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• EPA awards $500K to Rawlins, Wyoming, for property cleanup and revitalization along Interstate 80 corridor  

  City to use Brownfields grant to address contamination, advance redevelopment at critical properties  

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500K to Rawlins, Wyoming, for property cleanup and revitalization along Interstate 80 corridor  

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA selects 7 Oregon projects for $8 million in brownfields funding 

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda 

  EPA News Release: EPA selects 7 Oregon projects for $8 million in brownfields funding 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA previews new grant opportunity for technical assistance for organizations and communities in the Region 8 states of CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY and 28 Tribes

  EPA News Release: New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Clean Air Act settlements for facilities operated by Williams Companies, Inc., MPLX LP, and WES DJ Gathering LLC will reduce ozone-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA News Release: Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023

• EPA Region 8 announces the 2023 Regional Pollution Prevention Award Program

  Applications will be accepted through May 19

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 announces the 2023 Regional Pollution Prevention Award Program

  • Release Date: April 5, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $62 million for drinking water infrastructure upgrades in Wyoming

  Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $62 million for drinking water infrastructure upgrades in Wyoming

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA names Bend company 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year

  EPA News Release: EPA names Bend company 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• 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 Wyoming

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $11,390,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure upgrades through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Wyoming

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $18M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Oregon

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $18M in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Oregon

  • Release Date: February 16, 2023

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

  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 Wyoming

  • 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

• Dyno Nobel, Inc. resolves chemical emergency release notification violations at Cheyenne, Wyo. facility

  Company to pay $20,352 penalty for failure to submit Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act release notifications

  EPA News Release: Dyno Nobel, Inc. resolves chemical emergency release notification violations at Cheyenne, Wyo. facility

  • Release Date: January 18, 2023

• EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022