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Update: EPA New England’s Healthcare Assistance Program and Increased Enforcement Efforts

November 11, 2004

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Region 1 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the region that includes Connecticut, is increasing its enforcement efforts at hospitals, while continuing its longstanding program to encourage hospitals and other healthcare facilities to reduce their pollution output voluntarily. This past April, Robert Varney, EPA’s Region 1 Administrator, wrote to more than 250 New England hospitals to “strongly encourage you to immediately identify and correct violations that could stem from operations such as hazardous waste storage, laboratories, power plants, and vehicle maintenance.” This report on new developments supplements our advisory from last February reporting that EPA Region 1 would soon launch a new program for healthcare institutions.

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