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• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Press Event announcing the start of Remedial Actions at the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site in Knoxville, TN

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Press Event announcing the start of Remedial Actions at the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site in Knoxville, TN

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Public Meeting to Discuss the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site Cleanup in Knoxville, TN 

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Public Meeting to Discuss the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site Cleanup in Knoxville, TN 

  • Release Date: February 9, 2023

• 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 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 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 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 Supports States in Addressing PFAS Across the Southeast

  Through technical assistance, grants and enforcement, EPA Region 4 assists states, tribes and local communities respond to PFAS challenges

  EPA News Release: EPA Supports States in Addressing PFAS Across the Southeast

  • Release Date: July 29, 2020

• 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