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• EPA Cites Dem-Con Metal Recycling for Clean Air Act Violations at Facility in Shakopee, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA Cites Dem-Con Metal Recycling for Clean Air Act Violations at Facility in Shakopee, Minnesota

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Announces $22 Million to Help Restore St. Louis River in Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $22 Million to Help Restore St. Louis River in Minnesota

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Minnesota as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grants to Prairie Island Indian Community, Minnesota Department of Commerce, Ecolibrium3 and Community Power announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3 Million for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Minnesota as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $500,000 for innovative solar energy project on the Pine Ridge Reservation as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Project announced as part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $500,000 for innovative solar energy project on the Pine Ridge Reservation as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $1 million for Environmental Justice project to address radon risks in North Dakota as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Project part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $1 million for Environmental Justice project to address radon risks in North Dakota as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Minnesota Recipients to Receive Over $1 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Minnesota Recipients to Receive Over $1 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $4.5 Million in Minnesota Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests More Than $4.5 Million in Minnesota Recycling Infrastructure Projects Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• EPA offers North Dakota $248K for stormwater collection, sewer system upgrades

  Infrastructure funding available at no cost to small, financially distressed communities

  EPA News Release: EPA offers North Dakota $248K for stormwater collection, sewer system upgrades

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023

• North Dakota State University students awarded almost $25K to address landfill water pollution

  EPA News Release: North Dakota State University students awarded almost $25K to address landfill water pollution

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $162,000 for North Dakota to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $162,000 for North Dakota to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• Belle Fourche and Bridger Pipeline companies to pay $12.5 million in penalties and improve compliance after pipeline spills in Montana and North Dakota

  Agreement protects public health, safety, and the environment by requiring action to make future spills less likely

  EPA News Release: Belle Fourche and Bridger Pipeline companies to pay $12.5 million in penalties and improve compliance after pipeline spills in Montana and North Dakota

  • Release Date: July 31, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Minnesota

  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 $4 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Minnesota

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA awards $1 million for cleanup and revitalization of abandoned hospital in the City of Dunseith, North Dakota 

  Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians to use Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to address contamination, redevelop critical San Haven property  

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1 million for cleanup and revitalization of abandoned hospital in the City of Dunseith, North Dakota 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA awards $500,000 for cleanup and revitalization of abandoned properties in Arnegard, Watford City and Alexander, North Dakota 

  McKenzie County to use Brownfields funds to address contamination and advance redevelopment opportunities at critical properties 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500,000 for cleanup and revitalization of abandoned properties in Arnegard, Watford City and Alexander, North Dakota 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA previews new grant opportunity for technical assistance for organizations and communities in the Region 8 states of CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY and 28 Tribes

  EPA News Release: New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023