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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

• 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