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• Montana DEQ to assume Operation and Maintenance responsibilities for Libby Superfund Site Operable Units 4 and 7

  A milestone as residential and commercial areas are deemed complete

  EPA News Release: Montana DEQ to assume Operation and Maintenance responsibilities for Libby Superfund Site Operable Units 4 and 7

  • Release Date: June 29, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wheeler Appoints New Members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: June 17, 2020

• Littleton, Colorado’s Johns Manville company earns EPA 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Award

  Innovative carpet tile backing technology eliminates formaldehyde use

  EPA News Release: Littleton, Colorado’s Johns Manville company earns EPA 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Award

  • Release Date: June 16, 2020

• EPA announces FY 2019 Superfund Accomplishments Report

  Highlights key Trump Administration accomplishments, focuses on future

  EPA News Release: EPA announces FY 2019 Superfund Accomplishments Report

  • Release Date: June 12, 2020

• Snowy Mountain Development Corporation receives $300K to advance the cleanup and reuse of properties in communities throughout central Montana

  Award part of $6.9 million in supplemental funding for Brownfields projects across the nation

  EPA News Release: Snowy Mountain Development Corporation receives $300K to advance the cleanup and reuse of properties in communities throughout central Montana

  • Release Date: June 11, 2020

• EPA settles Clean Water Act case with Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. in Glendive, Montana

  EPA News Release: EPA settles Clean Water Act case with Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. in Glendive, Montana

  • Release Date: June 10, 2020

• United States and Montana Lodge $150 Million Settlement with Atlantic Richfield Requiring Cleanup of Mining Contamination in Butte, Montana

  EPA News Release: United States and Montana Lodge $150 Million Settlement with Atlantic Richfield Requiring Cleanup of Mining Contamination in Butte, Montana

  • Release Date: June 8, 2020

• Small businesses in Lafayette and Wheat Ridge, Colo. receive $300K each to develop innovative environmental technologies

  Awards to Sporian Microsystems and TDA Research among $3 million in EPA funding to help commercialize beneficial technologies nationally

  EPA News Release: Small businesses in Lafayette and Wheat Ridge, Colo. receive $300K each to develop innovative environmental technologies

  • Release Date: June 3, 2020

• EPA awards North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $3.8 million to improve water quality and watershed health

  EPA partners with the state and agriculture industry to protect and restore watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA awards North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $3.8 million to improve water quality and watershed health

  • Release Date: September 26, 2019

• EPA deletes Utah and Wyoming sites from Superfund list

  Deletion of sites from National Priorities List reflect new emphasis on Superfund program progress

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes Utah and Wyoming sites from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 24, 2019

• EPA and partners release data and findings from Kootenai River sampling effort

  Water quality and fish tissue results show elevated levels of selenium and nitrates associated with upstream sources

  EPA News Release: EPA and partners release data and findings from Kootenai River sampling effort

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  Milestone at Vasquez Boulevard/ Interstate 70 Superfund site reflects completion of residential cleanups for lead and arsenic

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• EPA Launches ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room’ High School Video Challenge

  Students invited to submit videos that raise awareness about harmful algal blooms

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches ‘See a Bloom, Give It Room’ High School Video Challenge

  • Release Date: September 19, 2019

• EPA awards $500K to University of North Dakota to advance innovation and research on PFAS

  Grant among $6 million nationally to research potential environmental impacts of persistent chemical compounds in waste streams

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500K to University of North Dakota to advance innovation and research on PFAS

  • Release Date: September 17, 2019