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• 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

• U.S. Virgin Islands Slated to Get a Total of Almost $21M for Water Infrastructure Through Biden-Harris Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: U.S. Virgin Islands Slated to Get a Total of Almost $21M for Water Infrastructure Through Biden-Harris Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $9M in Funding to the U.S. Virgin Islands to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $9M in Funding to the U.S. Virgin Islands to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA Orders PHRT to Remove Additional Chemicals from the Refinery on St. Croix

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders PHRT to Remove Additional Chemicals from the Refinery on St. Croix

  • Release Date: August 23, 2024

• U.S. Virgin Islands to Get Over $12 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water

  EPA announces latest round of funding toward President Biden’s commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water 

  EPA News Release: U.S. Virgin Islands to Get Over $12 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water

  • Release Date: May 2, 2024

• Reaction to EPA’s Solar for All Shows Positive Momentum for Solar Power Across NJ, NY, PR and USVI

  EPA News Release: Reaction to EPA’s Solar for All Shows Positive Momentum for Solar Power Across NJ, NY, PR and USVI

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  EPA announces selectees for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Region 8 announces the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  Applications and nominations citing exemplary P2 efforts from Tribal, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations will be accepted through May 24, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 announces the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

  Updated 10-year report shows decreases in chemical releases nationally and regionally

  EPA News Release: EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• EPA Advances Climate Action in the Virgin Islands

  EPA awards Virgin Islands Energy Office a $500,000 Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Advances Climate Action in the Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds for Cleanup at Tutu Wellfields in St. Thomas, USVI

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds for Cleanup at Tutu Wellfields in St. Thomas, USVI

  • Release Date: February 27, 2024

• EPA Region 8 requests applications for pollution prevention source reduction projects

  Funding opportunity for projects to reduce pollution and waste through changes in the use of natural resources and materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 requests applications for pollution prevention source reduction projects

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $16.5 million for US Virgin Islands water infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the islands

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $16.5 million for US Virgin Islands water infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers screening levels for the first time in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Nonprofit to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue Environmental Justice grants across EPA Region 8 over the next three years  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023