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• Comments Sought on Proposed Interim Groundwater Cleanup Plan at New Hampshire Plating Company Superfund Site, Merrimack, N.H.

  EPA News Release: Comments Sought on Proposed Interim Groundwater Cleanup Plan at New Hampshire Plating Company Superfund Site, Merrimack, N.H.

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• EPA Proposes Updated Protection for Boston Coastal Waters in New Draft Permit for MWRA Deer Island Facility and 43 Contributing Communities

  Draft Permit includes provisions to address climate impacts and lingering combined sewer overflows

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updated Protection for Boston Coastal Waters in New Draft Permit for MWRA Deer Island Facility and 43 Contributing Communities

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Environmental Compliance History Database Continues Upgrades Through Introduction of Clean Air Tracking Tool

  Search tool allows communities to quantify local air pollution and identify source

  EPA News Release: Environmental Compliance History Database Continues Upgrades Through Introduction of Clean Air Tracking Tool

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases

  EPA News Release: St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Eastman Chemical Resins Inc. to pay $2.4 million penalty for multiple environmental violations at West Elizabeth Pa. facility

  EPA News Release: Eastman Chemical Resins Inc. to pay $2.4 million penalty for multiple environmental violations at West Elizabeth Pa. facility

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA awards $800,000 to Silverton, Colorado, for property cleanup and revitalization 

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will address mining-related contamination at downtown properties and along the Animas River and Cement Creek corridors 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $800,000 to Silverton, Colorado, for property cleanup and revitalization 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION IN SACKETT v. EPA

  EPA News Release: STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION IN SACKETT v. EPA

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA to Award Over $10 Million in Grants to Support Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches to Protect Public Health

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award Over $10 Million in Grants to Support Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA Announces $369 Million Loan to Strengthen Stormwater Management, Climate Resilience in San Francisco

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $369 Million Loan to Strengthen Stormwater Management, Climate Resilience in San Francisco

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA to award over $1 million in grants to support water quality monitoring at Mid-Atlantic beaches to protect swimmers’ health

  EPA News Release: EPA to award over $1 million in grants to support water quality monitoring at Mid-Atlantic beaches to protect swimmers’ health

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• Watts Regulator Company pays penalty under settlement with EPA for alleged violations of product safety law

  EPA News Release: Watts Regulator Company pays penalty under settlement with EPA for alleged violations of product safety law

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• EPA Takes Action to Protect Sandberg Creek and Fines Newburg Egg Processing Corp. for Violating Clean Water Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Protect Sandberg Creek and Fines Newburg Egg Processing Corp. for Violating Clean Water Act

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• EPA Announces $173 Million Investment to Strengthen Drought Resilience in Ventura, California

  This investment is part of a $38 billion for America’s water infrastructure through WIFIA

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $173 Million Investment to Strengthen Drought Resilience in Ventura, California

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• EPA to Engage the Public on Great Lakes Restoration and Protection Priorities

  First public session to be in Cleveland on June 7

  EPA News Release: EPA to Engage the Public on Great Lakes Restoration and Protection Priorities

  • Release Date: May 19, 2023