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• EPA Opens $20 Million Grant Competition for Community Air Pollution Monitoring

  Air monitoring projects can help foster transparency and accountability to reduce pollution in underserved communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens $20 Million Grant Competition for Community Air Pollution Monitoring

  • Release Date: December 13, 2021

• Rebates Totaling $17 Million Now Available to Fund School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health

  EPA News Release: Rebates Totaling $17 Million Now Available to Fund School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children’s Health

  • Release Date: October 6, 2021

• Airco Superfund Site in Calvert City, Kentucky Deleted from Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: Airco Superfund Site in Calvert City, Kentucky Deleted from Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet 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: Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Receives $500,000 in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government Receives $330,000 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: Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government Receives $330,000 in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: June 16, 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 Four Projects in Kentucky to Receive $1,405,000 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 Four Projects in Kentucky to Receive $1,405,000 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 13, 2021

• EPA Announces 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants in Kentucky

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2020 ENERGY STAR® Certified Manufacturing Plants in Kentucky

  • Release Date: March 18, 2021

• EPA Announces Significant Air Quality Improvement in Jefferson County, Kentucky

  Area now meets the 2010 1-Hour Federal Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Significant Air Quality Improvement in Jefferson County, Kentucky

  • Release Date: August 10, 2020

• EPA Announces $600,000 in Supplemental Funding for Additional Clean Up and Reuse of Brownfield Sites in Kentucky

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $600,000 in Supplemental Funding for Additional Clean Up and Reuse of Brownfield Sites in Kentucky

  • Release Date: June 11, 2020

• EPA Selects Five Projects in Kentucky to Receive $1.7 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Five Projects in Kentucky to Receive $1.7 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

  • Release Date: May 11, 2020

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker Hosts Press Briefing Call on Brownfields Grant Announcement

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary S. Walker Hosts Press Briefing Call on Brownfields Grant Announcement

  • Release Date: May 11, 2020

• EPA Awards $240,000 to Clean Up School Buses in Three Kentucky Schools Systems

  EPA Awards $11.5 Million to Clean Up 580 School Buses in 43 States

  EPA Awards $240,000 to Clean Up School Buses in Three Kentucky Schools Systems

  • Release Date: April 23, 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