Timeline, 2000s


2000 EPA endorses cleaner diesel fuels plan EPA bans most Dursban uses EPA proposes Hudson River PCBs cleanup plan				The GE Hudson Falls Plant discharged PCBs into the Hudson River larger photo (23KB)

EPA deployed vacuum cleaner trucks to Manhattan - Sept. 2001 larger photo (16KB)				2001 Christie Whitman appointed Agency Administrator EPA and White House honor young environmentalists U.S. signs Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants EPA responds to September 11

2002 EPA awards Brownfields grants to assess the contamination of abandoned properties EPA issues Strategic Plan for Homeland Security EPA and Agriculture work together to improve America's waters (Concentrated Feeding Operations Rule)				EPA awards Brownfields grants

Mike Leavitt's swear-in - Nov. 6, 2003 larger photo (53KB)				2003 Michael O. Leavitt appointed Agency Administrator EPA proposes the first-ever mercury emissions regulations on power plants EPA announces the Clean School Bus USA program.

2004 EPA issues the Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Rule New, more protective 8-hour ozone and fine particulate standards go into effect across the nation.				Smog, including fine particle pollution, obscures the Great Smoky Mountains.

Steve Johnson's swear-in - May 2, 2005 larger photo (27KB)				2005 EPA issues the Clean Air Interstate Rule and the Clean Air Mercury Rule Stephen L. Johnson appointed Agency Administrator

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