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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Indiana Environmental Workers

  EPA selects Workforce, Inc. doing business as RecycleForce in Indianapolis, Indiana to receive one of the first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Indiana Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Celebrates Clean School Bus Rebate Program in Sidney, Iowa

  Event with Sidney Community School District recognizes local district and others in Region 7 for $41.7M in clean school bus funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Celebrates Clean School Bus Rebate Program in Sidney, Iowa

  • Release Date: November 1, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Indiana 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 $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Indiana School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $11.1M from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Iowa School Districts

  Region 7 Administrator McCollister will visit Sidney, Iowa, to mark this historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $11.1M from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Iowa School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Opens Public Comment Period on Proposed Cleanup Plan at Former Radio Material Corp. Site in Attica, Indiana

  Public hearing will be held on November 2 at City Hall

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Public Comment Period on Proposed Cleanup Plan at Former Radio Material Corp. Site in Attica, Indiana

  • Release Date: October 25, 2022

• EPA Announces $3.65 Million Grant to Rural Community Assistance Partnership to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water

  Projects will advance goals of Biden-Harris administration’s Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan; grant funding delivers on President’s Justice40 Initiative

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $3.65 Million Grant to Rural Community Assistance Partnership to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: October 21, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Announces Finalization of Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan

  This plan was one of 20 published in a nationwide rollout

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Finalization of Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan

  • Release Date: October 17, 2022

• EPA Orders East Chicago Sanitary District to Cease Discharges of Untreated Wastewater to the Grand Calumet River

  Residents advised to avoid contact with river until further notice

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders East Chicago Sanitary District to Cease Discharges of Untreated Wastewater to the Grand Calumet River

  • Release Date: October 7, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Opens Application Period for 2022 Pollution Prevention Recognition Awards Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Opens Application Period for 2022 Pollution Prevention Recognition Awards Program

  • Release Date: October 7, 2022

• EPA Awards $3.2M Research Grant to Iowa State University

  Grant will support national efforts to expand water reuse

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $3.2M Research Grant to Iowa State University

  • Release Date: October 5, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Awards $400K Check to Denison, Iowa, for Brownfields Grant

  Funding will target assessment and reuse plans for Denison Municipal Utility Power Plant and Avenue C sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Awards $400K Check to Denison, Iowa, for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• La Región 7 de la EPA entrega un cheque de $400K a Denison, Iowa, para una subvención de Brownfields

  Los fondos se destinarán a la evaluación y los planes de reutilización para la Planta de Energía de Servicios Públicos Municipales de Denison y los sitios de Avenue C

  EPA News Release: La Región 7 de la EPA entrega un cheque de $400K a Denison, Iowa, para una subvención de Brownfields

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• EPA Recognizes Des Moines-Based Hy-Vee as GreenChill Program Celebrates 15 Years of Supporting Smart Refrigerant Management Across Supermarket Industry

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Des Moines-Based Hy-Vee as GreenChill Program Celebrates 15 Years of Supporting Smart Refrigerant Management Across Supermarket Industry

  • Release Date: September 27, 2022

• EPA Selects Five Recipients for Pollution Prevention Grants in Region 7 Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  K-State, MSU, Missouri S&T, UNL, and Iowa Department of Natural Resources selected for grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Five Recipients for Pollution Prevention Grants in Region 7 Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Include Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa

  Agency will work to remediate site of PCE that originated from historic dry-cleaning services

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List to Include Highway 3 PCE Site in Le Mars, Iowa

  • Release Date: September 7, 2022