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• 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

• West Virginia State University and the United States EPA Region 3 Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding

  EPA News Release: West Virginia State University and the United States EPA Region 3 Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding

  • Release Date: September 14, 2022

• EPA Discusses Community Redevelopment Efforts in Tyler, Wetzel and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia

  EPA Deputy Administrator McCabe and EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Ortiz visit Wheeling, Paden City and Morgantown

  EPA News Release: EPA Discusses Community Redevelopment Efforts in Tyler, Wetzel and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia

  • Release Date: August 24, 2022

• EPA Names Dr. Kandis Boyd as New Director of Chesapeake Bay Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Dr. Kandis Boyd as New Director of Chesapeake Bay Program

  • Release Date: June 2, 2022

• EPA Adds Paden City, West Virginia, Groundwater Site to Superfund Cleanup List

  Paden City Groundwater’s addition to EPA’s National Priorities List elevates clean-up plans

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Paden City, West Virginia, Groundwater Site to Superfund Cleanup List

  • Release Date: March 18, 2022

• EPA Presents Coalfield Development Corporation $200K in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce

  EPA News Release: EPA Presents Coalfield Development Corporation $200K in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce

  • Release Date: March 18, 2022

• New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  New features improve public access to local data

  EPA News Release: New EPA analysis shows decline in release of certain toxic chemicals in Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (W. Va.)

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (W. Va.)

  • Release Date: February 18, 2022

• EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association Nearly $1.4 million for Diesel Emissions Reduction Project

  • Release Date: December 9, 2021

• West Virginia to get $83.2 million in water infrastructure funding that prioritizes underserved communities

  EPA News Release: West Virginia to get $83.2 million in water infrastructure funding that prioritizes underserved communities

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA awards $300K to West Virginia for wetlands protection

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $300K to West Virginia for wetlands protection

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021

• EPA awards $1.8 million to West Virginia to control polluted runoff, restore water quality

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1.8 million to West Virginia to control polluted runoff, restore water quality

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA and WVDEP to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Ethylene Oxide

  EPA News Release: EPA and WVDEP to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Ethylene Oxide

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021