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• EPA meets with Colorado Chamber of Commerce to highlight Toxics Release Inventory report and analysis

  New TRI data for 2018 show decline in Regional and Colorado releases, increased recycling of chemical waste

  EPA News Release: EPA meets with Colorado Chamber of Commerce to highlight Toxics Release Inventory report and analysis

  • Release Date: February 25, 2020

• EPA awards grant to Fort Lewis College team to develop innovative water technology

  Students in Durango, Colorado among 18 teams selected nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA awards grant to Fort Lewis College team to develop innovative water technology

  • Release Date: February 19, 2020

• EPA Region 8 releases 2019 Year in Review highlighting accomplishments and environmental progress under President Trump & Administrator Andrew Wheeler

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 releases 2019 Year in Review highlighting accomplishments and environmental progress under President Trump & Administrator Andrew Wheeler

  • Release Date: February 6, 2020

• EPA and Army deliver on President Trump’s promise to issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule – a new definition of WOTUS

  Congressman Lamborn joins EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, the Mayor of Colorado Springs and the Colorado Livestock Association at the Pioneers Museum for announcement

  EPA News Release: EPA and Army deliver on President Trump’s promise to issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule – a new definition of WOTUS

  • Release Date: January 23, 2020

• EPA, Justice Department and State of Colorado announce settlement with K.P. Kauffman Co. to reduce emissions from oil and gas operations by more than 500 tons per year

  Agreement reflects joint effort to secure compliance with clean air requirements in ozone nonattainment area

  EPA News Release: EPA, Justice Department and State of Colorado announce settlement with K.P. Kauffman Co. to reduce emissions from oil and gas operations by more than 500 tons per year

  • Release Date: January 21, 2020

• EPA visit to Navajo Shippers highlights Cleaner Trucks Initiative and Colorado trucking community’s leadership on clean air

  Colorado partners to inform effort to update national emissions standards for trucks

  EPA News Release: EPA visit to Navajo Shippers highlights Cleaner Trucks Initiative and Colorado trucking community’s leadership on clean air

  • Release Date: January 16, 2020

• EPA reclassifies Denver area to “Serious” nonattainment for ozone

  Reclassification requires additional control measures to reduce emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA reclassifies Denver area to “Serious” nonattainment for ozone

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• EPA settlement with PBI-Gordon Corporation resolves alleged violations of pesticide labeling requirements in Longmont, Colorado, and Monroe, Washington

  Agreement with Kansas-based company resolves findings of non-compliance

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with PBI-Gordon Corporation resolves alleged violations of pesticide labeling requirements in Longmont, Colorado, and Monroe, Washington

  • Release Date: November 6, 2019

• Colorado organizations receive EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants

  EPA News Release: Colorado organizations receive EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants

  • Release Date: November 5, 2019

• EPA Superfund site deletions in 2019 provide lasting benefit to communities in Region 8

  Deletions in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming contribute to largest national tally since 2001

  EPA News Release: EPA Superfund site deletions in 2019 provide lasting benefit to communities in Region 8

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA awards $200,000 for job-training program at Fort Lyon campus in Bent County, Colo.

  Grant among $5.1 million to help transform communities across the nation

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $200,000 for job-training program at Fort Lyon campus in Bent County, Colo.

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• Denver contractors cited for not following lead-safe requirements on home renovation projects

  EPA enforcement activities throughout Denver resolve alleged violations of EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule

  EPA News Release: Denver contractors cited for not following lead-safe requirements on home renovation projects

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA awards Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment $1,170,000 to improve water quality in the Lower Arkansas and Lower Gunnison River basins

  EPA and the state partner with the agriculture industry to restore watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment $1,170,000 to improve water quality in the Lower Arkansas and Lower Gunnison River basins

  • Release Date: October 17, 2019

• EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  Top performers in freight industry include firms based in Colorado, North Dakota and Utah

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  • Release Date: October 7, 2019

• EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  Milestone at Vasquez Boulevard/ Interstate 70 Superfund site reflects completion of residential cleanups for lead and arsenic

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019