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• EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

  First of Five-Year Funding Totaling $238 Million

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

  • Release Date: May 2, 2022

• President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit New York

  EPA Projects Work to Be Completed at 22 of 25 Remaining Great Lakes “Areas of Concern” by 2030

  EPA News Release: President Biden, EPA $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Accelerate Cleanup Efforts and Benefit New York

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• EPA Highlights Historic $106 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure Benefitting Long Island Sound

  EPA’s Long Island Sound Study Program to receive $106M over five years under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Historic $106 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure Benefitting Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• $2.8 Million in Grants to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  Eighteen grants awarded to projects in New York

  EPA News Release: $2.8 Million in Grants to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 6, 2021

• Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More than $428,072,000 Million in New York

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: Increased EPA Water Infrastructure Funding Will Provide More than $428,072,000 Million in New York

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Confirms Habitat Improvements at Rochester Embayment Area of Concern in New York

  11 of 14 Beneficial Uses Now Restored

  EPA News Release: EPA Confirms Habitat Improvements at Rochester Embayment Area of Concern in New York

  • Release Date: September 1, 2021

• New York State on Track to Meet Pollutant Reduction Targets for Chesapeake Bay

  EPA News Release: New York State on Track to Meet Pollutant Reduction Targets for Chesapeake Bay

  • Release Date: August 6, 2021

• 269907 EPA, Newburgh Leaders Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: 269907 EPA, Newburgh Leaders Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: June 24, 2021

• EPA Provides $7.25 Million for ‘Most Effective’ Cleanup Actions in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

  Agriculture, Environmental Justice Areas Targeted for Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides $7.25 Million for ‘Most Effective’ Cleanup Actions in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

  • Release Date: May 27, 2021

• Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution

  EPA News Release: Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $300,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in New York

  Nationally, $9.6 million in grant funding will help communities monitor beach water quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $300,000 in Grant Funding for Beach Water Quality Monitoring in New York

  • Release Date: May 19, 2021

• EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir

  EPA News Release: EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir

  • Release Date: May 6, 2021

• EPA Awards $800,000 to Small Businesses in Ithaca and Potsdam, New York to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies

  Part of a $3.2 Million National Announcement

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $800,000 to Small Businesses in Ithaca and Potsdam, New York to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• EPA Invites 55 New Projects to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality; New York Region Included

  Projects will provide water infrastructure upgrades for 30 million Americans while creating over 40,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites 55 New Projects to Apply for WIFIA Loans to Improve Water Quality; New York Region Included

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Evaluates Revised Plan by New York State to Meet Bay Pollutant Reduction Targets

  EPA News Release: EPA Evaluates Revised Plan by New York State to Meet Bay Pollutant Reduction Targets

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021