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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  EPA selects OAI, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois to receive one of the first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois

  The Agency will hold a public meeting at Danville Area Community College on Wednesday, December 7, from 5:30 – 8 p.m.

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022

• EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Illinois for Innovative Technology Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Illinois for Innovative Technology Projects

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA awards two University of Illinois System institutions nearly $200,000 to support innovative approaches to source reduction

  EPA News Release: EPA awards two University of Illinois System institutions nearly $200,000 to support innovative approaches to source reduction

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020

• University of Illinois at Chicago to receive $300,000 EPA grant for community project to reduce food waste

  EPA News Release: University of Illinois at Chicago to receive $300,000 EPA grant for community project to reduce food waste

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020

• Two Illinois companies win 2020 EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award

  EPA News Release: Two Illinois companies win 2020 EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• EPA Awards Nearly $1 Million to University of Illinois to Research How to Control and Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $1 Million to University of Illinois to Research How to Control and Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020

• EPA Deletes DuPage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest Preserve from Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA Deletes DuPage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest Preserve from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 9, 2020

• EPA Regional Administrator Visits Central Illinois, Highlights Over $6 Million for Clean Water Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Visits Central Illinois, Highlights Over $6 Million for Clean Water Projects

  • Release Date: August 27, 2020

• EPA Announces Over $114 Million for Infrastructure Projects to Protect Surface Water and Drinking Water in Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $114 Million for Infrastructure Projects to Protect Surface Water and Drinking Water in Illinois

  • Release Date: February 12, 2020

• EPA Awards Illinois $1.5 Million in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Illinois $1.5 Million in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: January 29, 2020