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• EPA Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement with George Prepared Foods Corporation Safeguards Tennesseans

  EPA News Release: EPA Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement with George Prepared Foods Corporation Safeguards Tennesseans

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Opens $20 Million Grant Competition for Community Air Pollution Monitoring

  Air monitoring projects can help foster transparency and accountability to reduce pollution in underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens $20 Million Grant Competition for Community Air Pollution Monitoring

  • Release Date: December 13, 2021

• Funding Now Available for Locally Focused Environmental Education Grants in the Southeast

  EPA News Release: Funding Now Available for Locally Focused Environmental Education Grants in the Southeast

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021

• City of Chattanooga, Tennessee Receives $500,000 in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites

  Nationally, $11.6 Million in funding to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites in Communities Across the U.S

  EPA News Release: City of Chattanooga, Tennessee Receives $500,000 in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Announces $11 Million for Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality and Environmental Education

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $11 Million for Farm-Focused Projects to Improve Water Quality and Environmental Education

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Awards East Tennessee Development District $600,000 a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards East Tennessee Development District $600,000 a Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant

  • Release Date: May 20, 2021

• EPA Issues Emergency Order and Information Request to New Indy Containerboard Pulp and Paper Mill in Catawba, S.C. and Expands Community Air Monitoring

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Emergency Order and Information Request to New Indy Containerboard Pulp and Paper Mill in Catawba, S.C. and Expands Community Air Monitoring

  • Release Date: May 13, 2021

• EPA Selects Three Projects in Tennessee to Receive $1.5 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  The grant awards help underserved communities across the country Build Back Better and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Three Projects in Tennessee to Receive $1.5 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 13, 2021

• EPA to Provide Building Blocks Assistance to Nolensville, Tennessee

  EPA News Release: EPA to Provide Building Blocks Assistance to Nolensville, Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 22, 2021

• U.S. EPA Invites Nashville’s Metro Water Services to Apply for a Total of $129 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Invites Nashville’s Metro Water Services to Apply for a Total of $129 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• U.S. EPA invites Birmingham Water Works to Apply for a Total of $147 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA invites Birmingham Water Works to Apply for a Total of $147 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA Calls for Nominations for the 2021 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

  Applications due by February 19, 2021

  EPA News Release: EPA Calls for Nominations for the 2021 President’s Environmental Student and Teacher Awards

  • Release Date: October 28, 2020

• EPA Awards $353,516 Grant to Shelby County to Fund Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring in Memphis, Tenn.

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $353,516 Grant to Shelby County to Fund Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring in Memphis, Tenn.

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020

• EPA Selects the Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation to Receive $182,000 in Pollution Prevention Grants

  Nationally, EPA Selects over 40 Organizations to Receive $9.3 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects the Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation to Receive $182,000 in Pollution Prevention Grants

  • Release Date: September 23, 2020

• EPA Awards Vanderbilt University over $790,000 to Develop New Approaches for Evaluating Chemical Toxicokinetics

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Vanderbilt University over $790,000 to Develop New Approaches for Evaluating Chemical Toxicokinetics

  • Release Date: August 4, 2020