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• Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  EPA News Release: Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• EPA issues final PCBs reduction plan for Spokane River

  EPA News Release: EPA issues final PCBs reduction plan for Spokane River

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• EPA proposes PCBs cleanup plan for Spokane River

  Public can comment on plan until July 15

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes PCBs cleanup plan for Spokane River

  • Release Date: May 15, 2024

• Squaxin Island Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

  EPA News Release: Squaxin Island Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

  • Release Date: March 1, 2023

• EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

  Up to $6.9 million in Clean Water Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will be awarded to reduce toxics in fish and water, address climate impacts in communities throughout the Basin

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

  EPA News Release: Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

  • Release Date: April 5, 2022

• EPA honors Nisqually Tribe and partners with national award for innovative watershed collaboration

  EPA News Release: EPA honors Nisqually Tribe and partners with national award for innovative watershed collaboration

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• EPA announces $34 million in Puget Sound funding

  National Estuary Program provides funds for state, local, tribal, and federal projects.

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $34 million in Puget Sound funding

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  Projects will help modernize water infrastructure, protect public health, and increase community resilience

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: December 3, 2021

• EPA settles with City of Wapato for wastewater treatment discharge violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with City of Wapato for wastewater treatment discharge violations

  • Release Date: August 5, 2021

• EPA settles with heavy steel fabricator Fought & Company Inc. for federal stormwater violations at Tigard, Oregon, facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with heavy steel fabricator Fought & Company Inc. for federal stormwater violations at Tigard, Oregon, facility

  • Release Date: July 20, 2021

• EPA issues report on health of Salish Sea

  EPA News Release: EPA issues report on health of Salish Sea

  • Release Date: July 14, 2021

• EPA awards $723,000 in grants for beach water quality monitoring in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $723,000 in grants for beach water quality monitoring in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington

  • Release Date: May 10, 2021