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• EPA Secures Agreement from Chemours to Conduct New Sampling for PFAS Contamination near Washington Works, WV Facility

  Agreement Reflects Agency’s National Enforcement Compliance Initiative on Addressing Exposure to PFAS

  EPA News Release: EPA Secures Agreement from Chemours to Conduct New Sampling for PFAS Contamination near Washington Works, WV Facility

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Green & Healthy Homes Initiative to Receive $50,000,000 to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Green & Healthy Homes Initiative to Receive $50,000,000 to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Names Martha Shimkin as New Director of Chesapeake Bay Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Martha Shimkin as New Director of Chesapeake Bay Program

  • Release Date: December 15, 2023

• EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Life in Certain Sections of the Delaware River

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Life in Certain Sections of the Delaware River

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• EPA Mid-Atlantic Administrator Offers Tips for an Environmentally-Friendly Holiday

  EPA News Release: EPA Mid-Atlantic Administrator Offers Tips for an Environmentally-Friendly Holiday

  • Release Date: December 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1 Million to Recruit and Train Pennsylvania Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1 Million to Recruit and Train Pennsylvania Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Region 3 Awards Over $77M for Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Delaware

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

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 3 Awards Over $77M for Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Delaware

  • Release Date: November 30, 2023

• EPA Region 3 Awards More Than $109M for Water Infrastructure Upgrades in West Virginia

  New funding will ensure communities have access to clean waterways and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 3 Awards More Than $109M for Water Infrastructure Upgrades in West Virginia

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• EPA Region 3 Awards Nearly $387M for Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Pennsylvania

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

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 3 Awards Nearly $387M for Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Pennsylvania

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• EPA Region 3 awards more than $62.36 million for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Virginia

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

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 3 awards more than $62.36 million for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Virginia

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• EPA Region 3 Awards Nearly $128M for Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in the District of Columbia

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

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 3 Awards Nearly $128M for Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in the District of Columbia

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• EPA Region 3 Awards More Than $240M for Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Maryland

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

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 3 Awards More Than $240M for Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Maryland

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• United States Brings Civil Enforcement Action for Significant Damage to 21 Acres of Wetlands in Ashland, VA

  EPA News Release: United States Brings Civil Enforcement Action for Significant Damage to 21 Acres of Wetlands in Ashland, VA

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $4.9 Million in Recycling Education and Outreach Funding in EPA’s Mid-Atlantic region as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $4.9 Million in Recycling Education and Outreach Funding in EPA’s Mid-Atlantic region as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• U.S. EPA Mid-Atlantic Region and City of Baltimore celebrate America Recycles Day and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Mid-Atlantic Region and City of Baltimore celebrate America Recycles Day and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023