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• Student Team from Hamline University Awarded Nearly $25,000 EPA Grant for Innovative Technology Projects

  EPA News Release: Student Team from Hamline University Awarded Nearly $25,000 EPA Grant for Innovative Technology Projects

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• Nearing full implementation, EPA’s Lean Management System delivers results in EPA Region 8

  EPA News Release: Nearing full implementation, EPA’s Lean Management System delivers results in EPA Region 8

  • Release Date: November 10, 2020

• EPA announces selection of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to receive $120,000 for environmental emergency planning

  Standing Rock Sioux Tribe one of 18 organizations selected nationwide for Collaborative Problem-Solving Agreements

  EPA News Release: EPA announces selection of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to receive $120,000 for environmental emergency planning

  • Release Date: October 8, 2020

• Senior EPA Officials Announce Great Lakes Grants During Visit to Superior and Duluth

  Funding for ballast water research highlighted

  EPA News Release: Senior EPA Officials Announce Great Lakes Grants During Visit to Superior and Duluth

  • Release Date: September 8, 2020

• EPA adds Groundwater Plume Site in Edina and St. Louis Park in Suburban Minneapolis to the Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA adds Groundwater Plume Site in Edina and St. Louis Park in Suburban Minneapolis to the Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 1, 2020

• EPA Region 8 continues to aggressively address PFAS

  Building on assistance provided to Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming, Trump Administration continues to address PFAS affecting water and drinking water resources

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 continues to aggressively address PFAS

  • Release Date: July 30, 2020

• EPA Region 8 actions protect public from coronavirus and other pathogens

  17 Advisory Letters and 14 Notice of Refusal of Admission Orders issued to companies selling and importing mislabeled and unregistered pesticide products

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 actions protect public from coronavirus and other pathogens

  • Release Date: July 30, 2020

• Cleanup complete at former Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North Dakota

  EPA funds used by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to eliminate contamination at Brownfields property

  EPA News Release: Cleanup complete at former Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North Dakota

  • Release Date: July 7, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• North Dakota Tribes receive $810,000 to clean up and revitalize properties

  Spirit Lake Tribe and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians receive funds to clean up contaminated properties

  EPA News Release: North Dakota Tribes receive $810,000 to clean up and revitalize properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020

• EPA announces $4.5 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.5 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: March 30, 2020

• EPA meets with Colorado Chamber of Commerce to highlight Toxics Release Inventory report and analysis

  New TRI data for 2018 show decline in Regional and Colorado releases, increased recycling of chemical waste

  EPA News Release: EPA meets with Colorado Chamber of Commerce to highlight Toxics Release Inventory report and analysis

  • Release Date: February 25, 2020

• EPA and DOJ settlement upholds integrity of Clean Air Act

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOJ settlement upholds integrity of Clean Air Act

  • Release Date: February 18, 2020

• EPA Announces Over $46 Million for Infrastructure Projects to Protect Surface Water and Drinking Water in Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $46 Million for Infrastructure Projects to Protect Surface Water and Drinking Water in Minnesota

  • Release Date: February 12, 2020

• EPA Region 8 releases 2019 Year in Review highlighting accomplishments and environmental progress under President Trump & Administrator Andrew Wheeler

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 releases 2019 Year in Review highlighting accomplishments and environmental progress under President Trump & Administrator Andrew Wheeler

  • Release Date: February 6, 2020