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• EPA Pacific Southwest Region Announces New Toxics Release Inventory, Covering Expanded Sectors and Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Pacific Southwest Region Announces New Toxics Release Inventory, Covering Expanded Sectors and Chemicals

  • Release Date: March 22, 2024

• EPA Orders City of Los Angeles to Implement Improvements to Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Largest Western U.S. Plant spilled 12.5 million gallons of untreated sewage in July 2021.

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders City of Los Angeles to Implement Improvements to Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• EPA Investing Over $43 Million in New Funding to Protect and Restore San Francisco Bay and Its Watersheds

  EPA will also open a new San Francisco Bay program office later this year

  EPA News Release: EPA Investing Over $43 Million in New Funding to Protect and Restore San Francisco Bay and Its Watersheds

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

  This work will support the County of Maui’s efforts to restore wastewater and drinking water impacted by the wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

  • Release Date: March 11, 2024

• EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List, including the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District in Navajo Nation

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List, including the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District in Navajo Nation

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Proposes to Add Afterthought Mine in Shasta County, Calif. to Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Add Afterthought Mine in Shasta County, Calif. to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Awards Over $650,000 for Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Recycling Project

  Grant funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Over $650,000 for Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Recycling Project

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Completes Nighttime Operations on Sanitary Sewer Lines in Lahaina on March 2nd

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Nighttime Operations on Sanitary Sewer Lines in Lahaina on March 2nd

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• Ventura Coastal Agrees to $270,000 Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations at Visalia Facility

  EPA News Release: Ventura Coastal Agrees to $270,000 Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations at Visalia Facility

  • Release Date: August 31, 2022

• EPA settles with L.A.-Area Amalie Oil for violating Clean Water Act

  Enforcement action protects Los Angeles waterways and sensitive environments from potential oil pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with L.A.-Area Amalie Oil for violating Clean Water Act

  • Release Date: August 23, 2022

• EPA fines Autosales, Inc., which has location in Reno, for selling defeat devices, harming air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Autosales, Inc., which has location in Reno, for selling defeat devices, harming air quality

  • Release Date: August 22, 2022

• U.S. and Mexico agree to invest $474M to address Tijuana River sewage problem

  EPA News Release: U.S. and Mexico agree to invest $474M to address Tijuana River sewage problem

  • Release Date: August 18, 2022

• EPA Awards $350,000 to Advance Environmental Justice in Hawai‘i

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $350,000 to Advance Environmental Justice in Hawai‘i

  • Release Date: August 17, 2022

• Central Valley’s Saputo Cheese Agrees to $170,000 Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations

  Under settlement, facility owner will pay fine, make necessary chemical safety improvements

  EPA News Release: Central Valley’s Saputo Cheese Agrees to $170,000 Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: August 17, 2022

• EPA Awards over $225,000 to Advance Environmental Justice in Arizona

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards over $225,000 to Advance Environmental Justice in Arizona

  • Release Date: August 11, 2022