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• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Oregon School Districts receive $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Oregon School Districts receive $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  Local collaborative efforts result in cleaner and healthier air during winter months

  EPA News Release: Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  Schools will receive technical assistance to create cleaner air and neighborhood cooling refuges in vulnerable communities impacted by wildfire smoke and extreme heat events

  EPA News Release: EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  • Release Date: November 1, 2021

• EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  Owens-Brockway Glass failed to report chromium used in glassmaking

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  • Release Date: September 16, 2021

• EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  For the first time under this competition, matching funds are not required.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions

  • Release Date: April 30, 2021

• EPA awards $615,000 to clean up school buses in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington communities

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $615,000 to clean up school buses in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington communities

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• EPA penalizes Premier Performance $3 million for selling ‘defeat’ devices

  Idaho company, affiliates illegally sold devices allowing 3.5 million pounds of illegal emissions per year

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Premier Performance $3 million for selling ‘defeat’ devices

  • Release Date: March 9, 2021

• EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  EPA News Release: EPA challenge seeks innovative solutions for reducing indoor air pollution from western wildfires

  • Release Date: February 17, 2021

• $1.8M EPA grant will provide woodstove alternatives and improve air quality in Klamath Falls, Oregon

  Five-year investment expected to net long-term benefits for area residents

  EPA News Release: $1.8M EPA grant will provide woodstove alternatives and improve air quality in Klamath Falls, Oregon

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in Oregon after September wildfires

  Agency’s work was first step of a two step recovery process for burned-out properties

  EPA News Release: EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in Oregon after September wildfires

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• EPA Oregon Wildfire Recovery Review and Update

  As EPA’s work winds down, some response crews remain to handle final cleanups

  EPA News Release: EPA Oregon Wildfire Recovery Review and Update

  • Release Date: November 24, 2020

• EPA to help protect Oregon rivers, creeks and streams from fire impacts

  EPA’s task list expands as crews have cleared over 1500 properties of household hazardous waste

  EPA News Release: EPA to help protect Oregon rivers, creeks and streams from fire impacts

  • Release Date: November 6, 2020

• EPA stands-up second Wildfire Recovery Response Staging Area at Oregon State Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Salem

  EPA News Release: EPA stands-up second Wildfire Recovery Response Staging Area at Oregon State Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Salem

  • Release Date: October 21, 2020

• EPA levies $65k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  Washington company previously cited for importing trucks without required emission controls

  EPA News Release: EPA levies $65k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  • Release Date: October 21, 2020