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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $278 Million in Funding to Improve Water Infrastructure for Tribes and Alaska Native Villages

  EPA announces its largest investment of annual water infrastructure funding ever for Tribes and Alaska Native Villages through President’s Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $278 Million in Funding to Improve Water Infrastructure for Tribes and Alaska Native Villages

  • Release Date: June 28, 2023

• EPA Statement on Sackett v. EPA

  EPA News Release: EPA Statement on Sackett v. EPA

  • Release Date: June 26, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $50 Million to Assist Small, Underserved, and Disadvantaged Communities in Accessing Clean and Safe Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $50 Million to Assist Small, Underserved, and Disadvantaged Communities in Accessing Clean and Safe Drinking Water

  • Release Date: June 26, 2023

• EPA joins Mayor Hancock to award over $1 million for revitalization of contaminated riverfront property in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood 

  Denver Housing Authority to clean up and develop new housing at abandoned Tank Farm

  EPA News Release: EPA joins Mayor Hancock to award over $1 million for revitalization of contaminated riverfront property in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood 

  • Release Date: June 26, 2023

• Consumers and Businesses Look to WaterSense and Save 7.5 Trillion Gallons of Water

  EPA News Release: Consumers and Businesses Look to WaterSense and Save 7.5 Trillion Gallons of Water

  • Release Date: June 14, 2023

•    EPA awards $500,000 to Brighton, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize downtown properties  

  Funding will be used to address contamination at former warehouse, grain elevator, canning factory, petroleum sites and other abandoned properties   

  EPA News Release:    EPA awards $500,000 to Brighton, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize downtown properties  

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• Informe de la EPA encuentra que la refinería Suncor tiene más incidentes de contaminación del aire en comparación con otras refinerías

  El departamento de salud del estado de Colorado solicitó la revisión para ayudar a identificar las causas y reducir la contaminación del aire de Suncor

  EPA News Release: Informe de la EPA encuentra que la refinería Suncor tiene más incidentes de contaminación del aire en comparación con otras refinerías

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• EPA report finds Suncor refinery having more air pollution incidents compared to other refineries

  Colorado state health department requested the review to help identify causes and reduce air pollution from Suncor

  EPA News Release: EPA report finds Suncor refinery having more air pollution incidents compared to other refineries

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• EPA Announces $52 Million WIFIA loan to Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

  Water infrastructure projects slated to create 500 jobs in Pittsburgh; When combined with other funding sources, the WIFIA program has supported more than $38 billion for America’s water infrastructure

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $52 Million WIFIA loan to Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests $115 million in Funding to Respond to the Drinking Water Emergency in Jackson, Mississippi

  EPA funding is first awarded of $600 million total secured by the Biden-Harris Administration for Jackson’s water system

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $115 million in Funding to Respond to the Drinking Water Emergency in Jackson, Mississippi

  • Release Date: June 6, 2023

• Anheuser-Busch, LLC required to improve safety at Fort Collins Brewery

  Settlement is part of EPA’s National Initiative to Reduce Chemical Accidents and Protect Public Health

  EPA News Release: Anheuser-Busch, LLC required to improve safety at Fort Collins Brewery

  • Release Date: June 5, 2023

• EPA and Congressional officials encourage grant applications for zero emission school buses

  EPA News Release: EPA and Congressional officials encourage grant applications for zero emission school buses

  • Release Date: June 5, 2023

• EPA releases proposed cleanup plan for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund site in Montana 

  Proposal advances cleanup of the site and allows for robust public engagement  

  EPA News Release: EPA releases proposed cleanup plan for Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund site in Montana 

  • Release Date: June 2, 2023