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• EPA and IHS fully fund new $23M Warm Springs water treatment plant

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds enable reliable, safe drinking water for 3,800 people

  EPA News Release: EPA and IHS fully fund new $23M Warm Springs water treatment plant

  • Release Date: December 20, 2022

• Bellevue, Nebraska, Site Added to Superfund National Priorities List

  Addition to National Priorities List will allow remediation efforts of PCE Carriage Cleaners Site to be funded by EPA

  EPA News Release: Bellevue, Nebraska, Site Added to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: December 20, 2022

• Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, WA penalized $61,500 for Hazardous Chemical Violations 

  Company fined for failing to meet hazardous chemical reporting requirements 

  EPA News Release: Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, WA penalized $61,500 for Hazardous Chemical Violations 

  • Release Date: December 13, 2022

• Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC de Sunnyside, WA recibió una sanción de $61,500 por infracciones de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  La compañía fue multada por no cumplir con los requisitos de notificación de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  EPA News Release: Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC de Sunnyside, WA recibió una sanción de $61,500 por infracciones de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  • Release Date: December 13, 2022

• Valley Agronomics pays $144,400 EPA penalty for unsafe storage of pesticides

  Company cited for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations

  EPA News Release: Valley Agronomics pays $144,400 EPA penalty for unsafe storage of pesticides

  • Release Date: December 6, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $266K Grant to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska for Air Monitoring Project

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $266K Grant to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska for Air Monitoring Project

  • Release Date: December 5, 2022

• North Pacific Seafoods penalized $345,000 for Clean Air Act violations

  EPA News Release: North Pacific Seafoods penalized $345,000 for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: November 29, 2022

• EPA Reestablishes Federal Water Pollution Standards for Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA Reestablishes Federal Water Pollution Standards for Washington

  • Release Date: November 15, 2022

• EPA Takes Action to Address Illegal Destruction of Streams and Wetlands in Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Address Illegal Destruction of Streams and Wetlands in Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: November 7, 2022

• EPA Unveils Historic National Lead Strategy in Omaha, Nebraska

  National Lead Strategy release coincides with renewal of EPA’s agreement with Douglas County Health Department for Omaha Lead Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Unveils Historic National Lead Strategy in Omaha, Nebraska

  • Release Date: October 28, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $2.2M from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Nebraska School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $2.2M from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Nebraska School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA to propose requiring Wrangell wastewater plant to disinfect sewage discharges

  EPA News Release: EPA to propose requiring Wrangell wastewater plant to disinfect sewage discharges

  • Release Date: October 25, 2022

• EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• EPA Announces $3.65 Million Grant to Rural Community Assistance Partnership to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water

  Projects will advance goals of Biden-Harris administration’s Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan; grant funding delivers on President’s Justice40 Initiative

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3.65 Million Grant to Rural Community Assistance Partnership to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: October 21, 2022

• EPA Issues Burn Ban on Yakama Reservation 

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Burn Ban on Yakama Reservation 

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022