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• State and federal agencies respond to public comments, move forward on plans for cleaning up tank waste at Hanford Site

  EPA News Release: State and federal agencies respond to public comments, move forward on plans for cleaning up tank waste at Hanford Site

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  EPA News Release: Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $89M loan to enhance wastewater management in King County

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• EPA announces $8.4M for clean heavy-duty vehicles in Washington

  Funding for zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $8.4M for clean heavy-duty vehicles in Washington

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA selects City of Tacoma for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects City of Tacoma for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, WA penalized $61,500 for Hazardous Chemical Violations 

  Company fined for failing to meet hazardous chemical reporting requirements 

  EPA News Release: Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, WA penalized $61,500 for Hazardous Chemical Violations 

  • Release Date: December 13, 2022

• Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC de Sunnyside, WA recibió una sanción de $61,500 por infracciones de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  La compañía fue multada por no cumplir con los requisitos de notificación de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  EPA News Release: Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC de Sunnyside, WA recibió una sanción de $61,500 por infracciones de sustancias químicas peligrosas

  • Release Date: December 13, 2022

• North Pacific Seafoods penalized $345,000 for Clean Air Act violations

  EPA News Release: North Pacific Seafoods penalized $345,000 for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: November 29, 2022

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Washington to Receive Over $800,000 in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Washington to Receive Over $800,000 in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• 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