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• In proposed settlement Hecla Limited to pay for riparian restoration and a $174,300 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho

  Company’s $299,000 Supplemental Environmental Project will restore fish habitat in the South Fork Coeur d’Alene River

  EPA News Release: In proposed settlement Hecla Limited to pay for riparian restoration and a $174,300 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  EPA News Release: Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• Teck Alaska pays $429K penalty for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine

  EPA's settlement with Teck Alaska, Incorporated, for hazardous waste violations at Red Dog Mine near Kotzebue, Alaska.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA begins cleanup work at JH Baxter facility in Eugene, Oregon

  EPA will begin cleanup, also known as a time-critical removal action, at the J.H. Baxter facility in West Eugene, Oregon.

  • Release Date: August 5, 2024

• EPA Celebrates Soldotna, Alaska high school students as 2024 Winners of the President’s Environmental Youth Award

  Students’ “Bucket Trees for Campfire Safety” will help reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates Soldotna, Alaska high school students as 2024 Winners of the President’s Environmental Youth Award

  • Release Date: August 5, 2024

• EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• 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