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• EPA Launches New Initiative to Accelerate Lead Pipe Replacement to Protect Underserved Communities

  New partnership with states will help communities access funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for lead service line removal and replacement

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches New Initiative to Accelerate Lead Pipe Replacement to Protect Underserved Communities

  • Release Date: January 27, 2023

• EPA Announces Latest Actions to Protect Groundwater and Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  Agency issues six proposed determinations to deny facilities’ requests to continue unsafe coal ash disposal

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Latest Actions to Protect Groundwater and Communities from Coal Ash Contamination

  • Release Date: January 25, 2023

• EPA Announces Plans for Wastewater Regulations and Studies, Including Limits for PFAS, New Study for Nutrients

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans for Wastewater Regulations and Studies, Including Limits for PFAS, New Study for Nutrients

  • Release Date: January 20, 2023

• EPA Seeks Input from Small Entities on Meat and Poultry Products Effluent Guidelines Rulemaking Revision

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Input from Small Entities on Meat and Poultry Products Effluent Guidelines Rulemaking Revision

  • Release Date: January 18, 2023

• EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointments to Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: January 13, 2023

• EPA Announces $500 Million Loan to Modernize Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure in New Jersey

  This is the first loan EPA is issuing through its new SWIFIA program

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $500 Million Loan to Modernize Wastewater and Drinking Water Infrastructure in New Jersey

  • Release Date: January 5, 2023

• EPA and Army Finalize Rule Establishing Definition of WOTUS and Restoring Fundamental Water Protections

  EPA News Release: EPA and Army Finalize Rule Establishing Definition of WOTUS and Restoring Fundamental Water Protections

  • Release Date: December 30, 2022

• Statement by Administrator Regan on Bipartisan Funding Bill

  EPA News Release: Statement by Administrator Regan on Bipartisan Funding Bill

  • Release Date: December 23, 2022

• EPA Announces $263 Million WIFIA Loan to Boise, Idaho to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure and help recharge the Boise River water supply

  Nationally, 95 WIFIA loans are financing $35 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 106,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $263 Million WIFIA Loan to Boise, Idaho to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure and help recharge the Boise River water supply

  • Release Date: December 19, 2022

• EPA Announces $25.7 Million in Grants to Support Water Systems in Rural and Small Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $25.7 Million in Grants to Support Water Systems in Rural and Small Communities

  • Release Date: December 12, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates First Year Accomplishments Under President Biden’s Federal Sustainability Plan

  EPA joins federal agencies to release annual sustainability plan

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates First Year Accomplishments Under President Biden’s Federal Sustainability Plan

  • Release Date: December 9, 2022

• EPA Announces $186 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Chattanooga, Tennessee

  Nationally, 94 WIFIA loans are financing over $34 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 104,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $186 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Chattanooga, Tennessee

  • Release Date: December 8, 2022

• EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful PFAS Pollution

  New EPA memo provides direction under NPDES permitting program to restrict PFAS at their source

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: December 6, 2022

• EPA Announces Leadership and Next Steps for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

  Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Acting Director Jahi Wise will bring expertise in climate policy and equitable finance to lead early design and implementation of historic IRA-funded program

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Leadership and Next Steps for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

  • Release Date: December 5, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Support Tribal Nations in Reducing Nutrient Pollution in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Support Tribal Nations in Reducing Nutrient Pollution in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin

  • Release Date: December 5, 2022