EPA

Water intake and pollution permits for the controversial power plant and cryptocurrency mining facility expire at the end of September.

Testing has shown some homes in Elmira Heights to have indoor air concentrations as high as 37 micrograms per cubic meter, over seventeen times the EPA’s maximum for homes.

STATEIMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - Companies that drill for natural gas in Pennsylvania have used EPA-approved PFAS or pre-cursors to PFAS in fracking operations…

PFAS chemicals are synthetic compounds used in many household products, including food packaging, household cleaners and nonstick cookware.

There are eight Superfund clean-up sites in Broome County.

"When a water system is contaminated with PFAS, treatment will lower the concentration but not completely remove it. So the contamination is still there."

The U.S. EPA said Thursday it will this year begin the process of setting maximum contaminant limits for PFOA and PFOS, two toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer and other illnesses and are widespread in drinking water and soil.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick called on Monday for the resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, saying Pruitt had tried to block the release of a federal health study on chemicals that have contaminated public water supplies in some places.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - A federal agency released recommendations on Wednesday on how to protect the public from a class of chemicals that are linked to a range of illnesses including some cancers, immune system problems, decreased fertility, and thyroid disease.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - A Pennsylvania Republican Congressman accused EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt of continuing to block publication of a federal government study that reportedly shows public health is at greater risk from a class of chemicals in the environment than the EPA says it is.