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• Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  EPA News Release: Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• Kawerak, Inc. and Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council are selected for $596,000 in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding

  Funds will be used to conduct assessments and cleanup planning in support of rejuvenating formerly contaminated properties in Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: Kawerak, Inc. and Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council are selected for $596,000 in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021

• EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  Action prompts resumption of recycling “mountains” of expended small arms brass cartridges

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  BP failed to maintain adequate insurance to protect third parties against damages from hazardous waste

  EPA News Release: EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• EPA selects Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and the Alaska Forum, Inc. for $400,000 in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

  Agency: Brownfields Job Training Grants Provide Skilled Workers for Alaska Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and the Alaska Forum, Inc. for $400,000 in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA settles with JBER for hazardous waste violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with JBER for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: September 4, 2019

• EPA selects nine Pacific Northwest and Alaska projects to receive $4.59 million for Brownfields cleanup and assessment

  149 communities nationwide to receive $64.6 million in Brownfields grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects nine Pacific Northwest and Alaska projects to receive $4.59 million for Brownfields cleanup and assessment

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019