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• EPA Extends Comment Period and Invites Public to Thursday Meeting about the Proposal of the Hercules Inc. Site in Hattiesburg to the Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Extends Comment Period and Invites Public to Thursday Meeting about the Proposal of the Hercules Inc. Site in Hattiesburg to the Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: May 18, 2022

• EPA Announces 2022 Gulf Guardian Awards for Individual, Partnership and Youth Environmental Education Winners in Biloxi, Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2022 Gulf Guardian Awards for Individual, Partnership and Youth Environmental Education Winners in Biloxi, Mississippi

  • Release Date: April 27, 2022

• EPA Announces the University of Southern Mississippi Marine Education Center as 1st Place 2022 Gulf Guardian Winner

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the University of Southern Mississippi Marine Education Center as 1st Place 2022 Gulf Guardian Winner

  • Release Date: April 27, 2022

• EPA Announces The Nature Conservancy of Alabama as 1st Place 2022 Gulf Guardian Partnership Winner

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces The Nature Conservancy of Alabama as 1st Place 2022 Gulf Guardian Partnership Winner

  • Release Date: April 27, 2022

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List, Taking Action to Address Risks to Public Health and Build a Better America

  Hercules Inc. Site in Hattiesburg, Mississippi proposed as the next step in the process towards cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List, Taking Action to Address Risks to Public Health and Build a Better America

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health

  More than $40,000 for Diesel Emissions Reduction Projects in Mississippi

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• EPA to Review Cleanups at 39 Southeast Superfund Sites this Year

  EPA News Release: EPA to Review Cleanups at 39 Southeast Superfund Sites this Year

  • Release Date: March 9, 2022

• EPA Region 4 Announces 2021 Pollution Prevention Recognition Award Winners in the Southeast

  Awardees in Kentucky, Mississippi and South Carolina recognized for distinguished efforts to prevent pollution.

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Announces 2021 Pollution Prevention Recognition Award Winners in the Southeast

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup at the Southeastern Wood Preserving Superfund Site in Canton, Mississippi

  Nationally, EPA announces plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to clear out the Superfund backlog

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup at the Southeastern Wood Preserving Superfund Site in Canton, Mississippi

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• Chemfax, Inc. Superfund Site in Gulfport, Mississippi Partially Deleted from Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: Chemfax, Inc. Superfund Site in Gulfport, Mississippi Partially Deleted from Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• EPA Region 4 Announces First Regional Pollution Prevention Award Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Announces First Regional Pollution Prevention Award Program

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• EPA Appoints Jackson, Mississippi County Administrator Brian Fulton to Local Government Advisory

  EPA News Release: EPA Appoints Jackson, Mississippi County Administrator Brian Fulton to Local Government Advisory

  • Release Date: August 26, 2021

• EPA Announces 2021 President’s Student and Teacher Environmental Award Winners in the Southeast

  Honorees in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2021 President’s Student and Teacher Environmental Award Winners in the Southeast

  • Release Date: August 26, 2021

• EPA Awards $80,000 in School Bus Rebates to School Districts in Mississippi

  Nationally, EPA Awards $10.5 Million to Clean Up 473 School Buses in 40 States

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $80,000 in School Bus Rebates to School Districts in Mississippi

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• EPA Celebrates 50th Earth Day At Home and Online

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 50th Earth Day At Home and Online

  • Release Date: April 23, 2020