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• EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  $12 million available for historically underserved farm-focused projects in Gulf of Mexico watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• EPA Invites City of Wichita to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  Invited projects will help modernize water infrastructure for 25 million Americans while creating up to 49,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites City of Wichita to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  • Release Date: December 7, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $79 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Kansas

  Administrator announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations, calls for prioritizing underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $79 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Kansas

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• KDOT Awarded $127,536 to Reduce Locomotive Diesel Emissions in SW Kansas, SE Colorado, and Oklahoma Panhandle

  EPA News Release: KDOT Awarded $127,536 to Reduce Locomotive Diesel Emissions in SW Kansas, SE Colorado, and Oklahoma Panhandle

  • Release Date: November 22, 2021

• KCMO’s Metropolitan Energy Center Awarded Over $1.4 Million to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Six Regional Cities

  EPA News Release: KCMO’s Metropolitan Energy Center Awarded Over $1.4 Million to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Six Regional Cities

  • Release Date: November 22, 2021

• EPA Recognizes Two Kansas Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Two Kansas Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center Selected for EPA Grant Funding to Create WaterCorps Career Network

  Project seeks to alleviate water workforce shortage

  EPA News Release: Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center Selected for EPA Grant Funding to Create WaterCorps Career Network

  • Release Date: October 19, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $469,000 in Funding for Three KC Area Sustainable Materials Management Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $469,000 in Funding for Three KC Area Sustainable Materials Management Projects

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• Doherty Steel Inc. in Paola, Kansas, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  EPA News Release: Doherty Steel Inc. in Paola, Kansas, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• Kansas Dairy Ingredients in Hugoton, Kansas, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  EPA News Release: Kansas Dairy Ingredients in Hugoton, Kansas, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Partners with University of Kansas Health System to Promote Safer Management of Bed Bugs and Other Pests at Health Care Facilities

  Sept. 21 webinar will highlight new Integrated Pest Management Toolkit

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Partners with University of Kansas Health System to Promote Safer Management of Bed Bugs and Other Pests at Health Care Facilities

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• EPA Announces $370,000 Grant for Kansas to Improve Drinking Water for Underserved, Disadvantaged Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $370,000 Grant for Kansas to Improve Drinking Water for Underserved, Disadvantaged Communities

  • Release Date: August 27, 2021

• Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor Ella Jones appointed to Local Government Advisory Committee and Small Community Advisory Subcommittee

  EPA News Release: Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• Topeka, Kansas, Girl Receives 2021 President’s Student Environmental Award

  In a virtual ceremony today, Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory recognized the awardees and runners-up

  EPA News Release: Topeka, Kansas, Girl Receives 2021 President’s Student Environmental Award

  • Release Date: August 12, 2021