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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Research Triangle Institute to Receive $100 million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Region 4 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 Research Triangle Institute to Receive $100 million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across the Region 4 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 to Recruit and Train Kentucky 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 $500,000 to Recruit and Train Kentucky Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 to Recruit and Train Alabama 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 $500,000 to Recruit and Train Alabama Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA solicits comments and will host public hearing in Bainbridge, Georgia regarding BASF Corporation’s Attapulgus facility

  EPA News Release: EPA solicits comments and will host public hearing in Bainbridge, Georgia regarding BASF Corporation’s Attapulgus facility

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA recognizes U.S. Finishing/ Cone Mills Superfund Site for Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  EPA News Release: EPA recognizes U.S. Finishing/ Cone Mills Superfund Site for Excellence in Site Reuse Award

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $30 Million for Projects in Underserved Communities That Promote a Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico

  The new EPA Healthy & Resilient Gulf of Mexico Grant program was made possible by the President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda and will advance environmental justice in underserved communities across the watershed

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $30 Million for Projects in Underserved Communities That Promote a Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico

  • Release Date: December 6, 2023

• Media Advisory: U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills receives EPA’s Excellence in Site Re-Use Award

  EPA News Release: Media Advisory: U.S. Finishing/Cone Mills receives EPA’s Excellence in Site Re-Use Award

  • Release Date: December 5, 2023

• Chattanooga Tennessee Clean Water Act Settlement Modified to Update Plans to Address Sanitary Sewer Overflows

  EPA News Release: Chattanooga Tennessee Clean Water Act Settlement Modified to Update Plans to Address Sanitary Sewer Overflows

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• EPA Proposes Revising Certain Water Quality Standards for Florida’s Waters

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Revising Certain Water Quality Standards for Florida’s Waters

  • Release Date: December 1, 2023

• EPA announces agreement with prospective purchaser of the former plant at the Mississippi Phosphates Corporation Superfund Site in Pascagoula, Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA announces agreement with prospective purchaser of the former plant at the Mississippi Phosphates Corporation Superfund Site in Pascagoula, Mississippi

  • Release Date: August 22, 2023

• EPA, DOJ and MDEQ to hold public meetings to receive comments on Stipulated Order to expedite Jackson sewer system repairs

  EPA News Release: EPA, DOJ and MDEQ to hold public meetings to receive comments on Stipulated Order to expedite Jackson sewer system repairs

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023

• EPA announces $13M grant to Deep South Center for Environmental Justice to help communities access historic funding under Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $13M grant to Deep South Center for Environmental Justice to help communities access historic funding under Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: August 15, 2023

• MONDAY: EPA, Rep. Troy Carter to Recognize Deep South Center for Environmental Justice for $13M Grant in New Orleans

  EPA News Release: MONDAY: EPA, Rep. Troy Carter to Recognize Deep South Center for Environmental Justice for $13M Grant in New Orleans

  • Release Date: August 11, 2023

• EPA to begin additional cleanup at CTS Superfund Site in Asheville, North Carolina

  EPA News Release: EPA to begin additional cleanup at CTS Superfund Site in Asheville, North Carolina

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023