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• U.S. Virgin Islands Slated to Get a Total of Almost $21M for Water Infrastructure Through Biden-Harris Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: U.S. Virgin Islands Slated to Get a Total of Almost $21M for Water Infrastructure Through Biden-Harris Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $9M in Funding to the U.S. Virgin Islands to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $9M in Funding to the U.S. Virgin Islands to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA Orders PHRT to Remove Additional Chemicals from the Refinery on St. Croix

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders PHRT to Remove Additional Chemicals from the Refinery on St. Croix

  • Release Date: August 23, 2024

• EPA Emergency Response Team Prepares for Hurricane Season

  Guidelines available for facilities and local responders

  Emergency response teams at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are preparing for the Gulf Coast hurricane season, which begins June 1.

  • Release Date: May 9, 2024

• EPA Tips to Prepare for Hurricane Season

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reminds residents of Gulf Coast states that hurricane season begins on June 1. Families can take steps now to be ready before, during, and after a storm.

  • Release Date: May 6, 2024

• U.S. Virgin Islands to Get Over $12 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water

  EPA announces latest round of funding toward President Biden’s commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water 

  EPA News Release: U.S. Virgin Islands to Get Over $12 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water

  • Release Date: May 2, 2024

• Reaction to EPA’s Solar for All Shows Positive Momentum for Solar Power Across NJ, NY, PR and USVI

  EPA News Release: Reaction to EPA’s Solar for All Shows Positive Momentum for Solar Power Across NJ, NY, PR and USVI

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  EPA announces selectees for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Advances Climate Action in the Virgin Islands

  EPA awards Virgin Islands Energy Office a $500,000 Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Advances Climate Action in the Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds for Cleanup at Tutu Wellfields in St. Thomas, USVI

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds for Cleanup at Tutu Wellfields in St. Thomas, USVI

  • Release Date: February 27, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $16.5 million for US Virgin Islands water infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the islands

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $16.5 million for US Virgin Islands water infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Actualización de la EPA sobre el estudio de muestreo secuencial, próximos pasos para abordar el plomo en el agua potable en St. Croix

  EPA News Release: Actualización de la EPA sobre el estudio de muestreo secuencial, próximos pasos para abordar el plomo en el agua potable en St. Croix

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Update on Sequential Sampling Study, Next Steps to Address Lead in Drinking Water in St. Croix

  EPA News Release: EPA Update on Sequential Sampling Study, Next Steps to Address Lead in Drinking Water in St. Croix

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023