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• EPA Opens Flagstaff Office with Focus on Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Flagstaff Office with Focus on Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines

  • Release Date: July 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $4.4 Million to Northern California Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  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 over $4.4 Million to Northern California Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $9.8 Million to Arizona Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  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 $9.8 Million to Arizona Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • 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

• Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Clean Air Act settlements for facilities operated by Williams Companies, Inc., MPLX LP, and WES DJ Gathering LLC will reduce ozone-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA News Release: Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023

• EPA Region 8 announces the 2023 Regional Pollution Prevention Award Program

  Applications will be accepted through May 19

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 announces the 2023 Regional Pollution Prevention Award Program

  • Release Date: April 5, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $62 million for drinking water infrastructure upgrades in North Dakota

  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 more than $62 million for drinking water infrastructure upgrades in North Dakota

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Region 8 states

  Releases remained below Pre-Pandemic levels, including a decrease of 12.7% in production-related waste since 2012

  EPA News Release: EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Region 8 states

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $11,390,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure upgrades through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in North Dakota 

  BIL press release

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $18,914,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in drinking water in North Dakota

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $18,914,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in drinking water in North Dakota

  • Release Date: February 13, 2023

• La EPA Ordena al Parque de Casas Móviles del Valle de Coachella que Proporcione Agua Potable Segura

  EPA News Release: La EPA Ordena al Parque de Casas Móviles del Valle de Coachella que Proporcione Agua Potable Segura

  • Release Date: February 8, 2023

• EPA Orders Coachella Valley Mobile Home Park to Provide Safe Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Coachella Valley Mobile Home Park to Provide Safe Drinking Water

  • Release Date: February 8, 2023

• La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

  Colorado, Montana, Dakota del Norte, Dakota del Sur, Utah y Wyoming entre los estados de mayor riesgo de cáncer de pulmón por gas radón

  EPA News Release: La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023