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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $126,864,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $126,864,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• La EPA y el Estado de Colorado publican la versión final del plan de trabajo para dar prioridad a la ejecución y cumplimiento de las normas y reglamentos en las comunidades con un alto nivel de contaminación

  EPA News Release: La EPA y el Estado de Colorado publican la versión final del plan de trabajo para dar prioridad a la ejecución y cumplimiento de las normas y reglamentos en las comunidades con un alto nivel de contaminación

  • Release Date: March 30, 2023

• EPA Proposes Former Uranium Mining District on Navajo Nation for Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Former Uranium Mining District on Navajo Nation for Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: March 30, 2023

• EPA and Colorado release final enforcement and compliance workplan to prioritize heavily polluted communities

  EPA News Release: EPA and Colorado release final enforcement and compliance workplan to prioritize heavily polluted communities

  • Release Date: March 30, 2023

• EPA to Add Oklahoma Superfund Site to the National Priorities List

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Fansteel Metals Superfund site to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment.

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023

• EPA to Add Louisiana Superfund Site to the National Priorities List

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Louisiana Superfund site Capitol Lakes to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment.

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023

• EPA Announces $3M Each to Missouri and Nebraska to Fund Innovative Projects That Tackle Climate Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3M Each to Missouri and Nebraska to Fund Innovative Projects That Tackle Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: March 27, 2023

• United States Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against Denka Performance Elastomer to Immediately Reduce Chloroprene Emissions

  EPA News Release: United States Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against Denka Performance Elastomer to Immediately Reduce Chloroprene Emissions

  • Release Date: March 20, 2023

• EPA Region 7 Administrator Attends Brownfields Job Training Graduation Ceremony at Ozark Correctional Center

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Administrator Attends Brownfields Job Training Graduation Ceremony at Ozark Correctional Center

  • Release Date: March 10, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $16 Million for Pollution Prevention in Environmental Justice Communities

  EPA grants made possible by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will support businesses in developing and adopting pollution prevention practices that advance environmental justice and protect underserved communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $16 Million for Pollution Prevention in Environmental Justice Communities

  • Release Date: March 8, 2023

• EPA Announces $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  Grants will support projects that advance environmental justice by preventing pollution in historically disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: March 8, 2023

• EPA and Senator Chuck Schumer Highlight the Transition to Clean School Buses After Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investment for New York City Children

  EPA News Release: EPA and Senator Chuck Schumer Highlight the Transition to Clean School Buses After Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investment for New York City Children

  • Release Date: October 31, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $13 Million from EPA's Clean School Bus Program for 13 Maine School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America's school bus fleet; Includes Major investment for Wells, Maine

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $13 Million from EPA's Clean School Bus Program for 13 Maine School Districts

  • Release Date: October 31, 2022

• EPA Unveils Historic National Lead Strategy in Omaha, Nebraska

  National Lead Strategy release coincides with renewal of EPA’s agreement with Douglas County Health Department for Omaha Lead Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Unveils Historic National Lead Strategy in Omaha, Nebraska

  • Release Date: October 28, 2022

• EPA Releases First-ever Agency-Wide Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  Strategy to reduce impacts of lead-exposure on high-risk communities, builds on historic investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases First-ever Agency-Wide Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022