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• 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

• U.S. EPA Recognizes Freight Industry Leaders in Tennessee or Environmental Performance

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Recognizes Freight Industry Leaders in Tennessee or Environmental Performance

  • Release Date: October 27, 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 Selects Colonial Chemical of Tennessee as a 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Award Winner

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Colonial Chemical of Tennessee as a 2021 Green Chemistry Challenge Award Winner

  • Release Date: June 15, 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 Awards $20,000 in School Bus Rebates to School District in Tennessee

  Nationally, EPA Awards $10.5 Million to Clean Up 473 School Buses in 40 States

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $20,000 in School Bus Rebates to School District in Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 20, 2021

• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Awarded Honorable Mention in EPA’s 9th-Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

  EPA News Release: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Awarded Honorable Mention in EPA’s 9th-Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge

  • Release Date: April 19, 2021

• U.S. EPA Honors 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year in Tennessee

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Honors 2020 ENERGY STAR® Partners of the Year in Tennessee

  • Release Date: March 30, 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