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• Portland company fined $139,000 for Clean Air Act violations 

  EPA News Release: Portland company fined $139,000 for Clean Air Act violations 

  • Release Date: June 6, 2024

• EPA Region 10 enforcement actions in 2023 

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 10 enforcement actions in 2023 

  • Release Date: March 6, 2024

• EPA announces $3.8M for environmental justice projects in Oregon

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $3.8M for environmental justice projects in Oregon

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA penalizes Oregon lumber company nearly $50,000 for Clean Water Act violations 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Oregon lumber company nearly $50,000 for Clean Water Act violations 

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA penalizes American Seafoods Company almost $1M for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington coasts

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes American Seafoods Company almost $1M for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington coasts

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  EPA News Release: EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA penalizes Oregon company over $148,000 for installing ‘defeat devices’

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Oregon company over $148,000 for installing ‘defeat devices’

  • Release Date: July 21, 2023

• City of Sandy must pay $500,000 in penalties, limit sewer hookups under new agreement with EPA, USDOJ, DEQ

  EPA News Release: City of Sandy must pay $500,000 in penalties, limit sewer hookups under new agreement with EPA, USDOJ, DEQ

  • Release Date: July 18, 2023

• EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• Smith Frozen Foods to pay $100,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations

  EPA News Release: Smith Frozen Foods to pay $100,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: August 22, 2022

• EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA awards Portland Area Indian Health Board $445,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools and childcare centers

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Portland Area Indian Health Board $445,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools and childcare centers

  • Release Date: November 23, 2021