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• Pilot Travel Centers to Pay $121K Penalty for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: Pilot Travel Centers to Pay $121K Penalty for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska

  • Release Date: July 27, 2022

• EPA Proposes Interim Cleanup Plans for Groundwater at Washington County Lead District Superfund Sites in Missouri

  Proposed Plans will address lead and other heavy metal contamination in private, domestic drinking water wells at residential properties

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Interim Cleanup Plans for Groundwater at Washington County Lead District Superfund Sites in Missouri

  • Release Date: July 19, 2022

• EPA Awards $25K Research Grant to University of Missouri Students to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

  P3 Project seeks to develop affordable, point-of-use drinking water filtration system

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $25K Research Grant to University of Missouri Students to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: July 19, 2022

• Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K and Perform Watershed Restoration for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K and Perform Watershed Restoration for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: July 11, 2022

• EPA Announces $60 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Nutrient Pollution Reduction in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $60 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Nutrient Pollution Reduction in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed

  • Release Date: June 10, 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 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 Region 7 Selects Three Kansas City Area Winners of 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Video Challenge

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Selects Three Kansas City Area Winners of 2021 Harmful Algal Bloom Video Challenge

  • Release Date: March 15, 2022

• EPA Recognizes ReHarvest Partners for Excellence and Innovation in Financing Projects to Improve Iowa Water Quality

  Two rural Kansas water infrastructure projects receive honorable mentions

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes ReHarvest Partners for Excellence and Innovation in Financing Projects to Improve Iowa Water Quality

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• EPA Announces Two Missouri National Priority List Superfund Sites to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  EPA plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clear out the Superfund backlog and accelerate cleanup for dozens of additional Superfund projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Two Missouri National Priority List Superfund Sites to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  $12 million available for historically underserved farm-focused projects in Gulf of Mexico watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Announces Opportunity to Apply for Farmer to Farmer Grant Funding

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Invites Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  Invited projects will help modernize water infrastructure for 25 million Americans while creating up to 49,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  • Release Date: December 7, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $147 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Missouri

  Administrator announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocations, calls for prioritizing underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $147 Million in 2022 Water Infrastructure Funding for Missouri

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Announces $196,430 in Funding for St. Louis Area Sustainable Materials Management Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $196,430 in Funding for St. Louis Area Sustainable Materials Management Project

  • Release Date: October 4, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $469,000 in Funding for Three KC Area Sustainable Materials Management Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $469,000 in Funding for Three KC Area Sustainable Materials Management Projects

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021