By Allan Stein The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun a phased cleanup of toxic materials from areas impacted by Maui’s wildfires. At the request of the state of Hawaii and Maui County, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assigned the EPA to oversee the cleanup as the island community struggles to rebound. “We […]
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979.