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• EPA Announces Appointment of Lisa Garcia as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Lisa Garcia as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 2

  • Release Date: November 18, 2021

• 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

• EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Proposing to Add Meeker Avenue Plume, Brooklyn, New York to the National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Proposing to Add Meeker Avenue Plume, Brooklyn, New York to the National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• EPA Announces Extended Comment Period on Proposal to Add Meeker Avenue Plume, Brooklyn, New York to the National Priorities List

  The comment period extends to December 8, 2021

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Extended Comment Period on Proposal to Add Meeker Avenue Plume, Brooklyn, New York to the National Priorities List

  • Release Date: November 5, 2021

• $100,000 EPA Grant to Small Business in Syracuse, New York Helps Develop Innovative Environmental Technology

  Part of a $2.6 Million National Announcement

  EPA News Release: $100,000 EPA Grant to Small Business in Syracuse, New York Helps Develop Innovative Environmental Technology

  • Release Date: April 6, 2021

• EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Properties near the Facet Enterprises, Inc. Superfund Site in Elmira Heights, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Properties near the Facet Enterprises, Inc. Superfund Site in Elmira Heights, New York

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021

• 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

• Dredging and Capping Work Completed at Grasse River Superfund Site, Massena, NY

  EPA News Release: Dredging and Capping Work Completed at Grasse River Superfund Site, Massena, NY

  • Release Date: November 18, 2021

• EPA Awards $800,000 to Small Businesses in Ithaca and Potsdam, New York to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies

  Part of a $3.2 Million National Announcement

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $800,000 to Small Businesses in Ithaca and Potsdam, New York to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis Facilities in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Continue to Reduce Releases of Toxic Chemicals

  Facilities in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Continue to Reduce Releases of Toxic Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis Facilities in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Continue to Reduce Releases of Toxic Chemicals

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• EPA Awards Over $900,000 to Clean Up 46 School Buses in New York

  First DERA Funds for Alt-Fuel and Electric Buses Offered

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Over $900,000 to Clean Up 46 School Buses in New York

  • Release Date: April 20, 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

• 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

• $2.8 Million in Grants to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  Eighteen grants awarded to projects in New York

  EPA News Release: $2.8 Million in Grants to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 6, 2021

• 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