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• EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  Waste Management, Inc., agrees to pay $104k penalty and make immediate improvements

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA awards 15 Northwest tribes nearly $2 million for water quality improvement and wetland program development

  EPA News Release: EPA awards 15 Northwest tribes nearly $2 million for water quality improvement and wetland program development

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: September 21, 2021

• EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  Owens-Brockway Glass failed to report chromium used in glassmaking

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  • Release Date: September 16, 2021

• EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  Settlement resolves claims stemming from 2016 UPRR train derailment, spill, and fire

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

• EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA: Soil, Water, and Columbia River bottom near Army Corps facility are contaminated with PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals, and other contaminants.

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• U. S. Settles with Trident Seafoods Corporation to Reduce Ozone-Depleting Emissions

  EPA News Release: U. S. Settles with Trident Seafoods Corporation to Reduce Ozone-Depleting Emissions

  • Release Date: February 19, 2019

• Northwest stove supplier settles with EPA over sales of uncertified wood stoves

  EPA News Release: Northwest stove supplier settles with EPA over sales of uncertified wood stoves

  • Release Date: February 14, 2019

• EPA to Announce First-Ever Comprehensive Nationwide PFAS Action Plan

  MEDIA ADVISORY

  EPA News Release: EPA to Announce First-Ever Comprehensive Nationwide PFAS Action Plan

  • Release Date: February 13, 2019

• EPA funded projects ensure safe drinking water and protect water quality throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  EPA Advances President Trump's Infrastructure Agenda Through Accelerated Investments in America's Water Infrastructure

  EPA News Release: EPA funded projects ensure safe drinking water and protect water quality throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  • Release Date: February 7, 2019

• EPA awards five Pacific Northwest tribes nearly $500k for water quality and habitat restoration

  EPA News Release: EPA awards five Pacific Northwest tribes nearly $500k for water quality and habitat restoration

  • Release Date: February 5, 2019