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• U.S. EPA to resume sampling and soil cleanup at the Old American Zinc Plant Superfund site in Fairmont City, Illinois

  The agency will hold an open-air availability session on July 7 to discuss the upcoming cleanup and sampling

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to resume sampling and soil cleanup at the Old American Zinc Plant Superfund site in Fairmont City, Illinois

  • Release Date: June 30, 2021

• EPA to take comments on proposed cleanup plan for Olin Corp. facility in East Alton, Illinois

  60-day public comment period begins May 26

  EPA News Release: EPA to take comments on proposed cleanup plan for Olin Corp. facility in East Alton, Illinois

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• EPA to accept applications for grants that enhance recycling markets or reduce food waste until June 1

  EPA News Release: EPA to accept applications for grants that enhance recycling markets or reduce food waste until June 1

  • Release Date: April 27, 2021

• EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis for the Great Lakes Region

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  For the second time, GLRI grants available to keep trash out of the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021

• EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Illinois for Innovative Technology Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Illinois for Innovative Technology Projects

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  Launched in 2010, GLRI has funded over 5,400 projects totaling more than $2.7 billion; $16 million slated for two newly selected projects

  EPA News Release: EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• EPA proposes removing part of Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill) Site from Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes removing part of Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill) Site from Superfund List

  • Release Date: November 23, 2020

• EPA Awards $75,000 to Miami University Students through People, Prosperity and the Planet program

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $75,000 to Miami University Students through People, Prosperity and the Planet program

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020

• EPA completes $5.5 million cleanup of Tremont/Clark Field site in Cleveland

  EPA News Release: EPA completes $5.5 million cleanup of Tremont/Clark Field site in Cleveland

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020

• Developer begins sampling soil in Zone 1 at USS Lead Superfund Site in East Chicago, Ind.

  EPA News Release: Developer begins sampling soil in Zone 1 at USS Lead Superfund Site in East Chicago, Ind.

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020

• EPA Lean Management Techniques Deliver Results in the Great Lakes Region

  EPA News Release: EPA Lean Management Techniques Deliver Results in the Great Lakes Region

  • Release Date: November 10, 2020

• EPA awards two University of Illinois System institutions nearly $200,000 to support innovative approaches to source reduction

  EPA News Release: EPA awards two University of Illinois System institutions nearly $200,000 to support innovative approaches to source reduction

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020

• EPA installs monitoring wells at the Kokomo Contaminated Groundwater Plume Superfund site

  EPA News Release: EPA installs monitoring wells at the Kokomo Contaminated Groundwater Plume Superfund site

  • Release Date: October 29, 2020

• EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois Farm Bureau

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois Farm Bureau

  • Release Date: October 27, 2020