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• EPA Reaches Agreement to Advance the Cleanup of the San German Superfund Site in Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Agreement to Advance the Cleanup of the San German Superfund Site in Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: December 22, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• 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

• EPA Update on Sequential Sampling Study, Next Steps to Address Lead in Drinking Water in St. Croix

  EPA News Release: EPA Update on Sequential Sampling Study, Next Steps to Address Lead in Drinking Water in St. Croix

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023

• EPA Makes $52 Million Investment to Support Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: EPA Makes $52 Million Investment to Support Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: November 14, 2023

• EPA Settlement Requires Action be Taken to Prevent Leaks, Secures Nearly $300,000 Penalty to Settle Alleged Clean Air Act Violations at Peerless Oil and Chemicals Inc. in Puerto Rico

  NEW YORK  – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Peerless Oil and Chemicals Inc for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its Peñuelas, Puerto Rico facility. The settlement requires Peerless to inspect its

  • Release Date: November 13, 2023

• EPA Workshop Will Ease the Way to Apply for USVI Water Infrastructure Construction Grants

  EPA Workshop Will Ease the Way to Apply for USVI Water Infrastructure Construction Grants

  • Release Date: November 8, 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

• Puerto Rico Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $2.4 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  EPA News Release: Puerto Rico Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $2.4 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA Awards $1 Million to San Juan to Tackle Climate Pollution

  Funding made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1 Million to San Juan to Tackle Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Municipality of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Selected for $4 Million Grant in First-Ever Funding to Promote Less Waste

  Puerto Rico Also Slated to Get Funding

  EPA News Release: Municipality of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Selected for $4 Million Grant in First-Ever Funding to Promote Less Waste

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• U.S. Virgin Islands Government to Receive Almost $700K to Help Reduce Food Service Industry Waste

  Pollution Prevention Grant Will Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: U.S. Virgin Islands Government to Receive Almost $700K to Help Reduce Food Service Industry Waste

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $4.6 Billion in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $4.6 Billion in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.9 Million in the Pacific Islands for Recycling Infrastructure Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.9 Million in the Pacific Islands for Recycling Infrastructure Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• U.S. Virgin Islands Slated to Get Funding to Promote Less Waste

  EPA News Release: U.S. Virgin Islands Slated to Get Funding to Promote Less Waste

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023