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• EPA grants $5.6 million to Alaska to inventory drinking water service lines for lead in nearly 270 tribal and small disadvantaged communities  

  EPA News Release: EPA grants $5.6 million to Alaska to inventory drinking water service lines for lead in nearly 270 tribal and small disadvantaged communities  

  • Release Date: July 6, 2023

• Hecla Mining Company penalized $143,000 for hazardous waste management violations at Greens Creek Silver Mine in Southeast Alaska

  EPA News Release: Hecla Mining Company penalized $143,000 for hazardous waste management violations at Greens Creek Silver Mine in Southeast Alaska

  • Release Date: June 14, 2023

• EPA selects 7 Alaska projects to receive $11 million in brownfields funding

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA selects 7 Alaska projects to receive $11 million in brownfields funding

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA penalizes Anchorage renovation company $25,609 for lead-based paint violations

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Anchorage renovation company $25,609 for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• EPA launches $20M program to address contaminated lands in Alaska

  Funds available to tribes, consortia, corporations and NGOs to address legacy pollution on lands conveyed under ANCSA

  EPA News Release: EPA launches $20M program to address contaminated lands in Alaska

  • Release Date: May 5, 2023

• EPA proposes new requirements for Haines wastewater plant to disinfect sewage discharges 

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes new requirements for Haines wastewater plant to disinfect sewage discharges 

  • Release Date: May 4, 2023

• National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden’s historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

  Collaborative projects in Alaska and Washington will promote community-led science, knowledge-sharing to support environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

  • Release Date: February 27, 2023

• EPA Region 10 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 10 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: February 22, 2023

• EPA Mid-Atlantic Region schedules March 2 virtual listening session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Mid-Atlantic Region schedules March 2 virtual listening session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: February 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $18M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Alaska

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $18M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Alaska

  • Release Date: February 16, 2023

• 1023 Diesel & Fleet of Wasilla, AK., fined $65,000 for Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: 1023 Diesel & Fleet of Wasilla, AK., fined $65,000 for Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: February 2, 2023

• EPA proposes partial approval, disapproval of Alaska’s air plan for Fairbanks North Star Borough

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes partial approval, disapproval of Alaska’s air plan for Fairbanks North Star Borough

  • Release Date: January 10, 2023

• 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

• 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