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• EPA Announces Partnership with City of North Chicago to Accelerate Replacement of Local Lead Water Pipes and Protect Public Health Through Investing in America Agenda

  Thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, North Chicago is joining communities across the country who are accelerating replacement of lead service lines

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Partnership with City of North Chicago to Accelerate Replacement of Local Lead Water Pipes and Protect Public Health Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA Announces More Than $430 Million  to Illinois for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution   

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice 

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $430 Million  to Illinois for Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution   

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• EPA Issues Order to Excell Air Filters in Ashland, Ohio, to Stop the Sale of Products using an Unregistered Pesticide

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Order to Excell Air Filters in Ashland, Ohio, to Stop the Sale of Products using an Unregistered Pesticide

  • Release Date: July 18, 2024

• EPA Announces $3.9M to Support Clean Manufacturing of Construction Materials Across Chicago Area

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will also help businesses in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3.9M to Support Clean Manufacturing of Construction Materials Across Chicago Area

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Amerikal Products in Waukegan, Illinois, for Sale of Unregistered Pesticide Product

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Amerikal Products in Waukegan, Illinois, for Sale of Unregistered Pesticide Product

  • Release Date: July 15, 2024

• EPA Selects Openlands in Illinois to Receive $75,000 to Support Educational Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Openlands in Illinois to Receive $75,000 to Support Educational Projects

  • Release Date: July 9, 2024

• 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 Orders Two Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  Lansing and Maywood must certify they are prepared for risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Two Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  • Release Date: November 21, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $1.2 Million for Three Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Illinois

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $1.2 Million for Three Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Illinois

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., Over Destroyed Wetlands in East St. Louis, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., Over Destroyed Wetlands in East St. Louis, Illinois

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $48 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Illinois School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $48 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Illinois School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Illinois

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Illinois

  • Release Date: October 11, 2022

• U.S. EPA Reaches Settlement with Petrochemical Producer Altivia on Clean Air Act Violations in Ohio

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Reaches Settlement with Petrochemical Producer Altivia on Clean Air Act Violations in Ohio

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• EPA Announces Over $1 Million in Grant Funding to University of Illinois for Pollution Prevention

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $1 Million in Grant Funding to University of Illinois for Pollution Prevention

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022