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• EPA Includes Two Baton Rouge Sites in National Priorities List Update

  Biden-Harris Administration Continues Its Commitment to Cleaning Up Pollution and Address Public Health Risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Includes Two Baton Rouge Sites in National Priorities List Update

  • Release Date: September 8, 2023

• EPA to Hold Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program Meeting in Metairie, La.

  EPA News Release: EPA to Hold Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program Meeting in Metairie, La.

  • Release Date: August 25, 2023

• EPA, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg highlight $7.9 million investment for polluted Brownfields in Kentucky at Louisville event

  EPA News Release: EPA, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg highlight $7.9 million investment for polluted Brownfields in Kentucky at Louisville event

  • Release Date: July 31, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg to highlight $7.9 million investment for polluted Brownfields in Kentucky at Louisville event on Monday

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg to highlight $7.9 million investment for polluted Brownfields in Kentucky at Louisville event on Monday

  • Release Date: July 28, 2023

• EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events

  As the hurricane season kicks off, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds facility operators of preventing, minimizing, and reporting chemical releases during hazardous weather events.

  • Release Date: July 18, 2023

• EPA, Rep. Troy Carter Announce Grant for La. DEQ Air Monitoring Project in St. James Parish

  Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a grant funded through the American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).

  • Release Date: June 5, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7,999,560 Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Kentucky

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7,999,560 Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Kentucky

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA Opens Public Comment on Proposal Granting Louisiana Primacy for Carbon Sequestration and Protection of Drinking Water Sources

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Public Comment on Proposal Granting Louisiana Primacy for Carbon Sequestration and Protection of Drinking Water Sources

  • Release Date: April 28, 2023

• EPA Names Four Kentucky Cities Among 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  Louisville, Elizabethtown, Owensboro and Richmond-Berea recognized for cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency and reducing emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Four Kentucky Cities Among 2023 Top Cities for ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

  • Release Date: April 26, 2023

• EPA Settlement with Evonik Will Reduce Air Toxics in St. John the Baptist Parish, La.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a settlement with Evonik Corporation that will reduce emissions of ethylene oxide and other hazardous air pollutants by 5.6 tons per year from a facility in Reserve, St. John.

  • Release Date: April 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $9,548,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Kentucky

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $9,548,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Kentucky

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 6 communities on April 25th, 2023 and inviting members of the public to attend and to speak.

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $57 Million Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

  Nearly half of funding available as grants, forgivable loans for critical water infrastructure projects that will help underserved communities across the country

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $57,760,000 from this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Funds to go towards the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas for water infrastructure improvements.

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Nation including Kentucky

  Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Nation including Kentucky

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA to Add Louisiana Superfund Site to the National Priorities List

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Louisiana Superfund site Capitol Lakes to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment.

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023