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• Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will boost cleanup at the Formosa Mine Superfund site near Riddle, Oregon

  Toxic heavy metals cleanup among first $1B in investments to clear Superfund backlog

  EPA News Release: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will boost cleanup at the Formosa Mine Superfund site near Riddle, Oregon

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA announces $1.27 million to fund environmental justice efforts in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  Over $14.1 million will be awarded for projects to address disproportionate environmental or public health harms and risks in underserved communities nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $1.27 million to fund environmental justice efforts in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA announces $34 million in Puget Sound funding

  National Estuary Program provides funds for state, local, tribal, and federal projects.

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $34 million in Puget Sound funding

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA awards over $32 million for tribal environmental programs in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $32 million for tribal environmental programs in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: December 15, 2021

• EPA awards $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant to Unearth Technologies Inc. of Seattle

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant to Unearth Technologies Inc. of Seattle

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA awards over $4 million in grants for diesel emissions reduction projects in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $4 million in grants for diesel emissions reduction projects in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  • Release Date: December 8, 2021

• EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  Projects will help modernize water infrastructure, protect public health, and increase community resilience

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: December 3, 2021

• EPA Announces over $92 Million in Water Infrastructure Funding for Oregon Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces over $92 Million in Water Infrastructure Funding for Oregon Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Announces over $63 Million in Water Infrastructure Funding for Idaho Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces over $63 Million in Water Infrastructure Funding for Idaho Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Announces over $65 Million in Water Infrastructure Funding for Alaska Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces over $65 Million in Water Infrastructure Funding for Alaska Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Announces over $152 Million in Water Infrastructure Funding for Washington Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces over $152 Million in Water Infrastructure Funding for Washington Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  • Release Date: February 17, 2021

• EPA settles Boise asbestos case with “Wright Brothers, the Building Company” and “First Team Restoration”

  Companies will pay $36,300 penalty for renovation violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles Boise asbestos case with “Wright Brothers, the Building Company” and “First Team Restoration”

  • Release Date: February 12, 2021

• EPA reaches major cleanup agreement for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site, 100 percent of site now in active engineering design phase

  Settlement with businesses, federal, state, and local agencies for remedial design of the Swan Island Basin area brings the last and largest area into active cleanup work

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches major cleanup agreement for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site, 100 percent of site now in active engineering design phase

  • Release Date: February 12, 2021

• EPA settles stormwater case with KAG West of Tacoma

  Company paid $133,225 for failures leading to pollution in Commencement Bay

  EPA News Release: EPA settles stormwater case with KAG West of Tacoma

  • Release Date: February 11, 2021