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• EPA Launches Training Initiative to Reduce Lead Exposure in Underserved SoCal Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Training Initiative to Reduce Lead Exposure in Underserved SoCal Communities

  • Release Date: September 27, 2021

• Seven California Companies recognized as 2021 U.S. EPA Safer Choice Partners

  EPA News Release: Seven California Companies recognized as 2021 U.S. EPA Safer Choice Partners

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• U.S. EPA issues new emergency order on drinking water safety to Oasis Mobile Home Park

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA issues new emergency order on drinking water safety to Oasis Mobile Home Park

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

• U.S. EPA, CalEPA launch joint effort to strengthen environmental enforcement in communities overburdened by pollution

  New agreement will serve as model for other EPA and state partnerships on environmental justice

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA, CalEPA launch joint effort to strengthen environmental enforcement in communities overburdened by pollution

  • Release Date: September 10, 2021

• U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  Under settlements, facility owners will pay fines, make safety improvements

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 9, 2021

• U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaiian Ice for chemical safety violations

  2017 chemical release resulted in evacuation of nearby business community

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA penalizes Hawaiian Ice for chemical safety violations

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• U.S. EPA multa a BC Systems por violar los requisitos de prevención de accidentes con sustancias químicas en sus instalaciones de Arizona y California

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA multa a BC Systems por violar los requisitos de prevención de accidentes con sustancias químicas en sus instalaciones de Arizona y California

  • Release Date: December 22, 2020

• U.S. EPA Fines BC Systems for Violating Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements at Arizona and California Facilities

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Fines BC Systems for Violating Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements at Arizona and California Facilities

  • Release Date: December 22, 2020

• EPA Announces $85 Million Loan to San Mateo, California to Improve Wastewater Management

  Nationally, 41 WIFIA loans are helping finance more than $16.8 billion in water infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $85 Million Loan to San Mateo, California to Improve Wastewater Management

  • Release Date: December 21, 2020

• EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in California after wildfires

  Agency’s work was first element in two-phase recovery process for burned properties

  EPA News Release: EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in California after wildfires

  • Release Date: December 17, 2020

• Oxnard, Calif., Company to Pay $390,000 Fine for Illegally Discharging Wastewater

  Parker-Hannifin will also upgrade equipment to better protect coastal waters

  EPA News Release: Oxnard, Calif., Company to Pay $390,000 Fine for Illegally Discharging Wastewater

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA orders the closure of cesspool in Kauai to protect water resources

  EPA News Release: EPA orders the closure of cesspool in Kauai to protect water resources

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  • Release Date: December 15, 2020

• EPA Awards Nearly $4.5 Million Grant to Improve and Protect Arizona’s Water Quality

  Funds will support Arizona’s Nonpoint Source Management Plan, which implements high priority projects that have the greatest water quality impacts

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $4.5 Million Grant to Improve and Protect Arizona’s Water Quality

  • Release Date: December 15, 2020

• EPA Awards nearly $1.4 Million Grant to Improve and Protect Nevada’s Water Quality

  Approval of Nevada’s Nonpoint Source Management Plan leverages local partnerships

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards nearly $1.4 Million Grant to Improve and Protect Nevada’s Water Quality

  • Release Date: December 1, 2020