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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 to Recruit and Train Kentucky Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 to Recruit and Train Kentucky Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $2.4 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Kentucky as part of investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $2.4 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Kentucky as part of investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA approves Kentucky’s Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Northern Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati OH-KY 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Kentucky’s Ozone Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Northern Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati OH-KY 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: Public meeting scheduled to address cleanup plan for Applegate Lane property in Louisville

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: Public meeting scheduled to address cleanup plan for Applegate Lane property in Louisville

  • Release Date: September 29, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $2,452,816 in Kentucky Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $2,452,816 in Kentucky Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• EPA offers Wyoming $248K for stormwater collection, sewer system upgrades

  Infrastructure funding available at no cost to small, financially distressed communities

  EPA News Release: EPA offers Wyoming $248K for stormwater collection, sewer system upgrades

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023

• University of Wyoming students awarded $25K for air quality monitoring during wildfires

  EPA News Release: University of Wyoming students awarded $25K for air quality monitoring during wildfires

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $143,000 for Wyoming to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $143,000 for Wyoming to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• EPA, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg highlight $7.9 million investment for polluted Brownfields in Kentucky at Louisville event

  EPA News Release: EPA, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg highlight $7.9 million investment for polluted Brownfields in Kentucky at Louisville event

  • Release Date: July 31, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg to highlight $7.9 million investment for polluted Brownfields in Kentucky at Louisville event on Monday

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg to highlight $7.9 million investment for polluted Brownfields in Kentucky at Louisville event on Monday

  • Release Date: July 28, 2023

• EPA awards $500K to Rawlins, Wyoming, for property cleanup and revitalization along Interstate 80 corridor  

  City to use Brownfields grant to address contamination, advance redevelopment at critical properties  

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500K to Rawlins, Wyoming, for property cleanup and revitalization along Interstate 80 corridor  

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7,999,560 Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Kentucky

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7,999,560 Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Kentucky

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA previews new grant opportunity for technical assistance for organizations and communities in the Region 8 states of CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY and 28 Tribes

  EPA News Release: New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• EPA Names Four Kentucky Cities Among 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  Louisville, Elizabethtown, Owensboro and Richmond-Berea recognized for cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency and reducing emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Four Kentucky Cities Among 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  • Release Date: April 26, 2023

• Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Clean Air Act settlements for facilities operated by Williams Companies, Inc., MPLX LP, and WES DJ Gathering LLC will reduce ozone-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA News Release: Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023