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• EPA issues PFAS test order as part of National Testing Strategy

  EPA News Release: EPA issues PFAS test order as part of National Testing Strategy

  • Release Date: March 25, 2024

• EPA Pacific Southwest Region Announces New Toxics Release Inventory, Covering Expanded Sectors and Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Pacific Southwest Region Announces New Toxics Release Inventory, Covering Expanded Sectors and Chemicals

  • Release Date: March 22, 2024

• EPA Orders City of Los Angeles to Implement Improvements to Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Largest Western U.S. Plant spilled 12.5 million gallons of untreated sewage in July 2021.

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders City of Los Angeles to Implement Improvements to Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  EPA News Release: Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $24 million in pollution prevention grants under President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $24 million in pollution prevention grants under President’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: March 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration finalizes ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer

  EPA’s ban is the first rule to be finalized under new Toxic Substance Control Act process, marking historic milestone for nation’s chemical safety efforts

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration finalizes ban on ongoing uses of asbestos to protect people from cancer

  • Release Date: March 18, 2024

• EPA Investing Over $43 Million in New Funding to Protect and Restore San Francisco Bay and Its Watersheds

  EPA will also open a new San Francisco Bay program office later this year

  EPA News Release: EPA Investing Over $43 Million in New Funding to Protect and Restore San Francisco Bay and Its Watersheds

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

  This work will support the County of Maui’s efforts to restore wastewater and drinking water impacted by the wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

  • Release Date: March 11, 2024

• EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List, including the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District in Navajo Nation

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List, including the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District in Navajo Nation

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Proposes to Add Afterthought Mine in Shasta County, Calif. to Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Add Afterthought Mine in Shasta County, Calif. to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Awards Over $650,000 for Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Recycling Project

  Grant funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Over $650,000 for Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Recycling Project

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Completes Nighttime Operations on Sanitary Sewer Lines in Lahaina on March 2nd

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Nighttime Operations on Sanitary Sewer Lines in Lahaina on March 2nd

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024