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• EPA Region 10 enforcement actions in 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 10 enforcement actions in 2024

  • Release Date: January 17, 2025

• Tyree Oil of Portland pays $87K penalty for Clean Water Act violations

  EPA News Release: Tyree Oil of Portland pays $87K penalty for Clean Water Act violations

  • Release Date: January 16, 2025

• City of Driggs, Idaho pays $400K penalty for Clean Water Act violations, agrees to wastewater facility upgrade

  EPA News Release: City of Driggs, Idaho pays $400K penalty for Clean Water Act violations, agrees to wastewater facility upgrade

  • Release Date: January 16, 2025

• EPA announces $2.4M in funding for small businesses to develop environmental technologies

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $2.4M in funding for small businesses to develop environmental technologies

  • Release Date: January 13, 2025

• State of Washington, federal agencies finalize agreement on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site

  Amendments to cleanup agreements finalized following public input process

  EPA News Release: State of Washington, federal agencies finalize agreement on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site

  • Release Date: January 10, 2025

• EPA proposes approval of Alaska’s plan to reduce harmful air pollution in Fairbanks North Star Borough

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes approval of Alaska’s plan to reduce harmful air pollution in Fairbanks North Star Borough

  • Release Date: January 8, 2025

• EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  Waste Management, Inc., agrees to pay $104k penalty and make immediate improvements

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA awards 15 Northwest tribes nearly $2 million for water quality improvement and wetland program development

  EPA News Release: EPA awards 15 Northwest tribes nearly $2 million for water quality improvement and wetland program development

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: September 21, 2021

• EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  Owens-Brockway Glass failed to report chromium used in glassmaking

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  • Release Date: September 16, 2021

• EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  Settlement resolves claims stemming from 2016 UPRR train derailment, spill, and fire

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

• EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA: Soil, Water, and Columbia River bottom near Army Corps facility are contaminated with PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals, and other contaminants.

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021