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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Chattanooga Tennessee Clean Water Act Settlement Modified to Update Plans to Address Sanitary Sewer Overflows

  EPA News Release: Chattanooga Tennessee Clean Water Act Settlement Modified to Update Plans to Address Sanitary Sewer Overflows

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• EPA Selects Camden, NJ and New York City Projects to Receive Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  On America Recycles Day and Anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA announces grants funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Camden, NJ and New York City Projects to Receive Recycling Education and Outreach Grants as Part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Violations result in Fines for Several Businesses in New Jersey and New York

  EPA News Release: Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Violations result in Fines for Several Businesses in New Jersey and New York

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $2.4 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Tennessee as part of investing in America agenda

  Selections announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $2.4 million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Tennessee as part of investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Rutgers University to Receive Almost $800K to Help Small Businesses Across NJ Reduce Hazardous Waste

  Pollution Prevention Grant Will Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Rutgers University to Receive Almost $800K to Help Small Businesses Across NJ Reduce Hazardous Waste

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA and State of New Jersey Propose Settlement with Stepan Company for Cleanup of Maywood Chemical Company Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA and State of New Jersey Propose Settlement with Stepan Company for Cleanup of Maywood Chemical Company Superfund Site

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Formerly Contaminated Middlesex Sampling Plant Site Recognized Nationally as Outstanding Example of Site Reuse

  EPA News Release: Formerly Contaminated Middlesex Sampling Plant Site Recognized Nationally as Outstanding Example of Site Reuse

  • Release Date: October 11, 2023

• EPA Enforcement Helps Protect Children in New Jersey from Lead Paint Hazards

  October is Children's Health Month and EPA is taking action to address the major threat that lead-based paint still poses to kids

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Helps Protect Children in New Jersey from Lead Paint Hazards

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• EPA Makes nearly $125 Million Investment to Spur Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Makes nearly $125 Million Investment to Spur Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across New Jersey

  • Release Date: October 5, 2023

• Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Transmission Authority (WWTA) agrees to major sewer system upgrades

  Contact Information

  • Release Date: September 29, 2023

• EPA Further Extends Comment Period for Proposed Cleanup of Contaminated Sediment at Quanta Resources Superfund Site in Edgewater, NJ

  EPA News Release: EPA Further Extends Comment Period for Proposed Cleanup of Contaminated Sediment at Quanta Resources Superfund Site in Edgewater, NJ

  • Release Date: September 29, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Plan to Clean Up Contaminated Soil at CPS/Madison Superfund Site in Old Bridge, NJ

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Plan to Clean Up Contaminated Soil at CPS/Madison Superfund Site in Old Bridge, NJ

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• It’s Official: Air Across New Jersey Meets National Standards for Sulfur Dioxide

  Final Designation of Warren County as Meeting the Standard Highlights Success of Decades of Air Pollution Regulation

  EPA News Release: It’s Official: Air Across New Jersey Meets National Standards for Sulfur Dioxide

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Updates Plan to Address Contaminated Groundwater Monitor Devices, Inc./Intercircuits, Inc. Superfund Site in Wall Township, New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Plan to Address Contaminated Groundwater Monitor Devices, Inc./Intercircuits, Inc. Superfund Site in Wall Township, New Jersey

  • Release Date: September 26, 2023