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• Washington Schools Receive $2 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleets

  EPA News Release: Washington Schools Receive $2 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022

• EPA awards Food Lifeline $200,000 for project to reduce methane, food waste in South Seattle

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Food Lifeline $200,000 for project to reduce methane, food waste in South Seattle

  • Release Date: October 12, 2022

• EPA penalizes DDM Imports $41k for importing tampered truck

  Fourth case against Airway Heights company for importing trucks without required emission controls

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes DDM Imports $41k for importing tampered truck

  • Release Date: October 7, 2022

• EPA announces $34 million in Puget Sound funding

  National Estuary Program provides funds for state, local, tribal, and federal projects.

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $34 million in Puget Sound funding

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  Projects will help modernize water infrastructure, protect public health, and increase community resilience

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: December 3, 2021

• EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  Schools will receive technical assistance to create cleaner air and neighborhood cooling refuges in vulnerable communities impacted by wildfire smoke and extreme heat events

  EPA News Release: EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  • Release Date: November 1, 2021

• EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  Lead paint safety training for contractors, community education workshops offered this fall

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: October 25, 2021

• EcoLab pays $214K penalty for hazardous waste, pesticides violations and 2019 Tacoma Tideflats fire

  EPA News Release: EcoLab pays $214K penalty for hazardous waste, pesticides violations and 2019 Tacoma Tideflats fire

  • Release Date: October 22, 2021

• EPA settles with City of Wapato for wastewater treatment discharge violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with City of Wapato for wastewater treatment discharge violations

  • Release Date: August 5, 2021

• EPA settles chemical accident prevention planning violations at eight Yakima Valley cold storage facilities

  EPA: “Zillah and Yakima families deserve better protection from chemical hazards.”

  EPA News Release: EPA settles chemical accident prevention planning violations at eight Yakima Valley cold storage facilities

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021

• EPA settles with heavy steel fabricator Fought & Company Inc. for federal stormwater violations at Tigard, Oregon, facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with heavy steel fabricator Fought & Company Inc. for federal stormwater violations at Tigard, Oregon, facility

  • Release Date: July 20, 2021

• EPA issues report on health of Salish Sea

  EPA News Release: EPA issues report on health of Salish Sea

  • Release Date: July 14, 2021

• EPA levies $66k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  3rd case against Airway Heights, WA company

  EPA News Release: EPA levies $66k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  • Release Date: June 30, 2021