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Draft plan will help advance Administrator Jackson’s seven priorities WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on its draft FY 2011-2015 strategic plan, which helps advance Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s priorities and the mission to protect human health…
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STATE EX REL. RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC. v. SANDERSCase Background: Richmond American Homes of West Virginia and M.D.C. Holdings have built a number of houses in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, including the homes in the Locust Hill Subdivision in Jefferson County, West V…
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SIRG Program: FY 2010 Supplemental AllotmentA-Summary EPA HQ has about $750,000 of FY 2010 SIRG* funds available for distribution to state-tribal SIRG program participants through the Regional SIRG Project Officers (SPOs). In crafting your 1-page per project proposals, states-tribes should consider…
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Dear Radon Colleagues: It is with both sorrow and joy that we announce that after 36 years with the PA DEP, Bureau of Radiation Protection, Radon Division, Michael Pyles, Radon Division Chief is retiring. Friday June 18th is Mike's last day.Mike and I first met in our field office which was establis…
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Friday, 11-June-2010 @ 12:58PM EDTDear RLSL Stakeholders-- Be advised. EPA is seeking to receive short 1-page proposals supplementing existing/proposed projects, or new projects from SIRG recipients, probably by June 25th. When crafting proposals, states-tribes should consider how their projects adv…
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Richard D. Williams, M.D., Rubin H. Flocks Professor and former Head of the University of Iowa Department of Urology, died on May 28, 2010 at age 65 following a brave fight against cancer.Dr. Williams became an important figure in the radon community after developing lung cancer, which he believed w…