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• EPA Region 2 Continues to Address PFAS on the State and Local Level

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 2 Continues to Address PFAS on the State and Local Level

  • Release Date: July 29, 2020

• EPA Invites 55 New Projects to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality; New York Region Included

  Projects will provide water infrastructure upgrades for 30 million Americans while creating over 40,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites 55 New Projects to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality; New York Region Included

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $116M in Funding to New York 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 $116M in Funding to New York to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA Announces Partnerships with New York Communities to Replace Lead Water Pipes and Meet New EPA Requirements

  Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, these New York communities are accelerating access to lead-free drinking water.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Partnerships with New York Communities to Replace Lead Water Pipes and Meet New EPA Requirements

  • Release Date: October 15, 2024

• EPA, U.S. Army Repealing 2015 Rule Defining “Waters of the United States” and Recodifying Familiar Definition

  EPA News Release: EPA, U.S. Army Repealing 2015 Rule Defining “Waters of the United States” and Recodifying Familiar Definition

  • Release Date: September 12, 2019

• President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit New York

  EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030

  EPA News Release: President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit New York

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA and New York State Break Ground on Project to Ensure Clean Drinking Water for Hicksville, N.Y. Households

  EPA News Release: EPA and New York State Break Ground on Project to Ensure Clean Drinking Water for Hicksville, N.Y. Households

  • Release Date: May 13, 2024

• EPA Releases 2019 Year in Review Highlighting Agency Accomplishments and Environmental Progress under President Trump & Administrator Andrew Wheeler

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases 2019 Year in Review Highlighting Agency Accomplishments and Environmental Progress under President Trump & Administrator Andrew Wheeler

  • Release Date: February 6, 2020

• EPA Tool to Help Local Officials Customize Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Tool to Help Local Officials Customize Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts

  • Release Date: July 22, 2020

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $126,864,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $126,864,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• EPA Starts Process to Take the Rochester Embayment off List of Badly Polluted Areas in the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA Starts Process to Take the Rochester Embayment off List of Badly Polluted Areas in the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: March 13, 2024

• EPA Expects to Award New York $1,960,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Expects to Award New York $1,960,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: March 5, 2020

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $270 Million for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in New York

  Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $270 Million for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in New York

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More than $428,072,000 Million in New York

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More than $428,072,000 Million in New York

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Makes $336 Million Investment to Spur Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across New York State

  EPA News Release: EPA Makes $336 Million Investment to Spur Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across New York State

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023