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• EPA Announces Latest Action to Protect Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  Latest Proposal Would Protect Public Health and Water Sources from Legacy Coal Ash Sites and Hold Polluters Accountable

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Latest Action to Protect Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Steps to Reduce Plastic Pollution Nationwide

  EPA releases draft strategy to combat harmful impacts on communities affected by plastic from production to waste as Biden-Harris Administration marks Earth Week

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Steps to Reduce Plastic Pollution Nationwide

  • Release Date: April 21, 2023

• EPA Publishes a New Online Resource to Help Prevent Heavy Metal Exposures in Children

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes a New Online Resource to Help Prevent Heavy Metal Exposures in Children

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $1B in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Start New Cleanup Projects and Expedite On-going Cleanup Work Across the Country

  EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $1B in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Start New Cleanup Projects and Expedite On-going Cleanup Work Across the Country

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023

• EPA Takes Final Action to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination at Ohio Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Final Action to Protect Groundwater from Coal Ash Contamination at Ohio Facility

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund to Protect People’s Health

  Designating PFOA and PFOS under CERCLA would improve transparency, accountability, and deliver on Administrator Regan’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund to Protect People’s Health

  • Release Date: August 26, 2022

• Biden Administration Announces $254 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA announces 265 communities to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Announces $254 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• New Enforcement Strategy Advances President Biden’s Environmental Justice Agenda

  Justice Department, EPA Launch Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy and Restore Option for Supplemental Environmental Projects to Help Communities

  EPA News Release: New Enforcement Strategy Advances President Biden’s Environmental Justice Agenda

  • Release Date: May 5, 2022

• EPA Celebrates 20 Years of Superfund Redevelopment

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 20 Years of Superfund Redevelopment

  • Release Date: July 31, 2019

• EPA Announces the Selection of 149 Communities to Receive $64.6 Million in Funding for Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grants to Address Contaminated Properties Across the Nation

  Grants Provide for Economic Development, Job Creation in often underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of 149 Communities to Receive $64.6 Million in Funding for Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grants to Address Contaminated Properties Across the Nation

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA Proposes Adding Two Sites to the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Adding Two Sites to the National Priorities List to Clean Up Contamination and Protect Communities

  • Release Date: May 29, 2019

• EPA Launches Voluntary Audit Program for New Owners of Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Facilities

  Program provides regulatory certainty and environmental benefits

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Visits Denver and Announces New WIFIA Funding

  • Release Date: March 29, 2019

• In Civil Settlements with the United States and California, Fiat Chrysler to Settle Allegations of Cheating on Federal and State Vehicle Emissions Tests

  Fiat Chrysler will recall and repair vehicles, pay civil penalties, implement corporate governance reforms, and fully mitigate excess pollution.

  EPA News Release: In Civil Settlements with the United States and California, Fiat Chrysler to Settle Allegations of Cheating on Federal and State Vehicle Emissions Tests

  • Release Date: January 10, 2019