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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• EPA orders the closure of cesspool in Kauai to protect water resources

  EPA News Release: EPA orders the closure of cesspool in Kauai to protect water resources

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  • Release Date: December 15, 2020

• U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  $2.5 million to be awarded nation-wide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020

• EPA Awards $23.3 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $23.3 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in Hawaii

  • Release Date: October 26, 2020

• EPA Awards $346.8 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in the Pacific Southwest Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $346.8 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in the Pacific Southwest Region

  • Release Date: October 26, 2020

• U.S. EPA settles with Honolulu-based BEI Hawaii over a Chlorine Gas Release and Pesticides Violations

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with Honolulu-based BEI Hawaii over a Chlorine Gas Release and Pesticides Violations

  • Release Date: October 15, 2020

• U.S. EPA requires Lanai Oil Company to protect Hawaiian waterways from oil spills

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA requires Lanai Oil Company to protect Hawaiian waterways from oil spills

  • Release Date: October 14, 2020

• U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020

• U.S. EPA Terminates Order with City and County of Honolulu with successful implementation of Stream Maintenance Program

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Terminates Order with City and County of Honolulu with successful implementation of Stream Maintenance Program

  • Release Date: September 24, 2020

• U.S. EPA Awards Hawaii $222,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Awards Hawaii $222,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• To protect public health during pandemic, U.S. EPA orders O‘ahu company Hawaii Unified Industries to stop selling unregistered and misbranded pesticides

  EPA News Release: To protect public health during pandemic, U.S. EPA orders O‘ahu company Hawaii Unified Industries to stop selling unregistered and misbranded pesticides

  • Release Date: September 8, 2020

• EPA and Hawaii Libraries Reach Agreement to Identify, Close Pollution-Causing Large Cesspools

  State Public Library System Will Self-Audit to Further Protect Water Resources

  EPA News Release: EPA and Hawaii Libraries Reach Agreement to Identify, Close Pollution-Causing Large Cesspools

  • Release Date: August 25, 2020