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• EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  Jan. 16 outreach event will provide opportunity for attendees to learn more about Region 7’s environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  • Release Date: January 13, 2025

• State of Washington, federal agencies finalize agreement on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site

  Amendments to cleanup agreements finalized following public input process

  EPA News Release: State of Washington, federal agencies finalize agreement on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site

  • Release Date: January 10, 2025

• Test, Fix, Save a Life: EPA Region 7 Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  EPA News Release: Test, Fix, Save a Life: EPA Region 7 Encourages Home Testing During National Radon Action Month

  • Release Date: January 8, 2025

• EPA Fines Truck Stops in Iowa and Missouri for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Truck Stops in Iowa and Missouri for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: January 6, 2025

• State and federal agencies respond to public comments, move forward on plans for cleaning up tank waste at Hanford Site

  EPA News Release: State and federal agencies respond to public comments, move forward on plans for cleaning up tank waste at Hanford Site

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  EPA News Release: Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• Ameren Missouri Ordered to Pay $61M to Mitigate Effects of Illegal Emissions at Rush Island Power Plant Near Festus

  EPA News Release: Ameren Missouri Ordered to Pay $61M to Mitigate Effects of Illegal Emissions at Rush Island Power Plant Near Festus

  • Release Date: December 17, 2024

• EPA Reaches $162,246 Settlement with The Pond Guy in Armada, Michigan, for Allegedly Selling Unregistered and Misbranded Pesticide Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches $162,246 Settlement with The Pond Guy in Armada, Michigan, for Allegedly Selling Unregistered and Misbranded Pesticide Products

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $315,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to Southwest Economic Solutions in Detroit under Investing in America Agenda 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $315,000 Brownfields Job Training Grant to Southwest Economic Solutions in Detroit under Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• EPA Fines Culbertson, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Accident Prevention Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Culbertson, Nebraska, Company for Alleged Chemical Accident Prevention Violations

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announce More Than $4 Million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles in Michigan as Part of Investing in America Agenda  

  Nationally 70 applicants selected to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announce More Than $4 Million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles in Michigan as Part of Investing in America Agenda  

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA announces $8.4M for clean heavy-duty vehicles in Washington

  Funding for zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $8.4M for clean heavy-duty vehicles in Washington

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA Starts Hazardous Waste Cleanup at the Quality Plating Site in Muskegon County, Michigan 

  EPA News Release: EPA Starts Hazardous Waste Cleanup at the Quality Plating Site in Muskegon County, Michigan 

  • Release Date: December 9, 2024