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• EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  Waste Management, Inc., agrees to pay $104k penalty and make immediate improvements

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA awards 15 Northwest tribes nearly $2 million for water quality improvement and wetland program development

  EPA News Release: EPA awards 15 Northwest tribes nearly $2 million for water quality improvement and wetland program development

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA Awards Nearly $6 Million for Research on Potential Risks from Pollutants Found in Biosolids from Wastewater Treatment

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $6 Million for Research on Potential Risks from Pollutants Found in Biosolids from Wastewater Treatment

  • Release Date: September 28, 2021

• EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: September 21, 2021

• EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  Owens-Brockway Glass failed to report chromium used in glassmaking

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  • Release Date: September 16, 2021

• EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  Settlement resolves claims stemming from 2016 UPRR train derailment, spill, and fire

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

• EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA: Soil, Water, and Columbia River bottom near Army Corps facility are contaminated with PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals, and other contaminants.

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• EPA Awards Over $7 Million for Research to Help Communities Reduce their Exposure to Wildland Fire Smoke

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Over $7 Million for Research to Help Communities Reduce their Exposure to Wildland Fire Smoke

  • Release Date: August 23, 2021

• EPA and Unilever Announce Major Research Collaboration to Advance Non-animal Approaches for Chemical Risk Assessment

  EPA News Release: EPA and Unilever Announce Major Research Collaboration to Advance Non-animal Approaches for Chemical Risk Assessment

  • Release Date: August 19, 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 Awards $3.8M to Create Research Centers for Early Childhood Developmental Health

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $3.8M to Create Research Centers for Early Childhood Developmental Health

  • Release Date: July 27, 2021

• EPA proposes $24k penalty for illegal mining in South Fork Clearwater

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes $24k penalty for illegal mining in South Fork Clearwater

  • Release Date: July 26, 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 Awards Over $3 Million Towards Research to Assess Health and Environmental Impacts of Biotechnology Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Over $3 Million Towards Research to Assess Health and Environmental Impacts of Biotechnology Products

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021

• Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations

  Idaho & Oregon storage facilities cited for storage problems

  EPA News Release: Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021