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• Smith Frozen Foods to pay $100,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations

  EPA News Release: Smith Frozen Foods to pay $100,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: August 22, 2022

• EPA Awards $400,000 Environmental Education Grants to Empower Students, Teachers and Communities in Oregon and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $400,000 Environmental Education Grants to Empower Students, Teachers and Communities in Oregon and Washington

  • Release Date: August 18, 2022

• EPA Regional Administrator to tout brownfields investments in Portland low-income housing

  Agency has provided Oregon with $8.3 million to revitalize blighted sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator to tout brownfields investments in Portland low-income housing

  • Release Date: August 11, 2022

• EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

  Up to $6.9 million in Clean Water Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will be awarded to reduce toxics in fish and water, address climate impacts in communities throughout the Basin

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Kicks Off Tour of Iconic Waters, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act 

  EPA News Release: EPA Kicks Off Tour of Iconic Waters, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act 

  • Release Date: August 5, 2022

• GT Metals & Salvage pays Clean Water Act penalty

  The company agreed to pay a $50,300 penalty for stormwater pollution violations

  EPA News Release: GT Metals & Salvage pays Clean Water Act penalty

  • Release Date: March 31, 2022

• EPA Proposes to Restore Protective Pollution Standards for Washington Waters

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Restore Protective Pollution Standards for Washington Waters

  • Release Date: March 29, 2022

• EPA grants $32 million to Oregon for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure improvements

  State estimates $70 million for wastewater, $70 million for drinking water projects

  EPA News Release: EPA grants $32 million to Oregon for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure improvements

  • Release Date: March 24, 2022

• EPA grants $20 million to Alaska for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure improvements

  State estimates $94 million for wastewater, $57 million for drinking water projects

  EPA News Release: EPA grants $20 million to Alaska for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure improvements

  • Release Date: March 24, 2022

• EPA grants $52 million to Washington for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure improvements

  State estimates $253.5 million available for wastewater, $22 million for drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA grants $52 million to Washington for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure improvements

  • Release Date: March 24, 2022

• State of Alaska and Fairbanks North Star Borough Receive $5.6 Million EPA Grant to Improve Air Quality in Fairbanks

  EPA News Release: State of Alaska and Fairbanks North Star Borough Receive $5.6 Million EPA Grant to Improve Air Quality in Fairbanks

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA and Justice Department Propose Settlement to Resolve Federal Hazardous Waste and Oil Spill Prevention Violations on the North Slope of Alaska

  EPA News Release: EPA and Justice Department Propose Settlement to Resolve Federal Hazardous Waste and Oil Spill Prevention Violations on the North Slope of Alaska

  • Release Date: March 16, 2022

• EPA penalizes Hilcorp Alaska $180,580 for Clean Air Act violations

  Company allowed methane, VOC leaks to go undetected and unrepaired

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Hilcorp Alaska $180,580 for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: March 8, 2022

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory report shows decline in chemical releases in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory report shows decline in chemical releases in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022