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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Million in EPA Brownfields Grants to Train California Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities

  EPA selects three California organizations to receive grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Million in EPA Brownfields Grants to Train California Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA Settlement Results in Closure of Four Big Island Cesspools

  American Savings Bank will close illegal former Kealakekua Branch cesspool, undertake supplemental environmental project to close three additional cesspools

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Results in Closure of Four Big Island Cesspools

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022

• U.S. EPA Fines BC Systems for Violating Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements at Arizona and California Facilities

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Fines BC Systems for Violating Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements at Arizona and California Facilities

  • Release Date: December 22, 2020

• EPA Announces $85 Million Loan to San Mateo, California to Improve Wastewater Management

  Nationally, 41 WIFIA loans are helping finance more than $16.8 billion in water infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $85 Million Loan to San Mateo, California to Improve Wastewater Management

  • Release Date: December 21, 2020

• EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in California after wildfires

  Agency’s work was first element in two-phase recovery process for burned properties

  EPA News Release: EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in California after wildfires

  • Release Date: December 17, 2020

• Oxnard, Calif., Company to Pay $390,000 Fine for Illegally Discharging Wastewater

  Parker-Hannifin will also upgrade equipment to better protect coastal waters

  EPA News Release: Oxnard, Calif., Company to Pay $390,000 Fine for Illegally Discharging Wastewater

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  • Release Date: December 15, 2020

• U.S. Navy to upgrade wastewater treatment plant on California’s San Clemente Island following agreement with U.S. EPA

  EPA News Release: U.S. Navy to upgrade wastewater treatment plant on California’s San Clemente Island following agreement with U.S. EPA

  • Release Date: November 23, 2020

• U.S. EPA Invites California to Apply for $695 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  Brand new loan program will help states finance more infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Invites California to Apply for $695 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: November 19, 2020

• U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  $2.5 million to be awarded nation-wide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• U.S. EPA Announces $200,000 Environmental Justice Grant to California Office of Planning & Research

  Agency awards $2 million to states and tribes nationwide for communities facing environmental justice challenges that are impacted by COVID-19

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces $200,000 Environmental Justice Grant to California Office of Planning & Research

  • Release Date: November 16, 2020

• EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020

• U.S. EPA Announces Nearly $500 Million for Water Infrastructure Projects in Northern California

  Nationally, 40 WIFIA loans are helping finance more than $16.6 billion in water infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces Nearly $500 Million for Water Infrastructure Projects in Northern California

  • Release Date: November 10, 2020

• U.S. EPA settles with New York’s Quest USA Corp. for importing unregistered disinfectant product into Los Angeles

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with New York’s Quest USA Corp. for importing unregistered disinfectant product into Los Angeles

  • Release Date: November 9, 2020

• U.S. EPA Recognizes Pacific Southwest Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Recognizes Pacific Southwest Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020