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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

• Three Local Washington & Oregon Projects Share Nearly $100,000 in Five Star Urban Waters Grants

  Partnership between EPA and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation powers community-led projects to restore urban waters and streams, address water quality in priority watersheds

  EPA News Release: Three Local Washington & Oregon Projects Share Nearly $100,000 in Five Star Urban Waters Grants

  • Release Date: August 28, 2019

• Federal Green Challenge Winners in the Pacific Northwest Save Taxpayers’ Money and Promote Efficiency

  EPA News Release: Federal Green Challenge Winners in the Pacific Northwest Save Taxpayers’ Money and Promote Efficiency

  • Release Date: August 22, 2019

• EPA awards Idaho Department of Environmental Quality nearly $2 million to protect water quality statewide

  EPA partners with Idaho to protect and restore watersheds, streams and groundwater

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Idaho Department of Environmental Quality nearly $2 million to protect water quality statewide

  • Release Date: August 22, 2019

• EPA and Coeur Alaska Settle Over Alleged Kensington Mine Pollution Discharges

  Company will pay fines after 2015 inspection reveals violations of multiple environmental rules

  EPA News Release: EPA and Coeur Alaska Settle Over Alleged Kensington Mine Pollution Discharges

  • Release Date: August 8, 2019