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• EPA’s Northwest regional Food Recovery Challenge winners both Oregon-based this year

  Newport Avenue Market in Bend and University of Oregon Dining Facilities – Eugene, earn local honors for outsized efforts in preventing food waste

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Northwest regional Food Recovery Challenge winners both Oregon-based this year

  • Release Date: April 30, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  • Release Date: April 29, 2020

• EPA at 50: Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Day in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Day in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: April 20, 2020

• U.S. settles with Oregon landowner over federal Clean Water Act violations near the banks of the North Santiam River

  EPA News Release: U.S. settles with Oregon landowner over federal Clean Water Act violations near the banks of the North Santiam River

  • Release Date: April 13, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska

  Actions finalized in November and December 2019

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska

  • Release Date: April 9, 2020

• EPA settles two cases with Coleman Oil Company, LLC, stemming from 2017 Columbia River oil spill

  EPA News Release: EPA settles two cases with Coleman Oil Company, LLC, stemming from 2017 Columbia River oil spill

  • Release Date: April 8, 2020

• EPA settles with Eastern Oregon fuel distributor for fuel storage violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Eastern Oregon fuel distributor for fuel storage violations

  • Release Date: April 2, 2020

• EPA announces $27.5 million in funding for Puget Sound

  National Estuary Program provides funds for state, local, tribal, and federal projects.

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $27.5 million in funding for Puget Sound

  • Release Date: October 31, 2019

• EPA offers first-ever grants to reduce toxics in Columbia River

  EPA News Release: EPA offers first-ever grants to reduce toxics in Columbia River

  • Release Date: October 31, 2019

• EPA selects Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and the Alaska Forum, Inc. for $400,000 in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

  Agency: Brownfields Job Training Grants Provide Skilled Workers for Alaska Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and the Alaska Forum, Inc. for $400,000 in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA invites Tacoma and Seattle to apply for $115 million in loans for wastewater projects

  $98 million Lake Washington Ship Canal, $17 million Tacoma wastewater projects are eligible

  EPA News Release: EPA invites Tacoma and Seattle to apply for $115 million in loans for wastewater projects

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA invites Portland and Beaverton to apply for $600 million in water loans

  Bull Run, Beaverton projects focus on critical reliability upgrades to protect public health

  EPA News Release: EPA invites Portland and Beaverton to apply for $600 million in water loans

  • Release Date: October 22, 2019

• EPA and East Valley Cattle, LLC, settle federal wetland violations near Burley, Idaho

  Landowner paid penalty, will restore damaged bed and banks of Raft River

  EPA News Release: EPA and East Valley Cattle, LLC, settle federal wetland violations near Burley, Idaho

  • Release Date: October 22, 2019

• State of Alaska and Fairbanks North Star Borough Receive $5 Million EPA Grant to Improve Air Quality in Fairbanks

  EPA News Release: State of Alaska and Fairbanks North Star Borough Receive $5 Million EPA Grant to Improve Air Quality in Fairbanks

  • Release Date: October 17, 2019

• Lane Regional Air Protection Agency awarded EPA grant for nearly $5 million to improve air quality in Oakridge, OR

  Five-year investment expected to net long-term benefits for area residents

  EPA News Release: Lane Regional Air Protection Agency awarded EPA grant for nearly $5 million to improve air quality in Oakridge, OR

  • Release Date: October 9, 2019