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• EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions and Roundtables on the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Public Listening Sessions and Roundtables on the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions

  • Release Date: March 31, 2021

• EPA Announces $18 Million Loan to Support Affordability and Essential Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Wayne County, Michigan

  First WIFIA loan in Michigan supports 13 communities in the Detroit metropolitan area

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $18 Million Loan to Support Affordability and Essential Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Wayne County, Michigan

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• Settlement with Merit Energy resolves violations of oil pollution prevention regulations in Wyoming

  Agreement with Texas-based company resolves findings of non-compliance at Hot Springs County oil production facility

  EPA News Release: Settlement with Merit Energy resolves violations of oil pollution prevention regulations in Wyoming

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA Celebrates World Water Day, Announces $2.7 Billion to Improve Water Infrastructure

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates World Water Day, Announces $2.7 Billion to Improve Water Infrastructure

  • Release Date: March 22, 2021

• WaterSense Challenges Homeowners: Take 10 Minutes to Find and Fix a Leak this Week

  Since 2006, WaterSense has helped save 4.4 trillion gallons of water, 523 billion kilowatt hours of energy, and $87 billion in consumer water and energy bills

  EPA News Release: WaterSense Challenges Homeowners: Take 10 Minutes to Find and Fix a Leak this Week

  • Release Date: March 15, 2021

• EPA selects Groundwork Denver to receive $178,000 Brownfields job training grant to build a skilled environmental workforce in Sheridan, Colorado

  Groundwork Denver one of 18 organizations selected nationwide to support environmental job training in economically distressed communities

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Groundwork Denver to receive $178,000 Brownfields job training grant to build a skilled environmental workforce in Sheridan, Colorado

  • Release Date: March 15, 2021

• EPA settlement with Hess Corporation for Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota gas plant

  Company agrees to penalty associated with inadequate spill prevention and response plans at Tioga facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with Hess Corporation for Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota gas plant

  • Release Date: March 11, 2021

• EPA to Request Additional Input on the Lead and Copper Rule

  This important step would ensure that EPA consults with stakeholders on protections from lead in drinking water.

  EPA News Release: EPA to Request Additional Input on the Lead and Copper Rule

  • Release Date: March 10, 2021

• Public invited to comment on institutional control plan for railroad corridors in the Libby Asbestos Superfund site

  BNSF and EPA plan available for public comment through April 9

  EPA News Release: Public invited to comment on institutional control plan for railroad corridors in the Libby Asbestos Superfund site

  • Release Date: March 9, 2021

• EPA announces grant funding to Focus Points Family Resource Center to develop an urban agriculture training program in Northeast Denver

  EPA News Release: EPA announces grant funding to Focus Points Family Resource Center to develop an urban agriculture training program in Northeast Denver

  • Release Date: March 8, 2021

• EPA announces grant funding to Bessemer Historical Society, Inc. (dba Steelworks Center of the West) to develop an urban agriculture project in Pueblo, Colorado

  Project will improve food access and long-term resiliency in neighborhoods near the Colorado Smelter Superfund site

  EPA News Release: EPA announces grant funding to Bessemer Historical Society, Inc. (dba Steelworks Center of the West) to develop an urban agriculture project in Pueblo, Colorado

  • Release Date: March 8, 2021

• EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act compliance orders to protect public health in Region 8 Indian country

  Seven Administrative Compliance Orders issued to tribal water systems since December 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act compliance orders to protect public health in Region 8 Indian country

  • Release Date: March 2, 2021