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• Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates $34M in Grants to Reduce Air Pollution at Schools; Highlights Efforts in Philadelphia

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates $34M in Grants to Reduce Air Pollution at Schools; Highlights Efforts in Philadelphia

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• West Virginia Water Service District Facing Violations – Working Towards Corrective Action

  EPA News Release: West Virginia Water Service District Facing Violations – Working Towards Corrective Action

  • Release Date: October 28, 2024

• EPA announces public comment period for a NPDES permit modification for Ocean Era off the Florida coast

  Comments must be received by November 25, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA announces public comment period for a NPDES permit modification for Ocean Era off the Florida coast

  • Release Date: October 25, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $12.1 Million Across Mid-Atlantic to Upgrade Older Diesel Engines to Cleaner and Zero-Emission Solutions that are Better for Our Communities

  Five selectees in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia will reduce diesel emissions across a range of projects, including upgrades to fire trucks, municipal fleets, and construction equipment

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $12.1 Million Across Mid-Atlantic to Upgrade Older Diesel Engines to Cleaner and Zero-Emission Solutions that are Better for Our Communities

  • Release Date: October 18, 2024

• EPA Removes New York’s Rochester Embayment from List of Most Polluted Areas in the Great Lakes

  Nearly $14 million in GLRI cleanup funding results in delisting New York’s second area of concern

  EPA News Release: EPA Removes New York’s Rochester Embayment from List of Most Polluted Areas in the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA Awards More Than $7 Million to Indiana University to Monitor Toxic Chemicals Entering the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards More Than $7 Million to Indiana University to Monitor Toxic Chemicals Entering the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: October 1, 2024

• EPA Announces $4 Million Funding Opportunity for Phosphorus Reduction Efforts in Western Lake Erie Basin

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $4 Million Funding Opportunity for Phosphorus Reduction Efforts in Western Lake Erie Basin

  • Release Date: October 1, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

  EPA to Hold Open House August 20 in Lake Linden

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• EPA and Partners Complete Cleanup and Restoration, Open New Trail at Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding accelerated the project, part of the St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners Complete Cleanup and Restoration, Open New Trail at Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: July 10, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Hold Public Meeting in Cleveland on Cuyahoga River Old Channel Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Hold Public Meeting in Cleveland on Cuyahoga River Old Channel Cleanup

  • Release Date: May 9, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian Begins 40th Annual Sampling of Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian Begins 40th Annual Sampling of Great Lakes

  • Release Date: April 18, 2023

• EPA Announces $12.5 Million in funding for Environmental Justice Grants Program in the Gulf of Mexico

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $12.5 Million in funding for Environmental Justice Grants Program in the Gulf of Mexico

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• $10.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  EPA News Release: $10.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 12, 2022