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• EPA awards grants to student teams in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota and Utah for innovative technology projects

  Five teams in EPA Region 8 among 32 nationwide to receive $25,000 each

  EPA News Release: EPA awards grants to student teams in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota and Utah for innovative technology projects

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA issues permits for Dewey-Burdock uranium recovery project near Edgemont, South Dakota

  Permits to Powertech USA ensure groundwater protection, reflect multi-year review and comment process

  EPA News Release: EPA issues permits for Dewey-Burdock uranium recovery project near Edgemont, South Dakota

  • Release Date: November 24, 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

• 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 Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Highlights Recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover

  Endangered shorebird recovering thanks to GLRI support and partnerships

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover

  • Release Date: August 13, 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

• EPA Requests Applications for $6 Million Grant to Monitor Contaminants in Great Lakes Fish

  EPA News Release: EPA Requests Applications for $6 Million Grant to Monitor Contaminants in Great Lakes Fish

  • Release Date: July 27, 2020

• EPA Announces Over $12 Million in Grants to Improve Great Lakes Fisheries and Michigan Water Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $12 Million in Grants to Improve Great Lakes Fisheries and Michigan Water Quality

  • Release Date: July 27, 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

• City of Aberdeen (S.D.) receives $300,000 to assess and revitalize properties

  Funds to identify cleanup needs and redevelopment opportunities at several locations, including Washington School and Northwestern Railroad site

  EPA News Release: City of Aberdeen (S.D.) receives $300,000 to assess and revitalize properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020

• Roscoe, South Dakota teacher Spencer Cody among winners of the President’s Innovation Award for Environmental Educators

  EPA News Release: Roscoe, South Dakota teacher Spencer Cody among winners of the President’s Innovation Award for Environmental Educators

  • Release Date: April 22, 2020

• EPA announces $2.9 million Great Lakes project to clean up contaminated sediment in Detroit River, enabling expansion of city’s Riverwalk

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $2.9 million Great Lakes project to clean up contaminated sediment in Detroit River, enabling expansion of city’s Riverwalk

  • Release Date: April 14, 2020

• EPA awards over $9 million in GLRI funding for projects to reduce excess nutrients in the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $9 million in GLRI funding for projects to reduce excess nutrients in the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: April 14, 2020