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• EPA and MPCA announce $16 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA and MPCA announce $16 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021

• EPA modifies cleanup plan for Lemberger Landfill and Lemberger Transport & Recycling Superfund Sites in Wisconsin

  EPA News Release: EPA modifies cleanup plan for Lemberger Landfill and Lemberger Transport & Recycling Superfund Sites in Wisconsin

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021

• EPA reaches milestone of restoring 100 beneficial uses at various Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  100 out of a total of 255 Beneficial Use Impairments have now been removed

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches milestone of restoring 100 beneficial uses at various Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: January 14, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Invites 3 Chicago-Area Projects to Apply for $461 million in Loans to Improve Water Quality

  55 projects across the country will provide water infrastructure upgrades for 30 million Americans while creating over 40,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites 3 Chicago-Area Projects to Apply for $461 million in Loans to Improve Water Quality

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  For the second time, GLRI grants available to keep trash out of the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021

• EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  Virtual Public Hearings Scheduled for Jan. 12, Jan. 14; Public Comment Period Ends Jan. 20

  EPA News Release: EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021

• EPA Releases the Update to the Administrator’s Superfund Emphasis List, Takes Lead Responsibility for Cleanup at New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp. Superfund Site in DePue, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases the Update to the Administrator’s Superfund Emphasis List, Takes Lead Responsibility for Cleanup at New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp. Superfund Site in DePue, Illinois

  • Release Date: October 30, 2019

• EPA adds Schroud property in Chicago to Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA adds Schroud property in Chicago to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: October 30, 2019

• EPA Proposes Groundwater Plume in Minnesota for Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Groundwater Plume in Minnesota for Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: October 30, 2019

• EPA Deleted All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites – including Buckeye Reclamation Landfill Superfund site in Ohio – from the National Priorities List in FY2019

  Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting the Highest Number in 18 Years

  EPA News Release: EPA Deleted All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites – including Buckeye Reclamation Landfill Superfund site in Ohio – from the National Priorities List in FY2019

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA Deleted All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites -- including the Beloit Corp. Superfund site in Rockton, Ill. – from the National Priorities List in FY2019

  Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting the Highest Number in 18 Years

  EPA News Release: EPA Deleted All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites -- including the Beloit Corp. Superfund site in Rockton, Ill. – from the National Priorities List in FY2019

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA Deleted All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites -- including Tomah Armory Superfund site in Wisconsin – from the National Priorities List in FY2019

  Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting the Highest Number in 18 Years

  EPA News Release: EPA Deleted All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites -- including Tomah Armory Superfund site in Wisconsin – from the National Priorities List in FY2019

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA recognizes MPCA, U.S. Navy, and Hyde Development for beneficial reuse of former Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant site in Fridley, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA recognizes MPCA, U.S. Navy, and Hyde Development for beneficial reuse of former Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant site in Fridley, Minnesota

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA Deleted All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites – including –the South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination and New Brighton/Arden Hills/TCAAP Superfund sites in Minnesota – from the National Priorities List in FY2019

  Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting the Highest Number in 18 Years

  EPA News Release: EPA Deleted All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites – including –the South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination and New Brighton/Arden Hills/TCAAP Superfund sites in Minnesota – from the National Priorities List in FY2019

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019