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• Priest River couple pays $75,000 Clean Water Act penalty for streambank destruction on Priest River

  EPA News Release: Priest River couple pays $75,000 Clean Water Act penalty for streambank destruction on Priest River

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• EPA issues final PCBs reduction plan for Spokane River

  EPA News Release: EPA issues final PCBs reduction plan for Spokane River

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• EPA Announces $20M for Water Infrastructure in Idaho

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $20M for Water Infrastructure in Idaho

  • Release Date: October 24, 2024

• Biden-Harris administration announces over $140M for water infrastructure in EPA Region 8 states  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris administration announces over $140M for water infrastructure in EPA Region 8 states  

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• EPA announces $885,000 for Idaho to upgrade older diesel engines to cleaner, zero-emission solutions

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $885,000 for Idaho to upgrade older diesel engines to cleaner, zero-emission solutions

  • Release Date: October 17, 2024

• EPA announces $24M in funding for clean water in Idaho schools, homes

  New final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $24M in funding for clean water in Idaho schools, homes

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration requires replacement of lead pipes within 10 years, announces over $168M in funding to EPA Region 8 states 

  EPA announces new final regulations and funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration requires replacement of lead pipes within 10 years, announces over $168M in funding to EPA Region 8 states 

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• Rosebud Sioux Tribe selected to receive $7,879,394 for new electric vehicles and charging stations

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, Tribe among 34 Tribal and territory applications selected to receive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

  EPA News Release: Rosebud Sioux Tribe selected to receive $7,879,394 for new electric vehicles and charging stations

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• In proposed settlement Hecla Limited to pay for riparian restoration and a $174,300 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho

  Company’s $299,000 Supplemental Environmental Project will restore fish habitat in the South Fork Coeur d’Alene River

  EPA News Release: In proposed settlement Hecla Limited to pay for riparian restoration and a $174,300 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• EPA announces $16 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Pocatello, ID

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $16 million environmental and climate justice community change grant to Pocatello, ID

  • Release Date: July 25, 2024

• EPA announces $37 million grant to Nez Perce Tribe to cut climate pollution and improve air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $37 million grant to Nez Perce Tribe to cut climate pollution and improve air quality

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $365,000 in Rebates for Clean School Bus in South Dakota as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $365,000 in Rebates for Clean School Bus in South Dakota as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• EPA awards $3 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Sioux Falls, Lead and rural South Dakota communities 

  Brownfields grants to SDDANR and SDSTA to spur community and economic revitalization Sioux Falls, Lead, Box Elder and Lake City 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $3 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Sioux Falls, Lead and rural South Dakota communities 

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• Idaho company penalized $225,000 for Clean Water Act Violations along St. Joe River

  EPA News Release: Idaho company penalized $225,000 for Clean Water Act Violations along St. Joe River

  • Release Date: May 17, 2024

• EPA, DEQ, Panhandle Health celebrate 50 years of protecting children from lead poisoning

  EPA News Release: EPA, DEQ, Panhandle Health celebrate 50 years of protecting children from lead poisoning

  • Release Date: May 15, 2024