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• Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Nonprofit to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue Environmental Justice grants across EPA Region 8 over the next three years  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA recognizes U.S. Finishing/ Cone Mills Superfund Site for Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  EPA News Release: EPA recognizes U.S. Finishing/ Cone Mills Superfund Site for Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023

• Media Advisory: U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills receives EPA’s Excellence in Site Re-Use Award

  EPA News Release: Media Advisory: U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills receives EPA’s Excellence in Site Re-Use Award

  • Release Date: December 5, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to Recognize Charleston, South Carolina Superfund Site for Excellence in Reuse

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to Recognize Charleston, South Carolina Superfund Site for Excellence in Reuse

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $1.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across South Carolina as part of Investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $1.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across South Carolina as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Clemson University to Receive $768,950 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Clemson University to Receive $768,950 Pollution Prevention Grant to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in South Carolina Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration invests more than $592,253 in South Carolina Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• EPA urges preparedness across Southeast as 2023 hurricane season begins

  EPA News Release: EPA urges preparedness across Southeast as 2023 hurricane season begins

  • Release Date: June 7, 2023

• EPA and Congressional officials encourage grant applications for zero emission school buses

  EPA News Release: EPA and Congressional officials encourage grant applications for zero emission school buses

  • Release Date: June 5, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $9 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in South Carolina

  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 $9 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in South Carolina

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA Region 8 encourages the public to comment on proposals to cut ethylene oxide emissions from commercial sterilizers and healthcare facilities 

  Proposals would limit emissions of harmful chemical at facilities across EPA Region 8 states of Colo., Mont., N.D., S.D., Utah, and Wyo. 

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 encourages the public to comment on proposals to cut ethylene oxide emissions from commercial sterilizers and healthcare facilities 

  • Release Date: May 19, 2023

• Georgetown, South Carolina Chemical Plant to Address Clean Air Act Violations Under Settlement

  EPA News Release: Georgetown, South Carolina Chemical Plant to Address Clean Air Act Violations Under Settlement

  • Release Date: May 3, 2023

• EPA Celebrates the 2023 Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth and Educator Awards in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates the 2023 Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth and Educator Awards in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina

  • Release Date: April 26, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Nation including South Carolina

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Nation including South Carolina

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7,684,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in South Carolina

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7,684,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in South Carolina

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023