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• EPA Launches Training Initiative to Reduce Lead Exposure in Underserved SoCal Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Training Initiative to Reduce Lead Exposure in Underserved SoCal Communities

  • Release Date: September 27, 2021

• Seven California Companies recognized as 2021 U.S. EPA Safer Choice Partners

  EPA News Release: Seven California Companies recognized as 2021 U.S. EPA Safer Choice Partners

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• U.S. EPA, CalEPA launch joint effort to strengthen environmental enforcement in communities overburdened by pollution

  New agreement will serve as model for other EPA and state partnerships on environmental justice

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA, CalEPA launch joint effort to strengthen environmental enforcement in communities overburdened by pollution

  • Release Date: September 10, 2021

• U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  Under settlements, facility owners will pay fines, make safety improvements

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Penalizes Four California Facilities More Than $800,000 for Clean Air Act Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 9, 2021

• 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