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• EPA Announces $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Initiatives Under the American Rescue Plan

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Initiatives Under the American Rescue Plan

  • Release Date: June 25, 2021

• EPA Announces $2.16 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Revitalize Brownfield Sites in Maine

  Funds are part of $11.6 million awarded nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $2.16 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Revitalize Brownfield Sites in Maine

  • Release Date: June 23, 2021

• EPA Announces Selections of Charter Members to the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

  Concurrently, EPA issues a call for nominations for the CASAC Particulate Matter Panel

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Selections of Charter Members to the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2021

• Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  EPA News Release: Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA, Newark to Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA, Newark to Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: June 11, 2021

• EPA reaches settlement with landowners in Duchesne County, Utah to restore Duchesne River and floodplain on Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Karl and David Lamb to restore portions of the Duchesne River and floodplain impacted by unpermitted construction activities

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlement with landowners in Duchesne County, Utah to restore Duchesne River and floodplain on Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: June 10, 2021

• EPA Reverses 2020 Rule, Restoring Key Functions of Environmental Appeals Board, Promoting Fairness and Integrity in Decision-Making 

  This rule restores transparency and meaningful public participation to the board’s impartial appeals process

  EPA News Release: EPA Reverses 2020 Rule, Restoring Key Functions of Environmental Appeals Board, Promoting Fairness and Integrity in Decision-Making 

  • Release Date: June 9, 2021

• Registration Open for Environmental Justice Academy in Dayton

  EPA and Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission Co-Sponsoring EJ Academy

  EPA News Release: Registration Open for Environmental Justice Academy in Dayton

  • Release Date: June 7, 2021

• EPA Administrator Regan Visits North Dakota to Hear from Elected Officials, Industry, Environmental Leaders, Makes First Visit to Indian Country

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Visits North Dakota to Hear from Elected Officials, Industry, Environmental Leaders, Makes First Visit to Indian Country

  • Release Date: June 4, 2021

• EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  Three Sacramento area food hubs to lead downtown and neighborhood revitalization

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to Helping Sacramento Food Hubs

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  Project encourages community-led downtown and neighborhood revitalization, enhanced local economies and job creation, improved diet and health, and increased environment protection efforts

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• Statement by Administrator Regan on the President’s FY 2022 Budget

  The President’s FY 2022 budget request of $11.2 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency makes historic investments in environmental justice, science, support for the EPA’s state and local programs, and reverses years of declining operating budgets

  EPA News Release: Statement by Administrator Regan on the President’s FY 2022 Budget

  • Release Date: June 2, 2021

• EPA Commits to Helping 13 Communities Revitalize Neighborhoods by Developing Local Food Systems

  The project encourages community-led downtown and neighborhood revitalization, enhanced local economies and job creation, improved diet and health, and increased environment protection efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Commits to Helping 13 Communities Revitalize Neighborhoods by Developing Local Food Systems

  • Release Date: June 2, 2021