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• Nearing Full Implementation, EPA’s Lean Management System Delivers Results

  EPA News Release: Nearing Full Implementation, EPA’s Lean Management System Delivers Results

  • Release Date: November 10, 2020

• U.S. EPA Recognizes Freight Industry Leaders in North Carolina for Environmental Performance

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Recognizes Freight Industry Leaders in North Carolina for Environmental Performance

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020

• EPA Calls for Nominations for the 2021 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

  Applications due by February 19, 2021

  EPA News Release: EPA Calls for Nominations for the 2021 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

  • Release Date: October 28, 2020

• EPA Awards Pollution Prevention Funding to East Carolina University and North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

  Nationally, EPA Selects over 40 Organizations to Receive $9.3 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Pollution Prevention Funding to East Carolina University and North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020

• EPA Ready to Support FEMA, State Efforts on Tropical Depression Sally

  EPA News Release: EPA Ready to Support FEMA, State Efforts on Tropical Depression Sally

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020

• EPA Announces $4 Million in Research Funding to Build Resilience and Protect Vulnerable Groups from Environmental Impacts of Natural Disasters

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $4 Million in Research Funding to Build Resilience and Protect Vulnerable Groups from Environmental Impacts of Natural Disasters

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  • Release Date: August 25, 2020

• EPA Announces Significant Air Quality Improvement in Jefferson County, Kentucky

  Area now meets the 2010 1-Hour Federal Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Significant Air Quality Improvement in Jefferson County, Kentucky

  • Release Date: August 10, 2020

• EPA Supports States in Addressing PFAS Across the Southeast

  Through technical assistance, grants and enforcement, EPA Region 4 assists states, tribes and local communities respond to PFAS challenges

  EPA News Release: EPA Supports States in Addressing PFAS Across the Southeast

  • Release Date: July 29, 2020

• EPA Awards $60,000 to Organizations in Georgia and North Carolina for 2020 Environmental Justice Small Grants

  Agency selects 12 organizations to receive $360,000 nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $60,000 to Organizations in Georgia and North Carolina for 2020 Environmental Justice Small Grants

  • Release Date: June 30, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prevent and Minimize Releases during Hazardous Weather Events

  EPA News Release: EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prevent and Minimize Releases during Hazardous Weather Events

  • Release Date: June 9, 2020

• EPA Awards $5,734,100 to North Carolina for Water Quality Protection

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $5,734,100 to North Carolina for Water Quality Protection

  • Release Date: May 20, 2020

• EPA Awards North Carolina $964,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards North Carolina $964,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: May 14, 2020

• EPA Selects Four NC Entities to Receive $1.4 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Four NC Entities to Receive $1.4 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020