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• EPA issues first ever underground injection permits for carbon sequestration in California

  Carbon sequestration will be used at Kern County site to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate climate change

  EPA News Release: EPA issues first ever underground injection permits for carbon sequestration in California

  • Release Date: December 31, 2024

• EPA announces a Record of Decision for the Anniston PCB Site Operable Unit 4 Proposed Plan

  EPA News Release: EPA announces a Record of Decision for the Anniston PCB Site Operable Unit 4 Proposed Plan

  • Release Date: December 23, 2024

• EPA and Department of Energy announce $345M to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas sector in Colorado and Wyoming 

  Colorado State University, Pioneer Energy Inc, and Blue Mountain Operations among awardees receiving $850M nationwide  

  EPA News Release: EPA and Department of Energy announce $345M to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas sector in Colorado and Wyoming 

  • Release Date: December 23, 2024

• EPA and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  Grant selectees from EPA’s Southeastern Region include M2X Energy, Inc. of Rockledge, Florida and the University of Kentucky Research Foundation in Lexington, Kentucky

  EPA News Release: EPA and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• Crane Company Manitowoc to Pay $42.6M for Clean Air Act Violations for Sale of Noncompliant Diesel Engines in Heavy Duty Cranes

  Settlement requires company to retrofit a short-line locomotive engine to improve air quality along 70-mile-long pathway in the Sparrows Point area of Maryland

  EPA News Release: Crane Company Manitowoc to Pay $42.6M for Clean Air Act Violations for Sale of Noncompliant Diesel Engines in Heavy Duty Cranes

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• EPA Fines Two Companies for Violating Clean Water Act at Residential Construction Project in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Two Companies for Violating Clean Water Act at Residential Construction Project in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• La EPA multa a dos empresas por infringir la Ley Federal de Agua Limpia en un proyecto de construcción residencial en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: La EPA multa a dos empresas por infringir la Ley Federal de Agua Limpia en un proyecto de construcción residencial en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• EPA Completes Cleanup at 296 Properties this Year at the Jacobsville Superfund Site in Evansville, Indiana

  Work will shut down for winter months and resume in the spring

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Cleanup at 296 Properties this Year at the Jacobsville Superfund Site in Evansville, Indiana

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• State and federal agencies respond to public comments, move forward on plans for cleaning up tank waste at Hanford Site

  EPA News Release: State and federal agencies respond to public comments, move forward on plans for cleaning up tank waste at Hanford Site

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• Public meeting scheduled to review remediation plans for Woods Pond area of GE-Pittsfield Housatonic River Site

  EPA News Release: Public meeting scheduled to review remediation plans for Woods Pond area of GE-Pittsfield Housatonic River Site

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• EPA Announces $500,000 to Nevada’s Nye Communities Coalition for Job Training

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $500,000 to Nevada’s Nye Communities Coalition for Job Training

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  EPA News Release: Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington D.C. under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington D.C. under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA Grants Waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations

  Agency additionally grants waiver for low-NOx regulations for heavy-duty and off-road vehicles and engines

  EPA News Release: EPA Grants Waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024