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• EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Region 8 states

  Releases remained below Pre-Pandemic levels, including a decrease of 12.7% in production-related waste since 2012

  EPA News Release: EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Region 8 states

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $11,390,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure upgrades through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in North Dakota 

  BIL press release

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $18,914,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in drinking water in North Dakota

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $18,914,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in drinking water in North Dakota

  • Release Date: February 13, 2023

• La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

  Colorado, Montana, Dakota del Norte, Dakota del Sur, Utah y Wyoming entre los estados de mayor riesgo de cáncer de pulmón por gas radón

  EPA News Release: La EPA alienta a los residentes de las regiones de las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras a “probar su hogar” y reducir los niveles de radón en el hogar

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023

• EPA encourages Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region residents to “Test Your Nest” and reduce home radon levels

  Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming among highest-risk states for lung cancer from radon gas

  EPA News Release: EPA encourages Rocky Mountain and Great Plains region residents to “Test Your Nest” and reduce home radon levels

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $2,370,000 from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for North Dakota School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $2,370,000 from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for North Dakota School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• New Jersey and New York Communities to Benefit from EPA Grant to Support Anaerobic Digestion Technology

  EPA News Release: New Jersey and New York Communities to Benefit from EPA Grant to Support Anaerobic Digestion Technology

  • Release Date: August 23, 2022

• EPA announces Colorado and North Dakota appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA announces Colorado and North Dakota appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 26, 2021

• North Dakota Pipeline Company to Pay $35 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for Largest-Ever Inland Spill of Produced Water from Oil Drilling

  Pipeline Rupture Caused 29 Million Gallon Spill Over 143 Days Before Discovery

  EPA News Release: North Dakota Pipeline Company to Pay $35 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for Largest-Ever Inland Spill of Produced Water from Oil Drilling

  • Release Date: August 6, 2021

• EPA Announces $569 Million WIFIA Loan for Flood, Climate Resilience in the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area

  Nationally, 52 WIFIA loans are financing $23 billion in water upgrades, creating 54,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $569 Million WIFIA Loan for Flood, Climate Resilience in the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area

  • Release Date: June 18, 2021

• EPA proposed settlement with Phoenix Petroleum resolves Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota oil production facilities

  Company agrees to penalty associated with an inadequate spill prevention plan and field implementation of the plan at two tank batteries

  EPA News Release: EPA proposed settlement with Phoenix Petroleum resolves Clean Water Act violations at North Dakota oil production facilities

  • Release Date: June 17, 2021

• EPA Administrator Regan Visits North Dakota to Hear from Elected Officials, Industry, Environmental Leaders, Makes First Visit to Indian Country

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Visits North Dakota to Hear from Elected Officials, Industry, Environmental Leaders, Makes First Visit to Indian Country

  • Release Date: June 4, 2021

• Shimkin Named Chesapeake Bay Program Office Deputy Director

  EPA News Release: Shimkin Named Chesapeake Bay Program Office Deputy Director

  • Release Date: May 12, 2021

• City of Mandan, N.D. to receive $300,000 to advance property cleanup and redevelopment

  EPA Brownfields grant will fund needed environmental assessments at priority sites

  EPA News Release: City of Mandan, N.D. to receive $300,000 to advance property cleanup and redevelopment

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021