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• EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in Florida

  Nationally, EPA announces plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to clear out the Superfund backlog

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in Florida

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  Projects will help modernize water infrastructure, protect public health, and increase community resilience

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: December 3, 2021

• EPA Invites Gainesville Regional Utilities to Apply for WIFIA Water Infrastructure Loans

  Projects will help modernize water infrastructure for 25 million Americans while creating up to 49,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Gainesville Regional Utilities to Apply for WIFIA Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: December 3, 2021

• EPA Announces $275,420,000 for Water Infrastructure Projects in Florida

  EPA Announces Water Infrastructure Funding for States Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $275,420,000 for Water Infrastructure Projects in Florida

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA awards Portland Area Indian Health Board $445,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools and childcare centers

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Portland Area Indian Health Board $445,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools and childcare centers

  • Release Date: November 23, 2021

• EPA Awards Nearly $3 Million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects in Florida

  Nationally, EPA Awards over $77 Million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $3 Million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects in Florida

  • Release Date: November 19, 2021

• EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  Schools will receive technical assistance to create cleaner air and neighborhood cooling refuges in vulnerable communities impacted by wildfire smoke and extreme heat events

  EPA News Release: EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  • Release Date: November 1, 2021

• EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  Lead paint safety training for contractors, community education workshops offered this fall

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: October 25, 2021

• EPA Presents 2021 National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards to Federal and Local Agencies for BRAC-Transferred Properties at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida

  EPA News Release: EPA Presents 2021 National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards to Federal and Local Agencies for BRAC-Transferred Properties at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida

  • Release Date: October 14, 2021

• EPA to Recognize the BRAC-Transferred Properties at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida with 2021 National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards

  EPA News Release: EPA to Recognize the BRAC-Transferred Properties at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida with 2021 National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Awards

  • Release Date: October 12, 2021

• EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  Waste Management, Inc., agrees to pay $104k penalty and make immediate improvements

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  Owens-Brockway Glass failed to report chromium used in glassmaking

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  • Release Date: September 16, 2021

• EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  Settlement resolves claims stemming from 2016 UPRR train derailment, spill, and fire

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

• EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA: Soil, Water, and Columbia River bottom near Army Corps facility are contaminated with PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals, and other contaminants.

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• EPA Appoints Palm Beach County, Florida Commissioner Melissa McKinlay to Local Government Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Appoints Palm Beach County, Florida Commissioner Melissa McKinlay to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 26, 2021