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• State of Washington, federal agencies agree on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site

  EPA News Release: State of Washington, federal agencies agree on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site

  • Release Date: April 29, 2024

• EPA signs agreement for cleanup of the Bradford Island National Priorities List site

  EPA News Release: EPA signs agreement for cleanup of the Bradford Island National Priorities List site

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Plan to Address Contamination at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in Brooklyn

  EPA News Release: EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Plan to Address Contamination at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in Brooklyn

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• $15 million construction project for the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site slated to start this summer

  EPA Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding supplied to Vermont's Department of Environmental Conservation will go to groundwater cleanup at the site

  EPA News Release: $15 million construction project for the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site slated to start this summer

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• EPA and State of New Jersey Propose Settlement that will provide nearly $19 million for the Riverside Industrial Park Superfund Site in Newark, New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA and State of New Jersey Propose Settlement that will provide nearly $19 million for the Riverside Industrial Park Superfund Site in Newark, New Jersey

  • Release Date: April 16, 2024

• EPA Approves Plan to Remove PCB Contamination at the North Austin Community Center in Chicago

  Residents may see increased truck traffic around the site

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Plan to Remove PCB Contamination at the North Austin Community Center in Chicago

  • Release Date: April 15, 2024

• EPA Proposes Plan to Address Contamination in Buildings at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in Brooklyn

  Public Meeting to be Held on April 16

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Plan to Address Contamination in Buildings at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in Brooklyn

  • Release Date: April 5, 2024

• EPA Issues Final Cleanup Plan for New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Nassau County, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Final Cleanup Plan for New Cassel/Hicksville Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Nassau County, New York

  • Release Date: April 3, 2024

• EPA to Resume Removal of Lead-Contaminated Soil at Residences Near Former Battery Factory in Logansport, Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA to Resume Removal of Lead-Contaminated Soil at Residences Near Former Battery Factory in Logansport, Indiana

  • Release Date: April 1, 2024

• 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 Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa

  Four-day trip in June will celebrate nearly $6M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to communities and coalitions

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Meg McCollister Launches EPA Region 7 Brownfields Investing in America Tour to Missouri and Iowa

  • 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $12 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Brownfields Job Training Grants

  EPA seeking applications for up to $12 million in Brownfields Job Training Grants that will support local environmental job training programs and environmental workforce in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $12 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Brownfields Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: May 30, 2023

• EPA awards $1 million to clean up and revitalize Keating School property in Pueblo, Colorado’s Bessemer neighborhood 

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will address contamination and redevelop historic building as a theater and community space 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1 million to clean up and revitalize Keating School property in Pueblo, Colorado’s Bessemer neighborhood 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA awards $500,000 to San Miguel County, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize properties in Norwood, Telluride and Ophir  

  Funding will address contamination at dozens of properties, including former mining sites, gas stations, a school and a power plant   

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500,000 to San Miguel County, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize properties in Norwood, Telluride and Ophir  

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023