado, Puerto Rico Site to the Federal Superfund List

Submitted on 7 September 2016 - 2:25pm

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(New York, N.Y. – Sept. 7, 2016) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added the Dorado Groundwater Contamination Site in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sampling at the site has found chemical contamination that is impacting wells used to supply drinking water to the local communities.

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EPA Recommends No Further Cleanup at the Hormigas Groundwater

Submitted on 26 July 2016 - 10:47pm

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(New York, N.Y. – July 25, 2016) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed that no further cleanup is needed at the Hormigas Groundwater Superfund site in Caguas and Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. The site was added to the Superfund list because solvents were found in a public drinking water supply well, which is no longer in use. The community’s current drinking water supply is monitored regularly to ensure the water quality meets drinking water standards and is safe to consume.

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EPA Proposes to Add Dorado, Puerto Rico Site to the Federal Superfund List Drinking Water Contaminated with Solvents

Submitted on 6 April 2016 - 10:47pm

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(New York, N.Y. – April 6, 2016) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed adding the Dorado Groundwater Contamination Site in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sampling at the site has found chemical contamination that is impacting wells used to supply drinking water to the local communities.

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EPA Provides Environmental Education Grant to Universidad Metropolitana

Submitted on 3 December 2015 - 6:18pm

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(New York, N.Y. – December 2, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a $91,000 environmental education grant to the Universidad Metropolitana in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to enhance environmental education for students island-wide. 

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Municipality of Isabela Agrees to Environmental Improvements at Landfill

Submitted on 30 September 2015 - 5:28pm

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(New York, N.Y. – September 29, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Municipality of Isabela, Puerto Rico, have reached a legal agreement that will result in upgrades at the Isabela Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, and a plan to permanently close the landfill by June 2020. Isabela will also implement a recycling and composting program. 

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EPA Honors Puerto Rico Environmental Champions

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(New York, N.Y. – April 24, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has honored five individuals and organizations from across Puerto Rico with Environmental Champion Awards for their achievements in protecting public health and the environment. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by Donovan Richards, Chair of the New York City Council's Committee on Environmental Protection, to present the awards to this year’s recipients at a ceremony at the EPA’s offices in Manhattan. An awards ceremony in San Juan will be held at a later date.

Researchers at UPR Mayagüez use nanotechnology to reduce pollution

Submitted on 11 April 2015 - 10:12am

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Engineering students at the University of Puerto Ricon in Mayagüez (RUM) work with nanomaterials to counteract the environmental impact of concrete manufacture.

 

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San Juan Teacher Receives Presidential Award for Environmental Education

Submitted on 12 August 2014 - 1:32pm

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(New York, N.Y. – August 12, 2014) Darelis Flores, an elementary school teacher at The School of San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was honored today at a White House ceremony for winning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators which recognizes outstanding academic approaches to environmental education.

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