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• EPA’s Northwest regional Food Recovery Challenge winners both Oregon-based this year

  Newport Avenue Market in Bend and University of Oregon Dining Facilities – Eugene, earn local honors for outsized efforts in preventing food waste

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Northwest regional Food Recovery Challenge winners both Oregon-based this year

  • Release Date: April 30, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  • Release Date: April 29, 2020

• EPA at 50: Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Day in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: Celebrating 50 Years of Earth Day in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: April 20, 2020

• U.S. settles with Oregon landowner over federal Clean Water Act violations near the banks of the North Santiam River

  EPA News Release: U.S. settles with Oregon landowner over federal Clean Water Act violations near the banks of the North Santiam River

  • Release Date: April 13, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska

  Actions finalized in November and December 2019

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska

  • Release Date: April 9, 2020

• EPA settles two cases with Coleman Oil Company, LLC, stemming from 2017 Columbia River oil spill

  EPA News Release: EPA settles two cases with Coleman Oil Company, LLC, stemming from 2017 Columbia River oil spill

  • Release Date: April 8, 2020

• EPA settles with Eastern Oregon fuel distributor for fuel storage violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Eastern Oregon fuel distributor for fuel storage violations

  • Release Date: April 2, 2020

• EPA orders online marketplace to stop selling illegal pesticides

  Chalk, other illegal and mislabelled products pose serious risks to kids, elderly, pets

  EPA News Release: EPA orders online marketplace to stop selling illegal pesticides

  • Release Date: December 20, 2019

• EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  BP failed to maintain adequate insurance to protect third parties against damages from hazardous waste

  EPA News Release: EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• EPA to provide Oregon with $32.3 million for critical water projects

  State estimates plans will cost $190 million for wastewater, $35 million for drinking water projects

  EPA News Release: EPA to provide Oregon with $32.3 million for critical water projects

  • Release Date: December 9, 2019

• EPA to provide Washington with $52.1 million for critical water projects

  State estimates plans will cost $120 million for wastewater, $22 million for drinking water projects

  EPA News Release: EPA to provide Washington with $52.1 million for critical water projects

  • Release Date: December 9, 2019

• EPA provides $20.5 million for Alaska plan to improve drinking water, wastewater infrastructure

  State estimates $56 million for wastewater, $28.7 million for drinking water projects

  EPA News Release: EPA provides $20.5 million for Alaska plan to improve drinking water, wastewater infrastructure

  • Release Date: December 5, 2019

• EPA provides $18.8 million for Idaho plan to improve drinking water, wastewater infrastructure

  State estimates $72 million for wastewater, $61 million for drinking water projects

  EPA News Release: EPA provides $18.8 million for Idaho plan to improve drinking water, wastewater infrastructure

  • Release Date: December 5, 2019

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the Pacific Northwest

  Actions finalized in July and August

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: December 3, 2019

• EPA awards $5.6 million in grants to reduce diesel pollution

  Diesel pollution reduction projects in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska get a big boost

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $5.6 million in grants to reduce diesel pollution

  • Release Date: November 21, 2019