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• EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  EPA will direct immediate cleanup as appropriate if contaminants from the derailment pose any unacceptable risk to human health

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Norfolk Southern to Sample for Dioxins in East Palestine

  • Release Date: March 2, 2023

• EPA Administrator Regan Announces Initial Actions to Protect Communities Following Puerto Rico Journey to Justice Tour

  Actions reflect Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to building a better America and addressing environmental and health challenges in communities that are underserved and overburdened by pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Announces Initial Actions to Protect Communities Following Puerto Rico Journey to Justice Tour

  • Release Date: November 4, 2022

• EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  EPA’s historic Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights will position the agency to better advance environmental justice, enforce civil rights laws in overburdened communities, and deliver new grants and technical assistance

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  • Release Date: September 24, 2022

• EPA Announces $569 Million WIFIA Loan for Flood, Climate Resilience in the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area

  Nationally, 52 WIFIA loans are financing $23 billion in water upgrades, creating 54,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $569 Million WIFIA Loan for Flood, Climate Resilience in the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area

  • Release Date: June 18, 2021

• EPA Administrator Regan Visits North Dakota to Hear from Elected Officials, Industry, Environmental Leaders, Makes First Visit to Indian Country

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Regan Visits North Dakota to Hear from Elected Officials, Industry, Environmental Leaders, Makes First Visit to Indian Country

  • Release Date: June 4, 2021

• EPA Announces $388M WIFIA Loan for Water Reuse in San Diego County, California

  Nationally, 51 WIFIA loans are financing $21B in infrastructure and creating 51,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $388M WIFIA Loan for Water Reuse in San Diego County, California

  • Release Date: June 4, 2021

• EPA Announces Historic Approval of Florida’s Request to Administer the Clean Water Act Section 404 Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Historic Approval of Florida’s Request to Administer the Clean Water Act Section 404 Wetlands Program

  • Release Date: December 17, 2020

• Administrator Wheeler Kicks Off Southwest Michigan Swing with Congressman Upton Discussing Great Lakes, Superfund, Clean Air

  EPA News Release: Administrator Wheeler Kicks Off Southwest Michigan Swing with Congressman Upton Discussing Great Lakes, Superfund, Clean Air

  • Release Date: June 2, 2020

• EPA Expands Research on COVID-19 in the Environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Expands Research on COVID-19 in the Environment

  • Release Date: April 20, 2020

• EPA Administrator Wraps Up Alaska Swing In Anchorage

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Wraps Up Alaska Swing In Anchorage

  • Release Date: August 21, 2019

• EPA Administrator Kicks Off Alaska Swing in Fairbanks

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Kicks Off Alaska Swing in Fairbanks

  • Release Date: August 20, 2019

• EPA Recognizes the St. Louis Cardinals for 10 Years of Work in Reducing Food Waste

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes the St. Louis Cardinals for 10 Years of Work in Reducing Food Waste

  • Release Date: July 30, 2019