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• After Successfully Obtaining a Preliminary Injunction, Justice Department and EPA Reach Clean Air Act Settlement with Gear Box Z for Selling Defeat Devices

  EPA News Release: After Successfully Obtaining a Preliminary Injunction, Justice Department and EPA Reach Clean Air Act Settlement with Gear Box Z for Selling Defeat Devices

  • Release Date: August 30, 2021

• EPA Settles with Chevron, Levies Penalty, for Hazardous Waste Violations at Montebello, CA Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Chevron, Levies Penalty, for Hazardous Waste Violations at Montebello, CA Facility

  • Release Date: August 26, 2021

• EPA Awards UC Berkeley, the Oakland Public Health Institute, and Stanford nearly $3 Million for Research to Reduce Wildland Fire Smoke Exposure

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards UC Berkeley, the Oakland Public Health Institute, and Stanford nearly $3 Million for Research to Reduce Wildland Fire Smoke Exposure

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• EPA Levies Penalty Against SoCal Company for Illegal Antimicrobial Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Levies Penalty Against SoCal Company for Illegal Antimicrobial Products

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• Sierra County mine agrees with U.S. EPA to install wastewater treatment, protecting local waterways

  EPA News Release: Sierra County mine agrees with U.S. EPA to install wastewater treatment, protecting local waterways

  • Release Date: August 24, 2021

• EPA Announces two Northern California Winners of President’s Student Environmental Awards

  Watsonville, Calif. student group and Pleasanton, Calif. student among those recognized in a virtual ceremony by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces two Northern California Winners of President’s Student Environmental Awards

  • Release Date: August 16, 2021

• EPA levies penalties against SoCal renovation firms for lead-related violations in L.A. schools

  EPA News Release: EPA levies penalties against SoCal renovation firms for lead-related violations in L.A. schools

  • Release Date: August 11, 2021

• EPA settles with Shell to recover $29.5 Million for cleanup work done at Fullerton, Calif., Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Shell to recover $29.5 Million for cleanup work done at Fullerton, Calif., Superfund Site

  • Release Date: August 10, 2021

• EPA Awards $1,350,000 to UC Davis for Research to Understand Children’s Exposure to Chemicals in Household Dust

  Research will look at exposure of children to chemicals in household dust

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1,350,000 to UC Davis for Research to Understand Children’s Exposure to Chemicals in Household Dust

  • Release Date: August 9, 2021

• Praxair in Carson, Calif., pays $127,000 EPA penalty for violations of law related to ammonia storage, risk management

  EPA News Release: Praxair in Carson, Calif., pays $127,000 EPA penalty for violations of law related to ammonia storage, risk management

  • Release Date: August 4, 2021

• Bay Area Communities Awarded $1.5 Million in Revitalization Funds Through EPA’s Brownfields Program

  Grants announced at a virtual event with East Bay Community Energy

  EPA News Release: Bay Area Communities Awarded $1.5 Million in Revitalization Funds Through EPA’s Brownfields Program

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• San Diego Firm and Owner Pleads Guilty to Illegal Importation, Sale and Mailing of Product Marketed as COVID-19 Killer

  EPA News Release: San Diego Firm and Owner Pleads Guilty to Illegal Importation, Sale and Mailing of Product Marketed as COVID-19 Killer

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• EPA Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding

  Brownfields assessment and cleanup grants help underserved communities Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021

• EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Supply Inc. for selling misbranded pesticide

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Supply Inc. for selling misbranded pesticide

  • Release Date: May 6, 2021

• Two Health Programs, both in California, Announced as the Winners of U.S. EPA’s National Asthma Management Awards

  Central California Asthma Collaborative, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego Earn Awards Tied to Asthma Awareness Month

  EPA News Release: Two Health Programs, both in California, Announced as the Winners of U.S. EPA’s National Asthma Management Awards

  • Release Date: May 5, 2021