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• 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

• EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  BP failed to maintain adequate insurance to protect third parties against damages from hazardous waste

  EPA News Release: EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• EPA provides $20.5 million for Alaska plan to improve drinking water, wastewater infrastructure

  State estimates $56 million for wastewater, $28.7 million for drinking water projects

  EPA News Release: EPA provides $20.5 million for Alaska plan to improve drinking water, wastewater infrastructure

  • Release Date: December 5, 2019

• EPA awards $5.6 million in grants to reduce diesel pollution

  Diesel pollution reduction projects in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska get a big boost

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $5.6 million in grants to reduce diesel pollution

  • Release Date: November 21, 2019

• EPA honors innovative and sustainable water infrastructure projects in Alaska, Idaho and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA honors innovative and sustainable water infrastructure projects in Alaska, Idaho and Washington

  • Release Date: November 20, 2019

• EPA Recognizes Excellence and Innovation in Southern Arizona Clean Water Infrastructure Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Excellence and Innovation in Southern Arizona Clean Water Infrastructure Project

  • Release Date: November 19, 2019

• EPA and Silver Bay Seafoods settle federal Clean Water Act discharge violations

  Seafood processor installs new treatment technology to reduce waste discharges

  EPA News Release: EPA and Silver Bay Seafoods settle federal Clean Water Act discharge violations

  • Release Date: November 6, 2019

• EPA awards environmental justice grants to communities and tribes in Alaska, Oregon and Washington

  Funding aims to empower underserved communities working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues

  EPA News Release: EPA awards environmental justice grants to communities and tribes in Alaska, Oregon and Washington

  • Release Date: November 5, 2019

• EPA selects Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and the Alaska Forum, Inc. for $400,000 in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

  Agency: Brownfields Job Training Grants Provide Skilled Workers for Alaska Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and the Alaska Forum, Inc. for $400,000 in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA, Delta Western, reach settlement over federal Clean Air Act violations at Juneau fuel terminal

  EPA: New pollution control equipment required by settlement will lower emissions, reduce risks.

  EPA News Release: EPA, Delta Western, reach settlement over federal Clean Air Act violations at Juneau fuel terminal

  • Release Date: September 5, 2019

• EPA settles with JBER for hazardous waste violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with JBER for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: September 4, 2019

• EPA Administrator Wraps Up Alaska Swing In Anchorage

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wraps Up Alaska Swing In Anchorage

  • Release Date: August 21, 2019