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• 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

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA fines 22 home renovators and contractors for lead-based paint safety violations in Idaho and Washington

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  Local collaborative efforts result in cleaner and healthier air during winter months

  EPA News Release: Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• EPA Regional Administrator to tout brownfields investments in Portland low-income housing

  Agency has provided Oregon with $8.3 million to revitalize blighted sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator to tout brownfields investments in Portland low-income housing

  • Release Date: August 11, 2022

• EPA Announces $8.3 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to Revitalize Communities in Oregon

  Funds part of a $254 Million Nationwide effort to tackle polluted Brownfield sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $8.3 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to Revitalize Communities in Oregon

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• EPA Announces $5.4 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to Revitalize Communities in Washington

  Funds part of a $254 Million Nationwide effort to tackle polluted Brownfield sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $5.4 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to Revitalize Communities in Washington

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• EPA Announces $2.25 Million in funding to Revitalize Communities in Idaho

  Funds part of a $254 Million Nationwide effort to tackle polluted Brownfield sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $2.25 Million in funding to Revitalize Communities in Idaho

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• EPA Announces $500K infunds to Revitalize Communities in Alaska

  Funds part of a $254 Million Nationwide effort to tackle polluted Brownfield sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $500K infunds to Revitalize Communities in Alaska

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory report shows decline in chemical releases in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory report shows decline in chemical releases in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

  • Release Date: March 3, 2022

• EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee adopts infrastructure investment recommendations for communities, climate, and environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee adopts infrastructure investment recommendations for communities, climate, and environmental justice

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• La EPA anuncia sesiones públicas de escucha sobre la Estrategia preliminar para reducir la exposición al plomo y las disparidades en las comunidades estadounidenses

  Sesión de escucha en la región Noroeste del Pacífico y Alaska el 8 de febrero

  EPA News Release: La EPA anuncia sesiones públicas de escucha sobre la Estrategia preliminar para reducir la exposición al plomo y las disparidades en las comunidades estadounidenses

  • Release Date: January 25, 2022

• EPA Announces Public Listening Session on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  Pacific Northwest and Alaska regional listening session on Feb. 8

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Public Listening Session on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 20, 2022