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• Settlement with Merit Energy resolves violations of oil pollution prevention regulations in Wyoming

  Agreement with Texas-based company resolves findings of non-compliance at Hot Springs County oil production facility

  EPA News Release: Settlement with Merit Energy resolves violations of oil pollution prevention regulations in Wyoming

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA selects Groundwork Denver to receive $178,000 Brownfields job training grant to build a skilled environmental workforce in Sheridan, Colorado

  Groundwork Denver one of 18 organizations selected nationwide to support environmental job training in economically distressed communities

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Groundwork Denver to receive $178,000 Brownfields job training grant to build a skilled environmental workforce in Sheridan, Colorado

  • Release Date: March 15, 2021

• EPA settlement with Hess Corporation for Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota gas plant

  Company agrees to penalty associated with inadequate spill prevention and response plans at Tioga facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with Hess Corporation for Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota gas plant

  • Release Date: March 11, 2021

• Public invited to comment on institutional control plan for railroad corridors in the Libby Asbestos Superfund site

  BNSF and EPA plan available for public comment through April 9

  EPA News Release: Public invited to comment on institutional control plan for railroad corridors in the Libby Asbestos Superfund site

  • Release Date: March 9, 2021

• EPA announces grant funding to Focus Points Family Resource Center to develop an urban agriculture training program in Northeast Denver

  EPA News Release: EPA announces grant funding to Focus Points Family Resource Center to develop an urban agriculture training program in Northeast Denver

  • Release Date: March 8, 2021

• EPA announces grant funding to Bessemer Historical Society, Inc. (dba Steelworks Center of the West) to develop an urban agriculture project in Pueblo, Colorado

  Project will improve food access and long-term resiliency in neighborhoods near the Colorado Smelter Superfund site

  EPA News Release: EPA announces grant funding to Bessemer Historical Society, Inc. (dba Steelworks Center of the West) to develop an urban agriculture project in Pueblo, Colorado

  • Release Date: March 8, 2021

• EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act compliance orders to protect public health in Region 8 Indian country

  Seven Administrative Compliance Orders issued to tribal water systems since December 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act compliance orders to protect public health in Region 8 Indian country

  • Release Date: March 2, 2021

• EPA awards Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality $859,000 grant to protect water quality

  EPA partners with the state to protect and restore watersheds, streams and groundwater

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality $859,000 grant to protect water quality

  • Release Date: July 24, 2019

• EPA proposes to delete portion of Idaho Pole Company site in Gallatin County, Montana from Superfund list

  Action makes way proposed housing and commercial redevelopment projects

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes to delete portion of Idaho Pole Company site in Gallatin County, Montana from Superfund list

  • Release Date: July 19, 2019

• Administrator Wheeler Updates Superfund Emphasis List

  Bonita Peak Mining District Site in Colorado remains on list, development of Adaptive Management Plan and site-wide Strategic Plan to advance cleanup progress

  EPA News Release: Administrator Wheeler Updates Superfund Emphasis List

  • Release Date: July 19, 2019

• EPA awards $2.3 million in funding for 21 Small Businesses to develop innovative environmental technologies

  Colorado companies in Wheat Ridge and Lafayette to receive a total of $300,000

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $2.3 million in funding for 21 Small Businesses to develop innovative environmental technologies

  • Release Date: July 18, 2019

• EPA awards South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources over $2.5 million to improve water quality and watershed health throughout the state

  EPA News Release: EPA awards South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources over $2.5 million to improve water quality and watershed health throughout the state

  • Release Date: July 17, 2019

• EPA awards Utah Department of Environmental Quality $959k to restore fisheries, improve water quality and rehabilitate lakes

  One project plans to return Pelican Lake to Blue Ribbon fishery status

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Utah Department of Environmental Quality $959k to restore fisheries, improve water quality and rehabilitate lakes

  • Release Date: July 10, 2019