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• EPA and IHS fully fund new $23M Warm Springs water treatment plant

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds enable reliable, safe drinking water for 3,800 people

  EPA News Release: EPA and IHS fully fund new $23M Warm Springs water treatment plant

  • Release Date: December 20, 2022

• EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA selects City of Tacoma for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects City of Tacoma for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA selects Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group for $1 million in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group for $1 million in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, WA penalized $61,500 for Hazardous Chemical Violations 

  Company fined for failing to meet hazardous chemical reporting requirements 

  EPA News Release: Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, WA penalized $61,500 for Hazardous Chemical Violations 

  • Release Date: December 13, 2022

• Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC de Sunnyside, WA recibió una sanción de $61,500 por infracciones de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  La compañía fue multada por no cumplir con los requisitos de notificación de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  EPA News Release: Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC de Sunnyside, WA recibió una sanción de $61,500 por infracciones de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  • Release Date: December 13, 2022

• Valley Agronomics pays $144,400 EPA penalty for unsafe storage of pesticides

  Company cited for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations

  EPA News Release: Valley Agronomics pays $144,400 EPA penalty for unsafe storage of pesticides

  • Release Date: December 6, 2022

• EPA Takes Next Step in Consideration of Protections for Bristol Bay

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Next Step in Consideration of Protections for Bristol Bay

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022

• EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  Waste Management, Inc., agrees to pay $104k penalty and make immediate improvements

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA awards 15 Northwest tribes nearly $2 million for water quality improvement and wetland program development

  EPA News Release: EPA awards 15 Northwest tribes nearly $2 million for water quality improvement and wetland program development

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: September 21, 2021

• EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  Owens-Brockway Glass failed to report chromium used in glassmaking

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  • Release Date: September 16, 2021

• EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  Settlement resolves claims stemming from 2016 UPRR train derailment, spill, and fire

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

• EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA: Soil, Water, and Columbia River bottom near Army Corps facility are contaminated with PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals, and other contaminants.

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021