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• EPA Completes Reviews of 9 Superfund Site Cleanups in New England During 2021

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Reviews of 9 Superfund Site Cleanups in New England During 2021

  • Release Date: December 21, 2021

• EPA Reaches Settlement with a Montague, Mass. Food Manufacturing Company for Clean Water Act Pretreatment Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with a Montague, Mass. Food Manufacturing Company for Clean Water Act Pretreatment Violations

  • Release Date: December 20, 2021

• EPA and City of Fall River Agree on Five-Year Plan for Fixing Wastewater Infrastructure and Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows into Local Waterways

  EPA News Release: EPA and City of Fall River Agree on Five-Year Plan for Fixing Wastewater Infrastructure and Reducing Combined Sewer Overflows into Local Waterways

  • Release Date: December 20, 2021

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million to Fund 13 Environmental Justice Grants in New England

  Projects in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.3 Million to Fund 13 Environmental Justice Grants in New England

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA announces $34 million in Puget Sound funding

  National Estuary Program provides funds for state, local, tribal, and federal projects.

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $34 million in Puget Sound funding

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA and Massachusetts Settlements ensure Company will Pay Nearly $1.5 Million for 2019 North River Fish Kill

  Company will Compensate Massachusetts for Harms to Natural Resources and Cold Water Fishery; Ensure Safe Operation of Colrain, Mass. Bleaching Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA and Massachusetts Settlements ensure Company will Pay Nearly $1.5 Million for 2019 North River Fish Kill

  • Release Date: December 7, 2021

• EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  Projects will help modernize water infrastructure, protect public health, and increase community resilience

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: December 3, 2021

• Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More Than $188 Million in Massachusetts

  Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA will Prioritize Funding Projects in Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More Than $188 Million in Massachusetts

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Announces Sole Source Aquifer Review Process Including Public Participation for the Proposed Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range Project at Joint Base Cape Cod

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Sole Source Aquifer Review Process Including Public Participation for the Proposed Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range Project at Joint Base Cape Cod

  • Release Date: December 1, 2021

• EPA Awards More Than $4.6 Million for Clean Diesel Projects Across New England

  Competitive Grant Projects Funded in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards More Than $4.6 Million for Clean Diesel Projects Across New England

  • Release Date: November 29, 2021

• EPA Announces 13 Healthy Communities Grants Awarded in New England

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 13 Healthy Communities Grants Awarded in New England

  • Release Date: November 4, 2021

• EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  Schools will receive technical assistance to create cleaner air and neighborhood cooling refuges in vulnerable communities impacted by wildfire smoke and extreme heat events

  EPA News Release: EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  • Release Date: November 1, 2021

• Massachusetts Receives $327,000 to Expand Program Testing Drinking Water for Lead in Schools

  EPA News Release: Massachusetts Receives $327,000 to Expand Program Testing Drinking Water for Lead in Schools

  • Release Date: October 28, 2021

• EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  Lead paint safety training for contractors, community education workshops offered this fall

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: October 25, 2021

• EcoLab pays $214K penalty for hazardous waste, pesticides violations and 2019 Tacoma Tideflats fire

  EPA News Release: EcoLab pays $214K penalty for hazardous waste, pesticides violations and 2019 Tacoma Tideflats fire

  • Release Date: October 22, 2021