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• EPA Region 4 Administrator Recognizes Black History Month at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Administrator Recognizes Black History Month at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi

  • Release Date: February 23, 2022

• EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA Recognizes 49 Water Infrastructure Projects for Excellence and Innovation

  4 Honorable Mentions in Southeast Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes 49 Water Infrastructure Projects for Excellence and Innovation

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• EPA Region 4 Announces 2021 Pollution Prevention Recognition Award Winners in the Southeast

  Awardees in Kentucky, Mississippi and South Carolina recognized for distinguished efforts to prevent pollution.

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Announces 2021 Pollution Prevention Recognition Award Winners in the Southeast

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• Public Comment Period on EPA’s Proposed Settlement Agreement with New Indy Catawba, LLC Extended

  EPA News Release: Public Comment Period on EPA’s Proposed Settlement Agreement with New Indy Catawba, LLC Extended

  • Release Date: February 9, 2022

• EPA Announces $3.8 Million in Grants to Train Environmental Workers for Jobs Created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  EPA selects 19 organizations to receive Brownfields Job Training Grants to boost workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3.8 Million in Grants to Train Environmental Workers for Jobs Created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  • Release Date: February 2, 2022

• EPA Expands Pesticide Outreach and Education to Better Meet the Needs of Pesticide Applicators, including Farmworkers, and Consumers

  Kicks off Fifth Annual National Pesticide Safety Education Month with new Spanish-language Pesticide Safety Videos for Farmworkers

  EPA News Release: EPA Expands Pesticide Outreach and Education to Better Meet the Needs of Pesticide Applicators, including Farmworkers, and Consumers

  • Release Date: February 1, 2022

• EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in North Carolina

  Nationally, EPA announces plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to clear out the Superfund backlog

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in North Carolina

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in Tennessee

  Nationally, EPA announces plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to clear out the Superfund backlog

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in Tennessee

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in Florida

  Nationally, EPA announces plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to clear out the Superfund backlog

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in Florida

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup at the Southeastern Wood Preserving Superfund Site in Canton, Mississippi

  Nationally, EPA announces plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to clear out the Superfund backlog

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup at the Southeastern Wood Preserving Superfund Site in Canton, Mississippi

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Awards 2021 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities in the Southeast

  Nationally, EPA Announces $14.1 Million to Fund 133 Environmental Justice Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards 2021 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities in the Southeast

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement with George Prepared Foods Corporation Safeguards Tennesseans

  EPA News Release: EPA Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement with George Prepared Foods Corporation Safeguards Tennesseans

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $3 Million in Funding to Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies

  North Carolina projects to receive approximately $300,000 in funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $3 Million in Funding to Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Opens $20 Million Grant Competition for Community Air Pollution Monitoring

  Air monitoring projects can help foster transparency and accountability to reduce pollution in underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens $20 Million Grant Competition for Community Air Pollution Monitoring

  • Release Date: December 13, 2021