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• U.S. Steel to pay $1.5 million penalty, make improvements to settle air pollution violations at Braddock, Pa. steelmaking plant

  EPA News Release: U.S. Steel to pay $1.5 million penalty, make improvements to settle air pollution violations at Braddock, Pa. steelmaking plant

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA Awards Grants to Virginia Indian Tribes for Sustainable Materials Management

  First Ever Grants to Mid-Atlantic Region Tribes provides much needed funding for community gardens and composting

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Grants to Virginia Indian Tribes for Sustainable Materials Management

  • Release Date: April 26, 2022

• EPA Presents Coalfield Development Corporation $200K in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce

  EPA News Release: EPA Presents Coalfield Development Corporation $200K in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce

  • Release Date: March 18, 2022

• EPA Region 4 Administrator Recognizes Black History Month at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Administrator Recognizes Black History Month at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi

  • Release Date: February 23, 2022

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

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

  • Release Date: January 27, 2022

• EPA to Host a Public Hearing in Rock Hill, S.C., Regarding the New Indy Catawba, LLC Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA to Host a Public Hearing in Rock Hill, S.C., Regarding the New Indy Catawba, LLC Facility

  • Release Date: January 19, 2022

• EPA Awards 2021 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities in the Southeast

  Nationally, EPA Announces $14.1 Million to Fund 133 Environmental Justice Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards 2021 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Local Communities in the Southeast

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• EPA awards Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers more than $1.35 Million for research to better understand exposure of young children to chemicals in soil and dust

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers more than $1.35 Million for research to better understand exposure of young children to chemicals in soil and dust

  • Release Date: August 10, 2021

• Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  Project encourages community-led downtown and neighborhood revitalization, enhanced local economies and job creation, improved diet and health, and increased environment protection efforts

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Pledges to Assist City of Norfolk in Tackling Food Insecurity

  • Release Date: June 3, 2021

• EPA Announces Historic Agreement with Seven Mid-Atlantic Federally Recognized Indian Tribes

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Historic Agreement with Seven Mid-Atlantic Federally Recognized Indian Tribes

  • Release Date: December 15, 2020

• EPA awards nearly $660,000 in Environmental Funding to Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in Virginia

  EPA News Release: EPA awards nearly $660,000 in Environmental Funding to Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in Virginia

  • Release Date: November 27, 2020

• EPA Selects Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to Receive $200,000 for Trash-Free Waters Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to Receive $200,000 for Trash-Free Waters Grant

  • Release Date: October 8, 2020

• Two Philadelphia Organizations Receive Funding to Support Environmental Justice Projects

  EPA News Release: Two Philadelphia Organizations Receive Funding to Support Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: June 30, 2020

• EPA Announces Award of $21 Million in Funding for State and Tribal Environmental Priorities for DC

  District of Columbia to use funding to improve Rock Creek’s water quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Award of $21 Million in Funding for State and Tribal Environmental Priorities for DC

  • Release Date: March 4, 2020

• EPA Announces Award of $21 Million in Funding for State and Tribal Environmental Priorities for PA

  Funding to Pennsylvania will support priorities of two state agencies

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Award of $21 Million in Funding for State and Tribal Environmental Priorities for PA

  • Release Date: March 4, 2020