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• EPA Pacific Southwest Region Announces New Toxics Release Inventory, Covering Expanded Sectors and Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Pacific Southwest Region Announces New Toxics Release Inventory, Covering Expanded Sectors and Chemicals

  • Release Date: March 22, 2024

• EPA Orders City of Los Angeles to Implement Improvements to Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Largest Western U.S. Plant spilled 12.5 million gallons of untreated sewage in July 2021.

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders City of Los Angeles to Implement Improvements to Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• EPA Investing Over $43 Million in New Funding to Protect and Restore San Francisco Bay and Its Watersheds

  EPA will also open a new San Francisco Bay program office later this year

  EPA News Release: EPA Investing Over $43 Million in New Funding to Protect and Restore San Francisco Bay and Its Watersheds

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

  This work will support the County of Maui’s efforts to restore wastewater and drinking water impacted by the wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA completes 17 miles of sewer line inspection and continues to sample drinking water lines impacted by Maui wildfires

  • Release Date: March 11, 2024

• EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List, including the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District in Navajo Nation

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List, including the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District in Navajo Nation

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Proposes to Add Afterthought Mine in Shasta County, Calif. to Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Add Afterthought Mine in Shasta County, Calif. to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Awards Over $650,000 for Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Recycling Project

  Grant funded in part by the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Over $650,000 for Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Recycling Project

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Completes Nighttime Operations on Sanitary Sewer Lines in Lahaina on March 2nd

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Nighttime Operations on Sanitary Sewer Lines in Lahaina on March 2nd

  • Release Date: March 4, 2024

• U.S. Navy to upgrade wastewater treatment plant on California’s San Clemente Island following agreement with U.S. EPA

  EPA News Release: U.S. Navy to upgrade wastewater treatment plant on California’s San Clemente Island following agreement with U.S. EPA

  • Release Date: November 23, 2020

• U.S. EPA Invites California to Apply for $695 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  Brand new loan program will help states finance more infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Invites California to Apply for $695 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: November 19, 2020

• U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  $2.5 million to be awarded nation-wide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• U.S. EPA Announces $200,000 Environmental Justice Grant to California Office of Planning & Research

  Agency awards $2 million to states and tribes nationwide for communities facing environmental justice challenges that are impacted by COVID-19

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces $200,000 Environmental Justice Grant to California Office of Planning & Research

  • Release Date: November 16, 2020

• EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020

• U.S. EPA Announces Nearly $500 Million for Water Infrastructure Projects in Northern California

  Nationally, 40 WIFIA loans are helping finance more than $16.6 billion in water infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces Nearly $500 Million for Water Infrastructure Projects in Northern California

  • Release Date: November 10, 2020

• U.S. EPA awards nearly $3.1 million to Guam for Environmental Protection

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA awards nearly $3.1 million to Guam for Environmental Protection

  • Release Date: November 9, 2020