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• Washington Teachers Receive 2022 Presidential Award for Environmental Educators

  EPA News Release: Washington Teachers Receive 2022 Presidential Award for Environmental Educators

  • Release Date: June 30, 2022

• EPA Awards Research Grants to Student Teams at Gonzaga University and Oregon State University

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Research Grants to Student Teams at Gonzaga University and Oregon State University

  • Release Date: June 28, 2022

• Air Force agrees to pay $206,811 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska

  EPA News Release: Air Force agrees to pay $206,811 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Eareckson Air Station in Alaska

  • Release Date: June 23, 2022

• EPA awards $1.2 Million to Alaska tribes to help protect communities from harmful diesel emissions

  EPA is awarding $5.4 million in grants nationwide for tribal and insular areas

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1.2 Million to Alaska tribes to help protect communities from harmful diesel emissions

  • Release Date: June 23, 2022

• EPA awards $1.2 Million to Washington tribes to help protect communities from harmful diesel emissions

  EPA is awarding $5.4 million in grants nationwide for tribal and insular areas

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1.2 Million to Washington tribes to help protect communities from harmful diesel emissions

  • Release Date: June 23, 2022

• Space Age Fuel, Inc. to pay $135,000 EPA penalty for N. Santiam oil spill

  Tanker truck crashed on icy road, released oil to river

  EPA News Release: Space Age Fuel, Inc. to pay $135,000 EPA penalty for N. Santiam oil spill

  • Release Date: June 1, 2022

• EPA enforcement cases in PNW & Alaska finalized in September & October 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA enforcement cases in PNW & Alaska finalized in September & October 2020

  • Release Date: December 30, 2020

• EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska finalized in July and August 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska finalized in July and August 2020

  • Release Date: December 30, 2020

• EPA Region 10 Issues Outdoor Burn Ban for the Yakama Reservation in Washington

  All outdoor open burning on the Yakama Reservation is prohibited due to stagnant and unhealthy air conditions

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 10 Issues Outdoor Burn Ban for the Yakama Reservation in Washington

  • Release Date: December 23, 2020

• Crowley Fuels pays over $1 million for environmental, public safety violations in Alaska

  EPA News Release: Crowley Fuels pays over $1 million for environmental, public safety violations in Alaska

  • Release Date: December 17, 2020

• EPA and Tacoma Power grants help Northwest Seaport Alliance to install first permanent fleet of electric cargo-handling equipment

  EPA News Release: EPA and Tacoma Power grants help Northwest Seaport Alliance to install first permanent fleet of electric cargo-handling equipment

  • Release Date: December 17, 2020

• Kalispel Tribe of Indians receives important air quality determination from EPA

  EPA has approved tribe’s eligibility for treatment in the same manner as a state for the Clean Air Act

  EPA News Release: Kalispel Tribe of Indians receives important air quality determination from EPA

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA Awards Cooperative Agreement to Support the National Tribal Toxics Council, Zender Environmental

  Five-year grant to Zender Environmental Health and Research Group will assist NTTC’s work with tribes to develop pollution prevention and chemical risk management programs

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Cooperative Agreement to Support the National Tribal Toxics Council, Zender Environmental

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in Oregon after September wildfires

  Agency’s work was first step of a two step recovery process for burned-out properties

  EPA News Release: EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in Oregon after September wildfires

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• $1.8M EPA grant will provide woodstove alternatives and improve air quality in Klamath Falls, Oregon

  Five-year investment expected to net long-term benefits for area residents

  EPA News Release: $1.8M EPA grant will provide woodstove alternatives and improve air quality in Klamath Falls, Oregon

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020