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• EPA announces nearly $4 million for water systems in underserved communities across PNW and Alaska

  Nearly $4 million in grant funds will go to disadvantaged communities in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to support access to clean and safe drinking water.

  • Release Date: June 30, 2023

• EPA announces $278 million to improve water infrastructure for tribes and Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $278 million to improve water infrastructure for tribes and Alaska Native Villages

  • Release Date: June 29, 2023

• Hecla Mining Company penalized $143,000 for hazardous waste management violations at Greens Creek Silver Mine in Southeast Alaska

  EPA News Release: Hecla Mining Company penalized $143,000 for hazardous waste management violations at Greens Creek Silver Mine in Southeast Alaska

  • Release Date: June 14, 2023

• EPA Announces $96 Million WIFIA Loan to King County, Washington to Improve Water Quality in Puget Sound

  Nationally, 43 WIFIA loans are helping finance more than $17.1 billion in water infrastructure projects. Since 2017, EPA has invested $424.7 million in WIFIA funding for King County and Seattle Public Utilities water quality projects.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $96 Million WIFIA Loan to King County, Washington to Improve Water Quality in Puget Sound

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA Announces $81 Million WIFIA Loan to Beaverton, Oregon to Improve Water Supply

  Nationally, 43 WIFIA loans are helping finance more than $17.1 billion in water infrastructure projects. EPA WIFIA investment in Oregon water quality projects since 2018: $1.25 billion

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $81 Million WIFIA Loan to Beaverton, Oregon to Improve Water Supply

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  Action prompts resumption of recycling “mountains” of expended small arms brass cartridges

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA reports overall 12 percent decline in industrial toxic releases for the Pacific Northwest, Idaho and Alaska

  EPA News Release: EPA reports overall 12 percent decline in industrial toxic releases for the Pacific Northwest, Idaho and Alaska

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA settles federal stormwater violations with North Idaho builder and developer in Coeur d’Alene

  EPA News Release: EPA settles federal stormwater violations with North Idaho builder and developer in Coeur d’Alene

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021

• Newly released EPA plan will aid salmon survival in the Columbia River

  EPA: study delivers important data supporting federal, state and tribal salmon saving efforts

  EPA News Release: Newly released EPA plan will aid salmon survival in the Columbia River

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021