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DEP Awards Over $4.1 Million in Grants to 13 Projects Statewide to Restore the Health...

October 14, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded over $4.1 million to 13 projects statewide that will help commu...

RECOVERED - DEP, State Police Urge Public to Report Missing Portable Nuclear Gauge

October 14, 2021

UPDATE The gauge was found and had minor cosmetic damage but no radiological material was released. Williamsport, PA – The Pennsylvania Departme...

Anglers Warned to Not Eat Fish from Neshaminy Creek Basin

October 13, 2021

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania departments of Environmental Protection (DEP), Agriculture (PDA), and Health (DOH), along with the Pennsylva...

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