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• Canadian Wildfires Spark Air Quality Advisory for parts of New England on May 31, 2023

  EPA News Release: Canadian Wildfires Spark Air Quality Advisory for parts of New England on May 31, 2023

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire on June 1, 2023

  EPA News Release: Poor Air Quality Expected for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire on June 1, 2023

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA Proposes Updated Protection for Boston Coastal Waters in New Draft Permit for MWRA Deer Island Facility and 43 Contributing Communities

  Draft Permit includes provisions to address climate impacts and lingering combined sewer overflows

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updated Protection for Boston Coastal Waters in New Draft Permit for MWRA Deer Island Facility and 43 Contributing Communities

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA and State/Local Officials Celebrate Award of 14 Zero-Emission School Buses in New Bedford and New $400 Million Clean School Bus Opportunity

  Latest funding from the President's Investing in America Agenda follows nearly $1 billion for thousands of electric and low-emission school buses across the nation

  EPA News Release: EPA and State/Local Officials Celebrate Award of 14 Zero-Emission School Buses in New Bedford and New $400 Million Clean School Bus Opportunity

  • Release Date: May 26, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $13.7M for Cleanup and Assessment at Polluted Brownfields Sites in Massachusetts

  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 Over $13.7M for Cleanup and Assessment at Polluted Brownfields Sites in Massachusetts

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA Expands Public Comment Opportunities for Draft Determination to Protect Cape Cod's Sole Source of Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Expands Public Comment Opportunities for Draft Determination to Protect Cape Cod's Sole Source of Drinking Water

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• EPA Announces $48 Million Settlement for Cleanup of the Olin Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, Massachusetts

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $48 Million Settlement for Cleanup of the Olin Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, Massachusetts

  • Release Date: May 11, 2023

• EPA Celebrates Massachusetts Efforts to Combat Climate Change

  Commonwealth joins new Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program – funds from Pres. Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Massachusetts Efforts to Combat Climate Change

  • Release Date: May 9, 2023

• EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Free Air Quality Alerts for the Summer Smog Season

  Air Quality Awareness Week is May 1–5, 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Reminds New Englanders to Use Free Air Quality Alerts for the Summer Smog Season

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023

• EPA Settlements Resolve Alleged Violations of Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements by Six New England Companies

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlements Resolve Alleged Violations of Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements by Six New England Companies

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023

• EPA Completes Reviews of 9 Superfund Site Cleanups in New England During 2021

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Reviews of 9 Superfund Site Cleanups in New England During 2021

  • Release Date: December 21, 2021

• EPA Reaches Settlement with a Montague, Mass. Food Manufacturing Company for Clean Water Act Pretreatment Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with a Montague, Mass. Food Manufacturing Company for Clean Water Act Pretreatment Violations

  • Release Date: December 20, 2021

• EPA and City of Fall River Agree on Five-Year Plan for Fixing Wastewater Infrastructure and Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows into Local Waterways

  EPA News Release: EPA and City of Fall River Agree on Five-Year Plan for Fixing Wastewater Infrastructure and Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows into Local Waterways

  • Release Date: December 20, 2021

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million to Fund 13 Environmental Justice Grants in New England

  Projects in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.3 Million to Fund 13 Environmental Justice Grants in New England

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA and Massachusetts Settlements ensure Company will Pay Nearly $1.5 Million for 2019 North River Fish Kill

  Company will Compensate Massachusetts for Harms to Natural Resources and Cold Water Fishery; Ensure Safe Operation of Colrain, Mass. Bleaching Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA and Massachusetts Settlements ensure Company will Pay Nearly $1.5 Million for 2019 North River Fish Kill

  • Release Date: December 7, 2021