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• EPA Secures Agreement from Chemours to Conduct New Sampling for PFAS Contamination near Washington Works, WV Facility

  Agreement Reflects Agency’s National Enforcement Compliance Initiative on Addressing Exposure to PFAS

  EPA News Release: EPA Secures Agreement from Chemours to Conduct New Sampling for PFAS Contamination near Washington Works, WV Facility

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Green & Healthy Homes Initiative to Receive $50,000,000 to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Green & Healthy Homes Initiative to Receive $50,000,000 to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Mid-Atlantic as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Names Martha Shimkin as New Director of Chesapeake Bay Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Martha Shimkin as New Director of Chesapeake Bay Program

  • Release Date: December 15, 2023

• EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Life in Certain Sections of the Delaware River

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Life in Certain Sections of the Delaware River

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• EPA Mid-Atlantic Administrator Offers Tips for an Environmentally-Friendly Holiday

  EPA News Release: EPA Mid-Atlantic Administrator Offers Tips for an Environmentally-Friendly Holiday

  • Release Date: December 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1 Million to Recruit and Train Pennsylvania Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1 Million to Recruit and Train Pennsylvania Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Provides $7.25 Million for ‘Most Effective’ Cleanup Actions in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

  Agriculture, Environmental Justice Areas Targeted for Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides $7.25 Million for ‘Most Effective’ Cleanup Actions in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

  • Release Date: May 27, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of West Virginia Communities to Receive Nearly $3 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding

  Will help underserved communities ‘Build Back Better’ and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of West Virginia Communities to Receive Nearly $3 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of Maryland Communities to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  Will help underserved communities in Baltimore County and Frederick ‘Build Back Better’ and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of Maryland Communities to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: May 24, 2021

• EPA Mid-Atlantic Recognizes First Asthma Community Champion

  EPA News Release: EPA Mid-Atlantic Recognizes First Asthma Community Champion

  • Release Date: May 24, 2021

• EPA Removing Portions of the North Penn Area 6 Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Removing Portions of the North Penn Area 6 Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: May 20, 2021

• EPA Removing Portions of Palmerton Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Removing Portions of Palmerton Site from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: May 20, 2021

• EPA Proposes Removing Butler Mine Tunnel from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Removing Butler Mine Tunnel from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: May 14, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of Four Communities in Virginia to Receive $1.5 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding

  Will help underserved communities Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of Four Communities in Virginia to Receive $1.5 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding

  • Release Date: May 12, 2021

• Shimkin Named Chesapeake Bay Program Office Deputy Director

  EPA News Release: Shimkin Named Chesapeake Bay Program Office Deputy Director

  • Release Date: May 12, 2021