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• Settlement with Merit Energy resolves violations of oil pollution prevention regulations in Wyoming

  Agreement with Texas-based company resolves findings of non-compliance at Hot Springs County oil production facility

  EPA News Release: Settlement with Merit Energy resolves violations of oil pollution prevention regulations in Wyoming

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA selects Groundwork Denver to receive $178,000 Brownfields job training grant to build a skilled environmental workforce in Sheridan, Colorado

  Groundwork Denver one of 18 organizations selected nationwide to support environmental job training in economically distressed communities

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Groundwork Denver to receive $178,000 Brownfields job training grant to build a skilled environmental workforce in Sheridan, Colorado

  • Release Date: March 15, 2021

• EPA settlement with Hess Corporation for Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota gas plant

  Company agrees to penalty associated with inadequate spill prevention and response plans at Tioga facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with Hess Corporation for Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota gas plant

  • Release Date: March 11, 2021

• Public invited to comment on institutional control plan for railroad corridors in the Libby Asbestos Superfund site

  BNSF and EPA plan available for public comment through April 9

  EPA News Release: Public invited to comment on institutional control plan for railroad corridors in the Libby Asbestos Superfund site

  • Release Date: March 9, 2021

• EPA announces grant funding to Focus Points Family Resource Center to develop an urban agriculture training program in Northeast Denver

  EPA News Release: EPA announces grant funding to Focus Points Family Resource Center to develop an urban agriculture training program in Northeast Denver

  • Release Date: March 8, 2021

• EPA announces grant funding to Bessemer Historical Society, Inc. (dba Steelworks Center of the West) to develop an urban agriculture project in Pueblo, Colorado

  Project will improve food access and long-term resiliency in neighborhoods near the Colorado Smelter Superfund site

  EPA News Release: EPA announces grant funding to Bessemer Historical Society, Inc. (dba Steelworks Center of the West) to develop an urban agriculture project in Pueblo, Colorado

  • Release Date: March 8, 2021

• EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act compliance orders to protect public health in Region 8 Indian country

  Seven Administrative Compliance Orders issued to tribal water systems since December 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act compliance orders to protect public health in Region 8 Indian country

  • Release Date: March 2, 2021

• EPA and HUD announce new lead dust standards to protect children’s health

  EPA News Release: EPA and HUD announce new lead dust standards to protect children’s health

  • Release Date: June 21, 2019

• Sinclair Oil to pay $1.6 million penalty and install additional pollution controls at Sinclair, Wyoming Refinery

  Agreement resolves violations of 2008 agreement to reduce pollutant emissions

  EPA News Release: Sinclair Oil to pay $1.6 million penalty and install additional pollution controls at Sinclair, Wyoming Refinery

  • Release Date: June 20, 2019

• EPA awards $200K to support cleanup and redevelopment of vacant school property in Dinosaur, Colorado

  Brownfields grant to remove environmental contaminants and enable development of a new community center

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $200K to support cleanup and redevelopment of vacant school property in Dinosaur, Colorado

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA visits Turtle Mountain Reservation to deliver $500K to clean up and redevelop residential buildings in Belcourt and Dunseith, North Dakota

  Brownfields grant to secure much-needed housing and office space

  EPA News Release: EPA visits Turtle Mountain Reservation to deliver $500K to clean up and redevelop residential buildings in Belcourt and Dunseith, North Dakota

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA awards $300K to support assessment of housing units on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.)

  Brownfields grant to assess homes for potential contaminants prior to reuse

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $300K to support assessment of housing units on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.)

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA awards Sweetgrass Development $300K to support property cleanup and redevelopment in north-central Montana

  Brownfields grant to spur economic redevelopment in the communities of Browning, Heart Butte, Cut Bank and Sunburst

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Sweetgrass Development $300K to support property cleanup and redevelopment in north-central Montana

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA awards Missoula County $300K to support property cleanup and redevelopment

  Brownfields grant to help assess and revitalize locations in Milltown, East Missoula, and Evaro

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Missoula County $300K to support property cleanup and redevelopment

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA awards $600K to support the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City and Murray City

  Brownfields coalition grant to catalyze economic revitalization at Camp Kearns and other targeted areas

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $600K to support the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City and Murray City

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019