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• EPA New England Awards $6M to State of Connecticut and Three Metropolitan Areas for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  Connecticut will receive $3 million and Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven metropolitan areas will each receive up to $1 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Awards $6M to State of Connecticut and Three Metropolitan Areas for Comprehensive, Economy-wide Climate Mitigation Planning

  • Release Date: August 30, 2023

• EPA penalizes Yakima companies $194,000 for violating federal rules aimed at preventing accidental chemical releases

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Yakima companies $194,000 for violating federal rules aimed at preventing accidental chemical releases

  • Release Date: August 28, 2023

• EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  EPA News Release: EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• Tribunal ordena a empresa de Washington que cumpla con las reglamentaciones y pague USD 850 000 por almacenar de forma ilegal sustancias químicas peligrosas e infringir las leyes ambientales federales

  EPA News Release: Tribunal ordena a empresa de Washington que cumpla con las reglamentaciones y pague USD 850 000 por almacenar de forma ilegal sustancias químicas peligrosas e infringir las leyes ambientales federales

  • Release Date: August 18, 2023

• Court orders Washington company to comply with regulations, pay $850k for illegally storing hazardous chemicals and violating federal environmental laws

  EPA News Release: Court orders Washington company to comply with regulations, pay $850k for illegally storing hazardous chemicals and violating federal environmental laws

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023

• EPA Selects Four Educational Organizations in New England to Receive Funding to Support Environmental Projects

  $346,000 in grants will help address environmental challenges and boost career development to advance environmental justice in underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Four Educational Organizations in New England to Receive Funding to Support Environmental Projects

  • Release Date: August 15, 2023

• EPA to award Connecticut $236,000 to support water quality monitoring at beaches

  Funding is part of nationwide program to protect public health 

  EPA News Release: EPA to award Connecticut $236,000 to support water quality monitoring at beaches

  • Release Date: August 11, 2023

• EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  Updated plan provides more flexibility for managing prescribed burning while continuing to minimize air quality impacts from smoke.

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023

• "Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY" Report is now available

  EPA News Release: "Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY" Report is now available

  • Release Date: August 8, 2023

• EPA: Brock Maslonka to pay $50,000 penalty & fix damage from illegal dam

  EPA News Release: EPA: Brock Maslonka to pay $50,000 penalty & fix damage from illegal dam

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023

• EPA Seeks Comments on Raymark Industries, Inc. Superfund Site Proposed Cleanup Plan for Shore Road Area in Stratford

  EPA will hold public meetings in Stratford, Conn. to announce the Proposed Plan and solicit comments from the public

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Comments on Raymark Industries, Inc. Superfund Site Proposed Cleanup Plan for Shore Road Area in Stratford

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023