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• EPA, CalEPA Release Plan for Joint Enforcement Work to Protect California Communities Overburdened by Pollution

  Plan Builds on Groundbreaking Federal-State Partnership Launched through 2021 Environmental Justice-Focused Agreement

  EPA News Release: EPA, CalEPA Release Plan for Joint Enforcement Work to Protect California Communities Overburdened by Pollution

  • Release Date: April 24, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $250 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across California

  EPA announces selectees under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $250 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across California

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Fines East Bay Cities and Municipal Utility Districts for Sewage Discharge Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines East Bay Cities and Municipal Utility Districts for Sewage Discharge Violations

  • Release Date: April 11, 2024

• EPA Announces 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program for Pacific Southwest Region

  Applications will be accepted through May 24, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program for Pacific Southwest Region

  • Release Date: April 11, 2024

• Shasta-Siskiyou Transport of Redding, Calif. to Pay Over $208,000 Penalty for Fuel Spill that Reached Sacramento River

  EPA News Release: Shasta-Siskiyou Transport of Redding, Calif. to Pay Over $208,000 Penalty for Fuel Spill that Reached Sacramento River

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024

• Tribe in Northern California to Improve Drinking Water Safeguards Under Federal Enforcement Agreement

  EPA News Release: Tribe in Northern California to Improve Drinking Water Safeguards Under Federal Enforcement Agreement

  • Release Date: April 9, 2024

• EPA Actions Restore Safe Drinking Water to over 900 Mobile Home Park Residents in Eastern Coachella Valley

  Drinking water previously contained unsafe levels of arsenic.

  EPA News Release: EPA Actions Restore Safe Drinking Water to over 900 Mobile Home Park Residents in Eastern Coachella Valley

  • Release Date: April 4, 2024

• EPA Fines Southern California Auto Parts Companies for Defeat Devices, Harming Air Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Southern California Auto Parts Companies for Defeat Devices, Harming Air Quality

  • Release Date: April 1, 2024

• Bay Area Communities Awarded $1.5 Million in Revitalization Funds Through EPA’s Brownfields Program

  Grants announced at a virtual event with East Bay Community Energy

  EPA News Release: Bay Area Communities Awarded $1.5 Million in Revitalization Funds Through EPA’s Brownfields Program

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• San Diego Firm and Owner Pleads Guilty to Illegal Importation, Sale and Mailing of Product Marketed as COVID-19 Killer

  EPA News Release: San Diego Firm and Owner Pleads Guilty to Illegal Importation, Sale and Mailing of Product Marketed as COVID-19 Killer

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• EPA Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding

  Brownfields assessment and cleanup grants help underserved communities Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021

• EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Supply Inc. for selling misbranded pesticide

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Supply Inc. for selling misbranded pesticide

  • Release Date: May 6, 2021

• Two Health Programs, both in California, Announced as the Winners of U.S. EPA’s National Asthma Management Awards

  Central California Asthma Collaborative, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego Earn Awards Tied to Asthma Awareness Month

  EPA News Release: Two Health Programs, both in California, Announced as the Winners of U.S. EPA’s National Asthma Management Awards

  • Release Date: May 5, 2021

• EPA approves rapid test to assess beach water quality in San Diego County

  New pilot bacteria rapid test provides same-day results for beachgoers

  EPA News Release: EPA approves rapid test to assess beach water quality in San Diego County

  • Release Date: May 3, 2021