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• EPA awards Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $184,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools, childcare centers

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $184,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools, childcare centers

  • Release Date: November 23, 2021

• EPA Announces Next Steps in Process to Protect Bristol Bay Watershed Under Clean Water Act Authority

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Next Steps in Process to Protect Bristol Bay Watershed Under Clean Water Act Authority

  • Release Date: November 17, 2021

• EPA Announces Holistic Approach to Address Water Pollution from the Tijuana River Watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Holistic Approach to Address Water Pollution from the Tijuana River Watershed

  • Release Date: November 8, 2021

• Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  EPA News Release: Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• Kawerak, Inc. and Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council are selected for $596,000 in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding

  Funds will be used to conduct assessments and cleanup planning in support of rejuvenating formerly contaminated properties in Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: Kawerak, Inc. and Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council are selected for $596,000 in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021

• EPA awards $723,000 in grants for beach water quality monitoring in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $723,000 in grants for beach water quality monitoring in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington

  • Release Date: May 10, 2021

• EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  For the first time under this competition, matching funds are not required.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  • Release Date: April 30, 2021

• EPA awards $9 Million to Alaska Native Villages to Improve Drinking Water Access

  Two Alaska Native villages will benefit from new WIIN Act funding

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $9 Million to Alaska Native Villages to Improve Drinking Water Access

  • Release Date: April 28, 2021

• EPA Announces $400,000 in Funding to Small Businesses in Alaska and Washington to Develop Innovative Environmental Technologies

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $400,000 in Funding to Small Businesses in Alaska and Washington to Develop Innovative Environmental Technologies

  • Release Date: April 6, 2021

• North Star Paving & Construction pays $130,000 penalty for Safe Drinking Water Act violations in Soldotna, Alaska

  EPA News Release: North Star Paving & Construction pays $130,000 penalty for Safe Drinking Water Act violations in Soldotna, Alaska

  • Release Date: March 11, 2021

• EPA Announces Availability of Up to $6 Million in Environmental Justice Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of Up to $6 Million in Environmental Justice Grants

  • Release Date: March 3, 2021

• EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  • Release Date: February 17, 2021

• EPA offers $120,000 in grant funds to support healthy, resilient, and sustainable communities in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA offers $120,000 in grant funds to support healthy, resilient, and sustainable communities in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

  • Release Date: February 9, 2021

• EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  Action prompts resumption of recycling “mountains” of expended small arms brass cartridges

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA enforcement cases in PNW & Alaska finalized in September & October 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA enforcement cases in PNW & Alaska finalized in September & October 2020

  • Release Date: December 30, 2020