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• EPA Announces Over $620,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in the Caribbean

  Nationally, $9.6 million in grant funding will help communities monitor beach water quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $620,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in the Caribbean

  • Release Date: May 19, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of Three Municipalities in Puerto Rico to Receive $900,000 for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  The grant awards help underserved communities Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of Three Municipalities in Puerto Rico to Receive $900,000 for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 18, 2021

• EPA Uses Emergency Powers to Protect St. Croix Communities and Orders Limetree Bay Refinery to Pause Operations

  EPA News Release: EPA Uses Emergency Powers to Protect St. Croix Communities and Orders Limetree Bay Refinery to Pause Operations

  • Release Date: May 14, 2021

• EPA Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding

  Brownfields assessment and cleanup grants help underserved communities Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 13 Communities Across Nation’s Pacific Southwest to Receive $6.85 Million in Revitalization Funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021

• EPA Notifies Limetree Bay of Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Notifies Limetree Bay of Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: May 3, 2021

• EPA Awards $12.6 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in American Samoa

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $12.6 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in American Samoa

  • Release Date: October 26, 2020

• EPA Awards $346.8 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in the Pacific Southwest Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $346.8 Million for Infrastructure to Protect Surface Waters and Drinking Water in the Pacific Southwest Region

  • Release Date: October 26, 2020

• EPA Takes Action to Protect Public from Coronavirus Protection Scams

  EPA issued 29 Advisory Letters to companies selling misbranded and unregistered pesticide products and prevented 52 imports of illegal pesticide products in New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Protect Public from Coronavirus Protection Scams

  • Release Date: October 15, 2020

• La Región 2 de la EPA adjudica subvención de $1.1 millones a la Universidad de Puerto Rico para reducir la contaminación del aire en San Juan

  La EPA adjudicará hasta $73 millones para proyectos de diésel limpio

  Comunicado de prensa de la EPA: La Región 2 de la EPA adjudica subvención de $1.1 millones a la Universidad de Puerto Rico para reducir la contaminación del aire en San Juan

  • Release Date: October 6, 2020

• La EPA finaliza el plan de limpieza para abordar el Sitio Superfondo Pesticide Warehouse I en Arecibo, Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: La EPA finaliza el plan de limpieza para abordar el Sitio Superfondo Pesticide Warehouse I en Arecibo, Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: October 5, 2020

• EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan to Address Pesticide Warehouse I Superfund Site in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan to Address Pesticide Warehouse I Superfund Site in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: October 5, 2020

• U.S. EPA Awards Nearly $566,000 to Improve Post-Hurricane Waste Management in Northern Mariana Islands

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Awards Nearly $566,000 to Improve Post-Hurricane Waste Management in Northern Mariana Islands

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020