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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 Announces Plans to Use Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog at Two Vermont Superfund Sites

  Initial resources will accelerate cleanup for Commerce Street Plume and Ely Copper Mine

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Use Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog at Two Vermont Superfund Sites

  • Release Date: December 17, 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

• $2.8 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  22 grants awarded to projects in Connecticut and Vermont

  EPA News Release: $2.8 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 6, 2021

• Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More than $63 Million in Vermont

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

  EPA News Release: Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More than $63 Million in Vermont

  • Release Date: December 2, 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

• Vermont Receives $117,000 to Implement State Program to Test Drinking Water for Lead in Schools with Vulnerable Populations

  EPA News Release: Vermont Receives $117,000 to Implement State Program to Test Drinking Water for Lead in Schools with Vulnerable Populations

  • Release Date: October 28, 2021

• EPA Begins Reviews of Burlington and Williston, Vermont Superfund Site Cleanups

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Reviews of Burlington and Williston, Vermont Superfund Site Cleanups

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• New England Experienced an Increase in the Number of Unhealthy Air Quality Days During the 2021 Ozone Season

  EPA News Release: New England Experienced an Increase in the Number of Unhealthy Air Quality Days During the 2021 Ozone Season

  • Release Date: October 19, 2021

• Septic Nitrogen Sensor Successfully Completes Environmental Performance Testing

  EPA News Release: Septic Nitrogen Sensor Successfully Completes Environmental Performance Testing

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• EPA, MPCA Begin $16 Million Project to Remove Contaminated Sediment from Duluth-Superior Harbor

  EPA News Release: EPA, MPCA Begin $16 Million Project to Remove Contaminated Sediment from Duluth-Superior Harbor

  • Release Date: October 1, 2021

• Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards over $725,000 to Address Trash in Lakes Erie and Michigan

  City of Erie, Pennsylvania, and University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh to implement trash collection projects to reduce trash in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan

  EPA News Release: Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards over $725,000 to Address Trash in Lakes Erie and Michigan

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards $417,830 to University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

  EPA News Release: Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards $417,830 to University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards $309,300 to City of Erie, Pennsylvania

  City to install two trash collection systems at Garrison Run

  EPA News Release: Keeping Trash Out of the Great Lakes: EPA Awards $309,300 to City of Erie, Pennsylvania

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• EPA Recognizes Vermont Business and Citizen with Regional Environmental Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Vermont Business and Citizen with Regional Environmental Award

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021