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• Biden-Harris administration announces over $140M for water infrastructure in EPA Region 8 states  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris administration announces over $140M for water infrastructure in EPA Region 8 states  

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $8.14 million to upgrade older diesel engines to cleaner solutions for Colorado communities

  Four Colorado entities among 67 selectees to reduce diesel emissions across a range of projects, including upgrades to school buses, port equipment, and construction equipment

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $8.14 million to upgrade older diesel engines to cleaner solutions for Colorado communities

  • Release Date: October 17, 2024

• EPA settles with Public Service Company of Colorado for failure to meet coal ash regulations at Cherokee Generating Station

  Settlement advances EPA’s National Enforcement Priority of protecting communities from coal ash contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Public Service Company of Colorado for failure to meet coal ash regulations at Cherokee Generating Station

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration requires replacement of lead pipes within 10 years, announces over $168M in funding to EPA Region 8 states 

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration requires replacement of lead pipes within 10 years, announces over $168M in funding to EPA Region 8 states 

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA reclassifies Denver area to “Serious” nonattainment for ozone

  Reclassification requires additional control measures to reduce emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA reclassifies Denver area to “Serious” nonattainment for ozone

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• EPA settlement with PBI-Gordon Corporation resolves alleged violations of pesticide labeling requirements in Longmont, Colorado, and Monroe, Washington

  Agreement with Kansas-based company resolves findings of non-compliance

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with PBI-Gordon Corporation resolves alleged violations of pesticide labeling requirements in Longmont, Colorado, and Monroe, Washington

  • Release Date: November 6, 2019

• Colorado organizations receive EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants

  EPA News Release: Colorado organizations receive EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants

  • Release Date: November 5, 2019

• EPA Superfund site deletions in 2019 provide lasting benefit to communities in Region 8

  Deletions in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming contribute to largest national tally since 2001

  EPA News Release: EPA Superfund site deletions in 2019 provide lasting benefit to communities in Region 8

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA awards $200,000 for job-training program at Fort Lyon campus in Bent County, Colo.

  Grant among $5.1 million to help transform communities across the nation

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $200,000 for job-training program at Fort Lyon campus in Bent County, Colo.

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• Denver contractors cited for not following lead-safe requirements on home renovation projects

  EPA enforcement activities throughout Denver resolve alleged violations of EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule

  EPA News Release: Denver contractors cited for not following lead-safe requirements on home renovation projects

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA awards Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment $1,170,000 to improve water quality in the Lower Arkansas and Lower Gunnison River basins

  EPA and the state partner with the agriculture industry to restore watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment $1,170,000 to improve water quality in the Lower Arkansas and Lower Gunnison River basins

  • Release Date: October 17, 2019

• EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  Top performers in freight industry include firms based in Colorado, North Dakota and Utah

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  • Release Date: October 7, 2019

• EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  Milestone at Vasquez Boulevard/ Interstate 70 Superfund site reflects completion of residential cleanups for lead and arsenic

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• EPA proposes updates to air regulations for oil and gas to remove redundant requirements and reduce burden

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes updates to air regulations for oil and gas to remove redundant requirements and reduce burden

  • Release Date: August 29, 2019

• Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Project in Creede, Colorado

  With a $32k grant from EPA, Headwaters Alliance will help restore waters and streams, address water quality Lower Willow Creek project

  EPA News Release: Five Star Urban Waters Grant Awarded to Project in Creede, Colorado

  • Release Date: August 28, 2019