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• EPA Regional Administrator McCollister Urges School Districts, Tribes, and School Bus Operators in Region 7 States to Apply for $500M in Available Clean School Bus Funding

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law creates new EPA program to protect children’s health, reduce pollution, and boost American manufacturing

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator McCollister Urges School Districts, Tribes, and School Bus Operators in Region 7 States to Apply for $500M in Available Clean School Bus Funding

  • Release Date: May 20, 2022

• Kansas City, Missouri, Selected to Receive $5.75M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: Kansas City, Missouri, Selected to Receive $5.75M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 19, 2022

• Kansas’ Flint Hills Regional Council Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  Selected grant targets sites in Kansas communities of Junction City, Manhattan and Ogden

  EPA News Release: Kansas’ Flint Hills Regional Council Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA, States, and MRCTI Mayors Hold Mississippi River Corridor Summit on Historic Water Infrastructure Funding

  Local leaders discussed water infrastructure needs and challenges in competing for State Revolving Funds

  EPA News Release: EPA, States, and MRCTI Mayors Hold Mississippi River Corridor Summit on Historic Water Infrastructure Funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2022

• EPA Recognizes Koch Industries Incorporated as ENERGY STAR Award Winner

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Koch Industries Incorporated as ENERGY STAR Award Winner

  • Release Date: May 5, 2022

• EPA Approves Kansas’ and Iowa’s Lists of Impaired Waters

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Kansas’ and Iowa’s Lists of Impaired Waters

  • Release Date: May 3, 2022

• EPA Announces $281 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Johnson County, Kansas

  Nationally, 77 WIFIA loans are financing nearly $30 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 89,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $281 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Johnson County, Kansas

  • Release Date: May 3, 2022

• EPA Announces Cherokee County, Kansas, Superfund Site to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  EPA plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clear out the Superfund backlog and accelerate cleanup for dozens of additional Superfund projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Cherokee County, Kansas, Superfund Site to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  $12 million available for historically underserved farm-focused projects in Gulf of Mexico watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Meg McCollister as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 7

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• EPA Invites City of Wichita to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  Invited projects will help modernize water infrastructure for 25 million Americans while creating up to 49,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites City of Wichita to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  • Release Date: December 7, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $79 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Kansas

  Administrator announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations, calls for prioritizing underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $79 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Kansas

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• KDOT Awarded $127,536 to Reduce Locomotive Diesel Emissions in SW Kansas, SE Colorado, and Oklahoma Panhandle

  EPA News Release: KDOT Awarded $127,536 to Reduce Locomotive Diesel Emissions in SW Kansas, SE Colorado, and Oklahoma Panhandle

  • Release Date: November 22, 2021

• KCMO’s Metropolitan Energy Center Awarded Over $1.4 Million to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Six Regional Cities

  EPA News Release: KCMO’s Metropolitan Energy Center Awarded Over $1.4 Million to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Six Regional Cities

  • Release Date: November 22, 2021

• EPA Fines Pesticide Applicator for Alleged Violations of Federal Pesticide Law on Kansas Farms

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Pesticide Applicator for Alleged Violations of Federal Pesticide Law on Kansas Farms

  • Release Date: November 10, 2021