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• EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  The Feb. 22 outreach event will enable attendees to learn more about Region 7’s environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• La Región 7 de la EPA invita al público a asistir a una reunión virtual de partes interesadas de la comunidad sobre justicia ambiental

  El evento de difusión del 22 de febrero permitirá a los asistentes obtener más información sobre las iniciativas de justicia ambiental de la Región 7

  EPA News Release: La Región 7 de la EPA invita al público a asistir a una reunión virtual de partes interesadas de la comunidad sobre justicia ambiental

  • Release Date: January 31, 2024

• EPA Regional Administrator visits VSU to bolster partnership and educational opportunities

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator visits VSU to bolster partnership and educational opportunities

  • Release Date: January 25, 2024

• EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee

  First time in Local Government Advisory Committee’s history that membership will have female majority

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Reappoints Leaders from Lincoln, Nebraska, and Willow Springs, Missouri, to National Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 11, 2024

• EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  First time in LGAC history that membership will be majority female

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive $4M in Grant Funding to Provide Technical Assistance to Tribal Nations and Entities Addressing Brownfields

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Kansas State University to Receive $4M in Grant Funding to Provide Technical Assistance to Tribal Nations and Entities Addressing Brownfields

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• EPA Announces Appointments from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina to Local Government Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointments from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• EPA, Partners Celebrate Completion of Restoration Work in Muskegon Lake Area of Concern in Michigan

  Decades-long effort cost $70 million, required federal, state and local partnership

  EPA News Release: EPA, Partners Celebrate Completion of Restoration Work in Muskegon Lake Area of Concern in Michigan

  • Release Date: May 24, 2022

• EPA Regional Administrator McCollister Urges School Districts, Tribes, and School Bus Operators in Region 7 States to Apply for $500M in Available Clean School Bus Funding

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law creates new EPA program to protect children’s health, reduce pollution, and boost American manufacturing

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator McCollister Urges School Districts, Tribes, and School Bus Operators in Region 7 States to Apply for $500M in Available Clean School Bus Funding

  • Release Date: May 20, 2022

• Kansas City, Missouri, Selected to Receive $5.75M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: Kansas City, Missouri, Selected to Receive $5.75M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 19, 2022

• St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Louis County Selected to Receive $1M and $1.9M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Louis County Selected to Receive $1M and $1.9M as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 19, 2022

• Denison, Iowa, Selected to Receive $400K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  Selected grant targets assessment and reuse plans for Denison Municipal Utility Power Plant and Avenue C sites

  EPA News Release: Denison, Iowa, Selected to Receive $400K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• Kansas’ Flint Hills Regional Council Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  Selected grant targets sites in Kansas communities of Junction City, Manhattan and Ogden

  EPA News Release: Kansas’ Flint Hills Regional Council Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• Fort Dodge, Iowa, Selected to Receive $250K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  Selected grant targets cleanup at the Former Greenleaf Healthcare Facility

  EPA News Release: Fort Dodge, Iowa, Selected to Receive $250K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• Council Bluffs, Iowa, Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  EPA announces selection of 265 communities to receive Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Council Bluffs, Iowa, Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254M to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 16, 2022