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• Montana DEQ to assume Operation and Maintenance responsibilities for Libby Superfund Site Operable Units 4 and 7

  A milestone as residential and commercial areas are deemed complete

  EPA News Release: Montana DEQ to assume Operation and Maintenance responsibilities for Libby Superfund Site Operable Units 4 and 7

  • Release Date: June 29, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• Littleton, Colorado’s Johns Manville company earns EPA 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Award

  Innovative carpet tile backing technology eliminates formaldehyde use

  EPA News Release: Littleton, Colorado’s Johns Manville company earns EPA 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Award

  • Release Date: June 16, 2020

• EPA announces FY 2019 Superfund Accomplishments Report

  Highlights key Trump Administration accomplishments, focuses on future

  EPA News Release: EPA announces FY 2019 Superfund Accomplishments Report

  • Release Date: June 12, 2020

• Snowy Mountain Development Corporation receives $300K to advance the cleanup and reuse of properties in communities throughout central Montana

  Award part of $6.9 million in supplemental funding for Brownfields projects across the nation

  EPA News Release: Snowy Mountain Development Corporation receives $300K to advance the cleanup and reuse of properties in communities throughout central Montana

  • Release Date: June 11, 2020

• EPA settles Clean Water Act case with Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. in Glendive, Montana

  EPA News Release: EPA settles Clean Water Act case with Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. in Glendive, Montana

  • Release Date: June 10, 2020

• United States and Montana Lodge $150 Million Settlement with Atlantic Richfield Requiring Cleanup of Mining Contamination in Butte, Montana

  EPA News Release: United States and Montana Lodge $150 Million Settlement with Atlantic Richfield Requiring Cleanup of Mining Contamination in Butte, Montana

  • Release Date: June 8, 2020

• Small businesses in Lafayette and Wheat Ridge, Colo. receive $300K each to develop innovative environmental technologies

  Awards to Sporian Microsystems and TDA Research among $3 million in EPA funding to help commercialize beneficial technologies nationally

  EPA News Release: Small businesses in Lafayette and Wheat Ridge, Colo. receive $300K each to develop innovative environmental technologies

  • Release Date: June 3, 2020

• EPA deletes portion of Libby, Montana Superfund site from National Priorities List

  Deletion reflects continued cleanup progress at site

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes portion of Libby, Montana Superfund site from National Priorities List

  • Release Date: May 26, 2020

• Northern Cheyenne Tribe receives $364,500 to cleanup and revitalize properties

  Funds to clean up contaminants at six vacant buildings in Lame Deer

  EPA News Release: Northern Cheyenne Tribe receives $364,500 to cleanup and revitalize properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020

• City of Missoula (Mont.) receives $1.1 million to clean up and revitalize properties

  Funds to support environmental cleanup projects in Westside and along rail corridors

  EPA News Release: City of Missoula (Mont.) receives $1.1 million to clean up and revitalize properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020

• Great Falls Development Authority (Mont.) receives $300K to assess and revitalize properties

  Funds to identify cleanup needs and redevelopment opportunities in north central Great Falls and rural communities along the Missouri River and highway corridors

  EPA News Release: Great Falls Development Authority (Mont.) receives $300K to assess and revitalize properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020

• City of Aberdeen (S.D.) receives $300,000 to assess and revitalize properties

  Funds to identify cleanup needs and redevelopment opportunities at several locations, including Washington School and Northwestern Railroad site

  EPA News Release: City of Aberdeen (S.D.) receives $300,000 to assess and revitalize properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020

• North Dakota Tribes receive $810,000 to clean up and revitalize properties

  Spirit Lake Tribe and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians receive funds to clean up contaminated properties

  EPA News Release: North Dakota Tribes receive $810,000 to clean up and revitalize properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020

• Northern Montana Tribes and rural communities receive $900,000 to assess and revitalize properties

  EPA Brownfields grants to support cleanup and redevelopment projects in rural communities, including Blackfeet, Rocky Boys and Fort Peck Reservations

  EPA News Release: Northern Montana Tribes and rural communities receive $900,000 to assess and revitalize properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020