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• EPA Announces New England Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New England Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: March 28, 2023

• EPA Analysis Shows 2021 increase of Toxic Chemical Releases in Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: EPA Analysis Shows 2021 increase of Toxic Chemical Releases in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $15.5+ Million for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $15.5+ Million for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $19 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $19 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: February 13, 2023

• EPA Recognizes Rhode Island Wastewater Treatment Entities for Excellence

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Rhode Island Wastewater Treatment Entities for Excellence

  • Release Date: January 26, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Rhode Island

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• EPA New England to Invest up to $24 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Help Protect and Restore its Six Estuaries of National Significance

  EPA releases guidance on how the agency will administer the program

  EPA News Release: EPA New England to Invest up to $24 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Help Protect and Restore its Six Estuaries of National Significance

  • Release Date: July 27, 2022

• EPA Announces $55 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Providence, Rhode Island, and Protect Narragansett Bay

  Nationally, 89 WIFIA loans are financing nearly $33 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 100,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $55 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Providence, Rhode Island, and Protect Narragansett Bay

  • Release Date: July 27, 2022

• EPA Announces $38 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Water Infrastructure in Englewood, Colorado

  Nationally, 88 WIFIA loans are financing nearly $33 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 100,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $38 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Water Infrastructure in Englewood, Colorado

  • Release Date: June 7, 2022

• EPA Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England

  Informational webinars scheduled April 5 and 14

  EPA News Release: EPA Community Grants Available to Protect Public Health and the Environment in New England

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• Woonasquatucket River Selected for Pilot Watershed

  Becomes Second Project in Rhode Island under EPA Coastal Initiative

  EPA News Release: Woonasquatucket River Selected for Pilot Watershed

  • Release Date: March 9, 2022

• EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  Members of the public can register now to attend and/or provide verbal comment

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 19, 2022

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million to Fund 13 Environmental Justice Grants in New England

  Projects in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $1.3 Million to Fund 13 Environmental Justice Grants in New England

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More Than $66 Million in Rhode Island

  Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA will Prioritize Funding Projects in Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More Than $66 Million in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Region 8 states to receive water infrastructure funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

  Announcement calls for prioritizing underserved communities  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 states to receive water infrastructure funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021