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• City of Lynnwood pays $550,259 penalty for federal Clean Air Act violations

  EPA News Release: City of Lynnwood pays $550,259 penalty for federal Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• EPA develops 6PPD-q water testing method for widespread use

  “Lightspeed” test development highlights significance of finding salmon-killing tire additive

  EPA News Release: EPA develops 6PPD-q water testing method for widespread use

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA penalizes private landowner for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging fill into the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes private landowner for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging fill into the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River

  • Release Date: January 24, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $11M in grants for wildfire smoke preparedness in community buildings

  PNW communities to receive over $3.4M in funding

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $11M in grants for wildfire smoke preparedness in community buildings

  • Release Date: January 23, 2024

• Hood Canal property owners penalized $250,000 for illegal bulkhead replacement resulting in Chinook salmon deaths

  EPA News Release: Hood Canal property owners penalized $250,000 for illegal bulkhead replacement resulting in Chinook salmon deaths

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• EPA announces $51M in grants for 144 new school buses in PNW

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $51M in grants for 144 new school buses in PNW

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• EPA penalizes Idaho property owner $88,000 for asbestos violations

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Idaho property owner $88,000 for asbestos violations

  • Release Date: August 31, 2023

• EPA penalizes Yakima companies $194,000 for violating federal rules aimed at preventing accidental chemical releases

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Yakima companies $194,000 for violating federal rules aimed at preventing accidental chemical releases

  • Release Date: August 28, 2023

• EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• DEQ and EPA lead cleanup of wood preservative release in Sheridan

  EPA News Release: DEQ and EPA lead cleanup of wood preservative release in Sheridan

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• Tribunal ordena a empresa de Washington que cumpla con las reglamentaciones y pague USD 850 000 por almacenar de forma ilegal sustancias químicas peligrosas e infringir las leyes ambientales federales

  EPA News Release: Tribunal ordena a empresa de Washington que cumpla con las reglamentaciones y pague USD 850 000 por almacenar de forma ilegal sustancias químicas peligrosas e infringir las leyes ambientales federales

  • Release Date: August 18, 2023

• Court orders Washington company to comply with regulations, pay $850k for illegally storing hazardous chemicals and violating federal environmental laws

  EPA News Release: Court orders Washington company to comply with regulations, pay $850k for illegally storing hazardous chemicals and violating federal environmental laws

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023

• EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  Updated plan provides more flexibility for managing prescribed burning while continuing to minimize air quality impacts from smoke.

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023

• EPA penalizes Alaska homebuilder $107,000 for violations of Clean Water Act

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Alaska homebuilder $107,000 for violations of Clean Water Act

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023

• EPA: Brock Maslonka to pay $50,000 penalty & fix damage from illegal dam

  EPA News Release: EPA: Brock Maslonka to pay $50,000 penalty & fix damage from illegal dam

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023