Search News Releases

Displaying 1 - 15 of 19 results

• United States Reaches Agreement with Guam Waterworks Authority Requiring Investment in Sewer System Infrastructure

  Settlement Will Address Significant Overflows and Illegal Discharges of Untreated Sewage into Coastal Waters

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Agreement with Guam Waterworks Authority Requiring Investment in Sewer System Infrastructure

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land

  Clean Water Act Settlement Addresses July 2022 Crude Oil Pipeline Rupture into Oklahoma’s Skull Creek

  EPA News Release: Oil Companies to Pay $7.4 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve U.S. Claims for Pipeline Spill on Allotted Tribal Land

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA Enforcement Prevents Multiple Illegal Imports of Super Climate Pollutant

  Cases Part of EPA’s National Initiative to Enforce U.S. Hydrofluorocarbon Phasedown to Mitigate Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Prevents Multiple Illegal Imports of Super Climate Pollutant

  • Release Date: January 29, 2024

• EPA moving forward with additional cleanup of residential yards in East Helena

  EPA proposal to lower the lead cleanup level in East Helena receives strong community support, will be implemented later this year 

  EPA News Release: EPA moving forward with additional cleanup of residential yards in East Helena

  • Release Date: January 26, 2024

• Utah to reduce indoor air pollution in schools, public buildings from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant

  State to receive $854k for wildfire smoke preparedness projects in target underserved areas

  EPA News Release: Utah to reduce indoor air pollution in schools, public buildings from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant

  • Release Date: January 23, 2024

• Colorado to reduce indoor air pollution in schools, public buildings from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant

  State to receive $1.89M for community wildfire smoke preparedness projects

  EPA News Release: Colorado to reduce indoor air pollution in schools, public buildings from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant

  • Release Date: January 23, 2024

• Montana to reduce indoor air pollution in high-need communities from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant 

  State to receive $610k for wildfire smoke preparedness in high-need communities 

  EPA News Release: Montana to reduce indoor air pollution in high-need communities from wildfire smoke events through EPA grant 

  • Release Date: January 23, 2024

• EPA and Montana State University partner to enhance environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA and Montana State University partner to enhance environmental justice efforts

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

  Marrs Construction Co. Will Pay Penalty and Raise Awareness of Lead-Safe Work Practices Through Home Improvement Programming

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers screening levels for the first time in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Swinerton Builders Reaches Agreement to Address Clean Water Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm at Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  Settlement Includes $2.3 Million Penalty and Mitigation Actions, Highlights Risks Posed by Inadequate Management of Stormwater During Construction of Large-Scale Solar Generating Facilities

  EPA News Release: Swinerton Builders Reaches Agreement to Address Clean Water Act Violations and Offset Environmental Harm at Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites (Butte, Montana)

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers screening levels for the first time in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites (Butte, Montana)

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements

  EPA News Release: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• United States and California Announce Diesel Engine Manufacturer Cummins Inc. Agrees to Pay a Record $1.675 Billion Civil Penalty in Vehicle Test Cheating Settlement

  Total Value of Settlement Exceeds $2 Billion and Requires Nationwide Recall of Model Year 2013-2019 Ram diesel 2500 and 3500 Vehicles

  EPA News Release: United States and California Announce Diesel Engine Manufacturer Cummins Inc. Agrees to Pay a Record $1.675 Billion Civil Penalty in Vehicle Test Cheating Settlement

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Montana to receive funding for 41 Clean School Buses as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Montana to receive funding for 41 Clean School Buses as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024