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• 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

• U.S. EPA awards over $11.8 million for clean diesel projects in California

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA awards over $11.8 million for clean diesel projects in California

  • Release Date: September 30, 2020

• U.S. EPA begins hazardous waste removal following Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Mateo County Fires

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA begins hazardous waste removal following Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Mateo County Fires

  • Release Date: September 29, 2020

• U.S. EPA Announces Air Toxics Monitoring Grant Winners in California

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces Air Toxics Monitoring Grant Winners in California

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020

• EPA’s GreenChill Program Celebrates Smart Refrigerant Management at Bay Area Sprouts Farmers Markets

  EPA News Release: EPA’s GreenChill Program Celebrates Smart Refrigerant Management at Bay Area Sprouts Farmers Markets

  • Release Date: September 25, 2020

• U.S. EPA fines Port of Oakland $300,000 for violating Ocean Dumping Act

  Contractor hired to do the dredging project will pay an additional $173,000

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA fines Port of Oakland $300,000 for violating Ocean Dumping Act

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• U.S. EPA Announces 2020 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in California

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces 2020 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in California

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• U.S. EPA reaches settlement with Dilbeck & Sons for lead-based paint violations in Salinas, California

  Construction company will pay over $22,000 in penalties

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA reaches settlement with Dilbeck & Sons for lead-based paint violations in Salinas, California

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020

• U.S. EPA Selects Organizations in the Pacific Southwest to Receive Pollution Prevention Grants

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Selects Organizations in the Pacific Southwest to Receive Pollution Prevention Grants

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020

• U.S. EPA announces 2020 Green Power Leadership Award Winners in California

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA announces 2020 Green Power Leadership Award Winners in California

  • Release Date: September 22, 2020

• U.S. EPA settles with metal finishing company over hazardous waste violations at Glendale, California facility

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with metal finishing company over hazardous waste violations at Glendale, California facility

  • Release Date: September 21, 2020

• U.S. EPA Announces $69 Million WIFIA Loan for Innovative Water Recycling Project in Oceanside, CA

  Nationally, EPA’s 27 WIFIA loans are helping finance more than $12 billion in water infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces $69 Million WIFIA Loan for Innovative Water Recycling Project in Oceanside, CA

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020

• U.S. EPA awards almost $1 million to San Jose State University for research on combating harmful algal blooms

  To protect U.S. waters, over $6 million for research awarded nationwide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA awards almost $1 million to San Jose State University for research on combating harmful algal blooms

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020

• U.S. EPA Settles with Recreational Vehicle Importer in South El Monte, California, Over Illegal Imports of Off-Road Vehicles

  Two Southern California Companies also fined for Clean Air Act violations

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Settles with Recreational Vehicle Importer in South El Monte, California, Over Illegal Imports of Off-Road Vehicles

  • Release Date: September 14, 2020