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• EPA Provides $7.25 Million for ‘Most Effective’ Cleanup Actions in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

  Agriculture, Environmental Justice Areas Targeted for Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides $7.25 Million for ‘Most Effective’ Cleanup Actions in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

  • Release Date: May 27, 2021

• Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution

  EPA News Release: Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution

  EPA News Release: Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $300,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in New York

  Nationally, $9.6 million in grant funding will help communities monitor beach water quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $300,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in New York

  • Release Date: May 19, 2021

• EPA Announces New York Air Force Base as one of the 2021 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New York Air Force Base as one of the 2021 Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse Award Winners

  • Release Date: May 18, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of Five Projects in New York’s Mohawk Valley, Capital District and on Long Island to Receive $2.8 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  The grant awards help underserved communities Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of Five Projects in New York’s Mohawk Valley, Capital District and on Long Island to Receive $2.8 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 12, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of Three Projects in Western New York to Receive $1.4 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  The grant awards help underserved communities Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of Three Projects in Western New York to Receive $1.4 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 12, 2021

• EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir

  EPA News Release: EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir

  • Release Date: May 6, 2021

• EPA Selects Fortune Society to Receive $200,000 in Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants, Helping to Transform Economically Disadvantaged Communities in New York City

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Fortune Society to Receive $200,000 in Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants, Helping to Transform Economically Disadvantaged Communities in New York City

  • Release Date: October 31, 2019

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List, Advancing the Agency’s Commitment to Protect Human Health and Expedite Cleanups Across the Country

  Arsenic Mine in Kent, New York Added

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List, Advancing the Agency’s Commitment to Protect Human Health and Expedite Cleanups Across the Country

  • Release Date: October 30, 2019

• EPA Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites from the National Priorities List - the Highest Number in 18 Years

  EPA Deleted a Portion of Robintech Inc./National Pipe Co. Site in Vestal, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites from the National Priorities List - the Highest Number in 18 Years

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA Acts to Reduce Childhood Lead-Based Paint Exposure in New York and New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Acts to Reduce Childhood Lead-Based Paint Exposure in New York and New Jersey

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cayuga County Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Cayuga County, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cayuga County Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Cayuga County, New York

  • Release Date: October 23, 2019

• EPA Invites New Jersey to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans to Improve Water Quality

  New Jersey Infrastructure Bank Pool selected to apply for $149 million in funding for statewide water system projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites New Jersey to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: October 22, 2019

• EPA Deletes Peter Cooper Superfund Site, Gowanda, New York from federal Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA Deletes Peter Cooper Superfund Site, Gowanda, New York from federal Superfund list

  • Release Date: October 16, 2019