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• EPA to Review Cleanups at 45 Southeast Superfund Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA to Review Cleanups at 45 Southeast Superfund Sites

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

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

  National Fireworks Site in Cordova, Tennessee added to protect communities and chart next steps for 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 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 Announces Plans to Accelerate Cleanup of Superfund Projects in Tennessee

  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 of Superfund Projects in Tennessee

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by proposing to add the National Fireworks site in Cordova, Tennessee to the National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by proposing to add the National Fireworks site in Cordova, Tennessee to the National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 9, 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 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 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 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

• EPA Region 4 to Hold Information Session on the Southside Chattanooga Lead Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 to Hold Information Session on the Southside Chattanooga Lead Site

  • Release Date: March 12, 2020

• Advisory: EPA Region 4 to Hold Information Session for Residents of Chattanooga

  EPA News Release: Advisory: EPA Region 4 to Hold Information Session for Residents of Chattanooga

  • Release Date: February 10, 2020

• EPA Announces Deletion of the Tennessee Products Superfund Site in Chattanooga, Tennessee from Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA provides lasting benefit to communities by deleting all or part of 27 Superfund sites from the National Priorities List - the highest number in 18 Years

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Deletion of the Tennessee Products Superfund Site in Chattanooga, Tennessee from Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• Superfund Task Force Issues Final Report and Announces Plans to Continue Program Improvements Moving Forward

  EPA News Release: Superfund Task Force Issues Final Report and Announces Plans to Continue Program Improvements Moving Forward

  • Release Date: September 9, 2019

• MONDAY: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to mark Superfund Task Force Milestone in Chattanooga

  EPA News Release: MONDAY: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to mark Superfund Task Force Milestone in Chattanooga

  • Release Date: September 6, 2019