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• EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $12 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Brownfields Job Training Grants

  EPA seeking applications for up to $12 million in Brownfields Job Training Grants that will support local environmental job training programs and environmental workforce in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $12 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Brownfields Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: May 30, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $315 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than $315 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA Launches Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites Along the U.S. Coastline to Help Facilities and Communities Become More Resilient to Climate Change

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Interactive Map of Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites Along the U.S. Coastline to Help Facilities and Communities Become More Resilient to Climate Change

  • Release Date: May 18, 2023

• 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

• Superfund Task Force Issues Final Report and Announces Plans to Continue Program Improvements Moving Forward

  EPA News Release: Superfund Task Force Issues Final Report and Announces Plans to Continue Program Improvements Moving Forward

  • Release Date: September 9, 2019

• Federal Green Challenge Winners Save Taxpayers’ Money and Promote Efficiency

  EPA News Release: Federal Green Challenge Winners Save Taxpayers’ Money and Promote Efficiency

  • Release Date: August 21, 2019

• EPA Celebrates 20 Years of Superfund Redevelopment

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 20 Years of Superfund Redevelopment

  • Release Date: July 31, 2019

• EPA Announces $9.3 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites in Communities Across the U.S.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $9.3 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites in Communities Across the U.S.

  • Release Date: June 20, 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

• Portland Harbor Superfund agreement aims to drive new cleanup plans throughout the Lower Willamette River

  City and state to provide $24M in incentive funding to bring responsible parties into cleanup planning

  EPA News Release: Portland Harbor Superfund agreement aims to drive new cleanup plans throughout the Lower Willamette River

  • Release Date: May 10, 2019

• EPA Awards $1 Million to Kentucky to Help Address Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors 2019 ENERGY STAR® Award Winners in Delaware

  • Release Date: April 12, 2019

• EPA Releases Proposed Plan to Complete Butte, Mont. Superfund Site Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA Honors 2019 ENERGY STAR® Award Winners in Delaware

  • Release Date: April 12, 2019

• EPA, USDA, and FDA Unveil Formal Strategy to Reduce Food Waste, Bring State and Local Partners Together to Increase Collaboration

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award $39,000 to Madison for Food Waste Management and Infrastructure Project

  • Release Date: April 9, 2019