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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 $370,000 Grant for Kansas to Improve Drinking Water for Underserved, Disadvantaged Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $370,000 Grant for Kansas to Improve Drinking Water for Underserved, Disadvantaged Communities

  • Release Date: August 27, 2021

• Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor Ella Jones appointed to Local Government Advisory Committee and Small Community Advisory Subcommittee

  EPA News Release: Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• Topeka, Kansas, Girl Receives 2021 President’s Student Environmental Award

  In a virtual ceremony today, Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory recognized the awardees and runners-up

  EPA News Release: Topeka, Kansas, Girl Receives 2021 President’s Student Environmental Award

  • Release Date: August 12, 2021

• EPA Launches Mobile CyANWeb App to Expand Data Availability Beyond the CyAN Android™ App

  Kansas scientists provide harmful algal blooms research and testing

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches Mobile CyANWeb App to Expand Data Availability Beyond the CyAN Android™ App

  • Release Date: August 3, 2021