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• Solar Panel Installation Begins at Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke Superfund Site in Ironton, Ohio

  EPA News Release: Solar Panel Installation Begins at Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke Superfund Site in Ironton, Ohio

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• EPA and MPCA Announce $6M Sediment Cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Scanlon, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA and MPCA Announce $6M Sediment Cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Scanlon, Minnesota

  • Release Date: August 23, 2021

• EPA Removes Ohio’s Ashtabula River from Binational List of Areas of Concern on the Great Lakes

  Nearly $70 million for cleanup and restoration results in Ohio’s first area of concern delisting

  EPA News Release: EPA Removes Ohio’s Ashtabula River from Binational List of Areas of Concern on the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: August 19, 2021

• EPA Order Requires Cahokia Heights, Illinois, to Address Problems with the City’s Sanitary Sewer System

  EPA News Release: EPA Order Requires Cahokia Heights, Illinois, to Address Problems with the City’s Sanitary Sewer System

  • Release Date: August 16, 2021

• Work to start in September at Peoples Gas Crawford Station in Chicago

  Federal officials will provide updates, answer questions at August 17 virtual public meeting

  EPA News Release: Work to start in September at Peoples Gas Crawford Station in Chicago

  • Release Date: August 11, 2021

• EPA Orders Action and Monitoring to Protect Drinking Water for Residents of Cahokia Heights, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Action and Monitoring to Protect Drinking Water for Residents of Cahokia Heights, Illinois

  • Release Date: August 3, 2021

• EPA Releases Dredged Material Decision Tool to Help with Sediment Disposal Decisions

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Dredged Material Decision Tool to Help with Sediment Disposal Decisions

  • Release Date: August 3, 2021

• U.S. EPA Begins Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Sebring Industrial Plating Site in Sebring, Ohio

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Begins Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Sebring Industrial Plating Site in Sebring, Ohio

  • Release Date: August 2, 2021

• EPA and MPCA announce $16 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA and MPCA announce $16 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021

• EPA modifies cleanup plan for Lemberger Landfill and Lemberger Transport & Recycling Superfund Sites in Wisconsin

  EPA News Release: EPA modifies cleanup plan for Lemberger Landfill and Lemberger Transport & Recycling Superfund Sites in Wisconsin

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021

• EPA reaches milestone of restoring 100 beneficial uses at various Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  100 out of a total of 255 Beneficial Use Impairments have now been removed

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches milestone of restoring 100 beneficial uses at various Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: January 14, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Invites 3 Chicago-Area Projects to Apply for $461 million in Loans to Improve Water Quality

  55 projects across the country will provide water infrastructure upgrades for 30 million Americans while creating over 40,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites 3 Chicago-Area Projects to Apply for $461 million in Loans to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  For the second time, GLRI grants available to keep trash out of the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021

• EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  Virtual Public Hearings Scheduled for Jan. 12, Jan. 14; Public Comment Period Ends Jan. 20

  EPA News Release: EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021