PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the expansion of its successful Closing America's Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative to 150 communities across Rural America. The program is already serving McDowell and Raleigh Counties in West Virginia and the agency invites rural communities across the region to apply. Originally launched in partnership with the U.S.  more