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• EPA Recognizes Electronics Industry Leaders in New Jersey and New York for Diverting 176,494 Tons of Electronic Products from Landfills

  Part of a nationwide challenge to reduce environmental impacts across the country and help address climate change

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Electronics Industry Leaders in New Jersey and New York for Diverting 176,494 Tons of Electronic Products from Landfills

  • Release Date: March 31, 2021

• EPA Issues Administrative Order Requiring City to Construct Sewage Retention Tanks for Gowanus Canal Superfund Site Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Administrative Order Requiring City to Construct Sewage Retention Tanks for Gowanus Canal Superfund Site Cleanup

  • Release Date: March 30, 2021

• Cleanup work to resume next month at Grasse River Superfund Site in Massena, New York

  EPA News Release: Cleanup work to resume next month at Grasse River Superfund Site in Massena, New York

  • Release Date: March 30, 2021

• EPA Withdraws Plantwide Applicability Limit Permit for Limetree Bay Refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Will Review Clean Air Act Requirements for the Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Withdraws Plantwide Applicability Limit Permit for Limetree Bay Refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Will Review Clean Air Act Requirements for the Facility

  • Release Date: March 25, 2021

• EPA Selects Three New York City Organizations for Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce in Economically Distressed Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Three New York City Organizations for Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce in Economically Distressed Communities

  • Release Date: March 12, 2021

• EPA Selects PUSH Buffalo to Receive $200,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce in Economically Distressed Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects PUSH Buffalo to Receive $200,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce in Economically Distressed Communities

  • Release Date: March 12, 2021

• EPA Selects Fortune Society to Receive $200,000 in Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants, Helping to Transform Economically Disadvantaged Communities in New York City

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Fortune Society to Receive $200,000 in Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants, Helping to Transform Economically Disadvantaged Communities in New York City

  • Release Date: October 31, 2019

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List, Advancing the Agency’s Commitment to Protect Human Health and Expedite Cleanups Across the Country

  Arsenic Mine in Kent, New York Added

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List, Advancing the Agency’s Commitment to Protect Human Health and Expedite Cleanups Across the Country

  • Release Date: October 30, 2019

• EPA Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites from the National Priorities List - the Highest Number in 18 Years

  EPA Deleted a Portion of Robintech Inc./National Pipe Co. Site in Vestal, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites from the National Priorities List - the Highest Number in 18 Years

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA Acts to Reduce Childhood Lead-Based Paint Exposure in New York and New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Acts to Reduce Childhood Lead-Based Paint Exposure in New York and New Jersey

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cayuga County Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Cayuga County, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cayuga County Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Cayuga County, New York

  • Release Date: October 23, 2019

• EPA Invites New Jersey to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans to Improve Water Quality

  New Jersey Infrastructure Bank Pool selected to apply for $149 million in funding for statewide water system projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites New Jersey to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: October 22, 2019

• EPA Deletes Peter Cooper Superfund Site, Gowanda, New York from federal Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA Deletes Peter Cooper Superfund Site, Gowanda, New York from federal Superfund list

  • Release Date: October 16, 2019

• EPA Proposes Updates to Lead and Copper Rule to Better Protect Children and At-Risk Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updates to Lead and Copper Rule to Better Protect Children and At-Risk Communities

  • Release Date: October 10, 2019