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• EPA completes cleanup at 187 properties this year at the Jacobsville Superfund Site in Evansville, Indiana

  Work will shut down for winter months and resume in the spring

  EPA News Release: EPA completes cleanup at 187 properties this year at the Jacobsville Superfund Site in Evansville, Indiana

  • Release Date: December 21, 2023

• EPA Cites Dem-Con Metal Recycling for Clean Air Act Violations at Facility in Shakopee, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA Cites Dem-Con Metal Recycling for Clean Air Act Violations at Facility in Shakopee, Minnesota

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects the Minneapolis Foundation to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects in the Midwest as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  The Minneapolis Foundation has been selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue hundreds of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects the Minneapolis Foundation to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects in the Midwest as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Announces $22 Million to Help Restore St. Louis River in Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $22 Million to Help Restore St. Louis River in Minnesota

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Finalizes $585,000 Settlement with Lakeshore Railcar & Tanker Services in East Chicago, Indiana, for Alleged Violations of the Clean Water Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes $585,000 Settlement with Lakeshore Railcar & Tanker Services in East Chicago, Indiana, for Alleged Violations of the Clean Water Act

  • Release Date: December 13, 2023

• EPA Oversees Last Phase of Soil Cleanup in the Residential Area of the USS Lead Superfund Site in East Chicago, Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA Oversees Last Phase of Soil Cleanup in the Residential Area of the USS Lead Superfund Site in East Chicago, Indiana

  • Release Date: December 11, 2023

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

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

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

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Regional Administrator, Local Leaders Highlight How $500,000 Grant Will Advance Environmental Justice in South Bend, Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator, Local Leaders Highlight How $500,000 Grant Will Advance Environmental Justice in South Bend, Indiana

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlement with R.J. Torching for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations at Facility in Flint, Michigan

  EPA to hold virtual public meeting January 18, 2024 to discuss the consent decree

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with R.J. Torching for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations at Facility in Flint, Michigan

  • Release Date: December 5, 2023

• EPA, NRCS, ACOE, and Partners to Re-energize Multi-State Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership to Better Coordinate, Accelerate Nutrient Reduction Efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA, NRCS, ACOE, and Partners to Re-energize Multi-State Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership to Better Coordinate, Accelerate Nutrient Reduction Efforts

  • Release Date: October 30, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Project Agreement for Over $100 Million to Clean up Cuyahoga River Area of Concern

  Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, the new funding agreement between EPA and non-federal sponsors will cleanup 875,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediments.

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Project Agreement for Over $100 Million to Clean up Cuyahoga River Area of Concern

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $1.7 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Illinois as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grants to Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, United Congregations of Metro East and Ecology Action Center announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agree

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $1.7 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Illinois as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Ohio as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grants to Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Advocates for Basic Legal Equity Inc. and Vincentian Ohio Action Network (doing business as ARCH) announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Coopera

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Ohio as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2.5 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Michigan as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grants to the cities of Ann Arbor and Flint and the non-profit One Love Global announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Governm

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2.5 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Michigan as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023