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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

• 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

• 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, States, and MRCTI Mayors Hold Mississippi River Corridor Summit on Historic Water Infrastructure Funding

  Local leaders discussed water infrastructure needs and challenges in competing for State Revolving Funds

  EPA News Release: EPA, States, and MRCTI Mayors Hold Mississippi River Corridor Summit on Historic Water Infrastructure Funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2022

• EPA Recognizes Four Missouri Organizations as ENERGY STAR Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Four Missouri Organizations as ENERGY STAR Award Winners

  • Release Date: May 5, 2022

• EPA Approves Kansas’ and Iowa’s Lists of Impaired Waters

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Kansas’ and Iowa’s Lists of Impaired Waters

  • Release Date: May 3, 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 Region 7 and Lincoln University Renew Environmental Partnership and Collaboration Through 2027

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 and Lincoln University Renew Environmental Partnership and Collaboration Through 2027

  • Release Date: April 26, 2022

• On Earth Day, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister Tours West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Missouri, with Federal, State and Local Leaders

  EPA News Release: On Earth Day, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister Tours West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Missouri, with Federal, State and Local Leaders

  • Release Date: April 22, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Presents Nearly $200K Check to Heartland Conservation Alliance for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  Funding will provide workforce training and job opportunities for over 50 young Kansas Citians aging out of foster care

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents Nearly $200K Check to Heartland Conservation Alliance for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: April 20, 2022

• EPA Fines Missouri Home Renovators for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Missouri Home Renovators for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: April 20, 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 Penalizes Iowa and Missouri Sellers of Automobile ‘Defeat Devices’

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Iowa and Missouri Sellers of Automobile ‘Defeat Devices’

  • Release Date: April 4, 2022