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• Tesoro to Pay $27.5 Million For Violating Previous Court Order Requiring Them to Reduce Air Pollution at Their Martinez, Calif. Refinery

  Settlement Will Result in Cleaner Air Due to Tesoro’s Forfeiture of Air Emission Credits

  EPA News Release: Tesoro to Pay $27.5 Million For Violating Previous Court Order Requiring Them to Reduce Air Pollution at Their Martinez, Calif. Refinery

  • Release Date: April 27, 2023

• EPA Names Los Angeles as 2023 Top City for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  San Francisco also makes top five in U.S., cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency and reducing emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Los Angeles as 2023 Top City for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  • Release Date: April 26, 2023

• EPA Celebrates Three California Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Three California Winners of the Presidential Environmental Youth Award

  • Release Date: April 25, 2023

• University of Arizona, San Diego State Unveiled as Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Environmental Justice Investments

  Biden-Harris Administration Announces $177 Million for 17 EPA Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Nationwide

  EPA News Release: University of Arizona, San Diego State Unveiled as Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Environmental Justice Investments

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• EPA Settles with Imperial Irrigation District for Safe Drinking Water Act Underground Injection Well Claims

  Enforcement action helps protect Imperial County drinking water sources

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Imperial Irrigation District for Safe Drinking Water Act Underground Injection Well Claims

  • Release Date: April 11, 2023

• EPA Orders Valero Refining to Improve Chemical Safety at Benicia, CA Refinery

  Settlement Also Requires Company to Pay $1.2 Million Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Valero Refining to Improve Chemical Safety at Benicia, CA Refinery

  • Release Date: April 5, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $391 Million for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in California

  Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $391 Million for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in California

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA’s U.S.-Mexico Border 2025 Program Selects Environmental Projects for Implementation in the California/Baja California Border Region

  Funding $332,724 for five projects

  EPA News Release: EPA’s U.S.-Mexico Border 2025 Program Selects Environmental Projects for Implementation in the California/Baja California Border Region

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• El Programa Ambiental México-Estados Unidos:Frontera 2025 de la EPA selecciona proyectos ambientales para implementar en la región fronteriza entre Baja California y California

  Financiamiento de $332,274 para cinco proyectos

  EPA News Release: El Programa Ambiental México-Estados Unidos:Frontera 2025 de la EPA selecciona proyectos ambientales para implementar en la región fronteriza entre Baja California y California

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• U.S. EPA fines Clean Harbors treatment facility over hazardous waste violations in San Jose

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA fines Clean Harbors treatment facility over hazardous waste violations in San Jose

  • Release Date: October 20, 2021

• U.S. EPA Announces Drinking Water System of Arvin, California Has Returned to Compliance with Arsenic Safety Standard

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces Drinking Water System of Arvin, California Has Returned to Compliance with Arsenic Safety Standard

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• EPA Levies Penalties Against Three Companies for Illegal Antimicrobial Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Levies Penalties Against Three Companies for Illegal Antimicrobial Products

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021

• Contra Costa Organizations Awarded $400,000 by EPA for Environmental Justice Projects under the American Rescue Plan

  EPA News Release: Contra Costa Organizations Awarded $400,000 by EPA for Environmental Justice Projects under the American Rescue Plan

  • Release Date: October 6, 2021

• SoCal chemical distributors settle Toxic Substances Control Act violations with U.S. EPA, pay $117,000 in fines

  EPA News Release: SoCal chemical distributors settle Toxic Substances Control Act violations with U.S. EPA, pay $117,000 in fines

  • Release Date: October 6, 2021

• Companies to Pay for Cleanup of Groundwater at Montrose Superfund Site Following Settlement with EPA, Justice Department, California Department of Toxic Substances Control

  Montrose, Bayer, others will pay for more than $77 million in groundwater cleanup and site investigation, and pay over $8 million to federal and state agencies

  EPA News Release: Companies to Pay for Cleanup of Groundwater at Montrose Superfund Site Following Settlement with EPA, Justice Department, California Department of Toxic Substances Control

  • Release Date: October 5, 2021