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• EPA enters into Consent Agreement and Issues Final Order to Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, La., for Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into a consent agreement with Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC and issued a final order to address certain waste management practices at the company’s facility in LaPlace, Louisiana.

  • Release Date: December 28, 2022

• Limitless Vistas Inc to receive $500,000 to Fund Environmental Job Training Programs

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Louisiana based company, Limitless Vistas Inc (LVI) will receive $500,000 in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs.

  • Release Date: December 15, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Million in EPA Brownfields Grants to Train California Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities

  EPA selects three California organizations to receive grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Million in EPA Brownfields Grants to Train California Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA Settlement Results in Closure of Four Big Island Cesspools

  American Savings Bank will close illegal former Kealakekua Branch cesspool, undertake supplemental environmental project to close three additional cesspools

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Results in Closure of Four Big Island Cesspools

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022

• California Trucking Company to Pay $71K Penalty for Three Spills into Lake County Waterways

  EPA News Release: California Trucking Company to Pay $71K Penalty for Three Spills into Lake County Waterways

  • Release Date: November 21, 2022

• Environmental Study Released for Projects to Mitigate San Diego – Tijuana Transborder Water Pollution

  EPA News Release: Environmental Study Released for Projects to Mitigate San Diego – Tijuana Transborder Water Pollution

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• Six California Entities Receive EPA Safer Choice Awards for Chemical Safety

  EPA News Release: Six California Entities Receive EPA Safer Choice Awards for Chemical Safety

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• Bay Area Company Receives $400,000 from EPA for Zero Waste Artificial Intelligence Project

  EPA News Release: Bay Area Company Receives $400,000 from EPA for Zero Waste Artificial Intelligence Project

  • Release Date: November 16, 2022

• EPA Penalizes Ampac Fine Chemicals, Resolving Claims of Hazardous Waste Law Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Ampac Fine Chemicals, Resolving Claims of Hazardous Waste Law Violations

  • Release Date: November 10, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $11 Million for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Arizona, California and Nevada

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $11 Million for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Arizona, California and Nevada

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $8.8 Million for 22 Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in California

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $8.8 Million for 22 Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in California

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Announces Louisiana to Receive Nearly $2.4 Million for Air Monitoring Projects

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced four Louisiana organizations will receive $2,399,604 from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan to enhance air quality monitoring in marginalized communities.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Awards California $609 Million in Historic Federal Funding to Improve Water Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards California $609 Million in Historic Federal Funding to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: November 2, 2022

• EPA Announces $43,000,000 in Clean School Bus Funding for School Districts in Louisiana

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  The Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding $43,845,000 to Louisiana school districts.

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Close to $95 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for School Districts in American Samoa, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Close to $95 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for School Districts in American Samoa, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022