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• Belle Fourche and Bridger Pipeline companies to pay $12.5 million in penalties and improve compliance after pipeline spills in Montana and North Dakota

  Agreement protects public health, safety, and the environment by requiring action to make future spills less likely

  EPA News Release: Belle Fourche and Bridger Pipeline companies to pay $12.5 million in penalties and improve compliance after pipeline spills in Montana and North Dakota

  • Release Date: July 31, 2023

• EPA awards $150K to Butte Citizens Technical Environmental Committee to support Superfund activities

  Funding will allow CTEC to develop website, increase technical support for cleanup decisions

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $150K to Butte Citizens Technical Environmental Committee to support Superfund activities

  • Release Date: July 26, 2023

• $10 million grant opportunity to support Environmental Justice in Mountains and Plains communities 

   EPA seeks applicants to provide EJ technical assistance for organizations and communities in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 28 Tribes 

  EPA News Release: $10 million grant opportunity to support Environmental Justice in Mountains and Plains communities 

  • Release Date: July 13, 2023

• Butte’s Superfund Site in Focus: EPA leadership meets with key stakeholders to tackle Butte Superfund challenges

  Stakeholders focus on improving community engagement   

  EPA News Release: Butte’s Superfund Site in Focus: EPA leadership meets with key stakeholders to tackle Butte Superfund challenges

  • Release Date: July 7, 2023

• EPA extends public comment period for preliminary Safe Drinking Water Act decisions related to Afton, Wyoming’s Periodic Spring 

  EPA News Release: EPA extends public comment period for preliminary Safe Drinking Water Act decisions related to Afton, Wyoming’s Periodic Spring 

  • Release Date: September 30, 2022

• EPA y Estado de Colorado solicitan los aportes de la comunidad sobre el plan de trabajo para impulsar las metas de justicia ambiental

  EPA News Release: EPA y Estado de Colorado solicitan los aportes de la comunidad sobre el plan de trabajo para impulsar las metas de justicia ambiental

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• EPA and Colorado seek community input on Workplan to advance environmental justice goals 

  EPA News Release: EPA and Colorado seek community input on Workplan to advance environmental justice goals 

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• EPA celebrates recreational improvements along the Ogden and Weber Rivers to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Clean Water Act

  EPA News Release: EPA celebrates recreational improvements along the Ogden and Weber Rivers to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Clean Water Act

  • Release Date: September 19, 2022

• EPA announces $121 million in historic federal funding to Colorado for clean watersheds and drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $121 million in historic federal funding to Colorado for clean watersheds and drinking water

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• EPA announces $63 million in historic federal funding to Utah for clean watersheds and drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $63 million in historic federal funding to Utah for clean watersheds and drinking water

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• EPA announces $26 million in historic federal funding to Montana for clean watersheds and drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $26 million in historic federal funding to Montana for clean watersheds and drinking water

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• EPA community meeting to present update on ethylene oxide risk in Lakewood, Colorado: September 22

  Agency will present information on national EtO efforts and the results of recent risk modeling in the immediate vicinity of the Terumo BCT sterilization facility

  EPA News Release: EPA community meeting to present update on ethylene oxide risk in Lakewood, Colorado: September 22

  • Release Date: September 6, 2022