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• Biden Administration Announces $7.3 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Pennsylvania

  8 Pennsylvania communities will receive Brownfield Assessment, Cleanup or High Performing Revolving Loan Fund support to help reinvigorate neighborhoods while addressing environmental justice concerns

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Announces $7.3 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Pennsylvania

  • Release Date: May 20, 2022

• U.S. Steel to pay $1.5 million penalty, make improvements to settle air pollution violations at Braddock, Pa. steelmaking plant

  EPA News Release: U.S. Steel to pay $1.5 million penalty, make improvements to settle air pollution violations at Braddock, Pa. steelmaking plant

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

  First of Five-Year Funding Totaling $238 Million

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

  • Release Date: May 2, 2022

• EPA to Step Up Federal Actions in PA for Water Pollution

  Pennsylvania’s Bay Cleanup Plan Falls Short of Target, PA has 90 Days to Submit Improved Plan, Lacks Sufficient Legislative Funding and Programs

  EPA News Release: EPA to Step Up Federal Actions in PA for Water Pollution

  • Release Date: April 18, 2022

• EPA Proposes Removing Part of Himco Dump site in Elkhart, Indiana, from Superfund List

  Public Comment period ends May 2

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Removing Part of Himco Dump site in Elkhart, Indiana, from Superfund List

  • Release Date: March 31, 2022

• EPA National, Regional Officials Touring Pa. Dairy Farms to Highlight Clean Water, Climate and Farm Benefits of Corporate Partnerships

  EPA News Release: EPA National, Regional Officials Touring Pa. Dairy Farms to Highlight Clean Water, Climate and Farm Benefits of Corporate Partnerships

  • Release Date: March 23, 2022

• New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  New features improve public access to local data

  EPA News Release: New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA seeks explanations, solutions from Hanover Foods for numerous violations at company’s wastewater treatment facility

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks explanations, solutions from Hanover Foods for numerous violations at company’s wastewater treatment facility

  • Release Date: February 25, 2022

• EPA will oversee cleanup of LaSalle Park and two residential yards at the Beck’s Lake Superfund site in Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA will oversee cleanup of LaSalle Park and two residential yards at the Beck’s Lake Superfund site in Indiana

  • Release Date: February 22, 2022

• EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (Pa.)

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (Pa.)

  • Release Date: February 18, 2022

• President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit Pennsylvania

  EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030

  EPA News Release: President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit Pennsylvania

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA Deputy Administrator Tours RecycleForce in Indianapolis to Highlight Brownfields Job Training Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Deputy Administrator Tours RecycleForce in Indianapolis to Highlight Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: February 11, 2022

• EPA Recognizes Philadelphia Department of Prisons for Diverting Food Waste from Landfills

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Philadelphia Department of Prisons for Diverting Food Waste from Landfills

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• West Penn Power to pay $610,000 penalty in Federal-State settlement over discharge violations at coal ash landfills

  EPA News Release: West Penn Power to pay $610,000 penalty in Federal-State settlement over discharge violations at coal ash landfills

  • Release Date: January 12, 2022

• EPA to Review Amended Pennsylvania Plan to Help Restore Chesapeake Bay, Local Waters

  Agency commends local input, says tough federal actions could be taken

  EPA News Release: EPA to Review Amended Pennsylvania Plan to Help Restore Chesapeake Bay, Local Waters

  • Release Date: January 5, 2022