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• Kansas’ Flint Hills Regional Council Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  Selected grant targets sites in Kansas communities of Junction City, Manhattan and Ogden

  EPA News Release: Kansas’ Flint Hills Regional Council Selected to Receive $500K as Biden Administration Announces $254 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA Recognizes Koch Industries Incorporated as ENERGY STAR Award Winner

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Koch Industries Incorporated as ENERGY STAR Award Winner

  • Release Date: May 5, 2022

• EPA Region 7 Presents Nearly $200K Check to Heartland Conservation Alliance for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  Funding will provide workforce training and job opportunities for over 50 young Kansas Citians aging out of foster care

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents Nearly $200K Check to Heartland Conservation Alliance for Brownfields Job Training Grant

  • Release Date: April 20, 2022

• Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Selected for $489,155 Grant to Upgrade Municipal Fleet to Reduce Emissions from Diesel Vehicles

  EPA is awarding $5.4 million nationwide in grant funding for tribal and insular areas to establish lower-emission diesel projects

  EPA News Release: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Selected for $489,155 Grant to Upgrade Municipal Fleet to Reduce Emissions from Diesel Vehicles

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• 17 Kansas School Districts and One Bus Service Receiving $455,000 in School Bus Rebate Opportunities

  EPA awards rebates totaling $17 million to fund clean school buses that reduce diesel emissions and protect children’s health

  EPA News Release: 17 Kansas School Districts and One Bus Service Receiving $455,000 in School Bus Rebate Opportunities

  • Release Date: March 8, 2022

• EPA Recognizes ReHarvest Partners for Excellence and Innovation in Financing Projects to Improve Iowa Water Quality

  Two rural Kansas water infrastructure projects receive honorable mentions

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes ReHarvest Partners for Excellence and Innovation in Financing Projects to Improve Iowa Water Quality

  • Release Date: February 16, 2022

• EPA Announces Cherokee County, Kansas, Superfund Site to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  EPA plans to use first $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clear out the Superfund backlog and accelerate cleanup for dozens of additional Superfund projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Cherokee County, Kansas, Superfund Site to Receive Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Invites City of Wichita to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  Invited projects will help modernize water infrastructure for 25 million Americans while creating up to 49,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites City of Wichita to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loan

  • Release Date: December 7, 2021

• EPA Recognizes Two Kansas Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Two Kansas Freight Industry Leaders for Environmental Performance

  • Release Date: October 27, 2021

• Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center Selected for EPA Grant Funding to Create WaterCorps Career Network

  Project seeks to alleviate water workforce shortage

  EPA News Release: Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center Selected for EPA Grant Funding to Create WaterCorps Career Network

  • Release Date: October 19, 2021

• EPA Announces Over $469,000 in Funding for Three KC Area Sustainable Materials Management Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $469,000 in Funding for Three KC Area Sustainable Materials Management Projects

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• Doherty Steel Inc. in Paola, Kansas, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  EPA News Release: Doherty Steel Inc. in Paola, Kansas, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• Kansas Dairy Ingredients in Hugoton, Kansas, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  EPA News Release: Kansas Dairy Ingredients in Hugoton, Kansas, Receives EPA Region 7 Pollution Prevention Award

  • Release Date: September 20, 2021

• Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor Ella Jones appointed to Local Government Advisory Committee and Small Community Advisory Subcommittee

  EPA News Release: Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Appointed Chair of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: August 25, 2021

• Topeka, Kansas, Girl Receives 2021 President’s Student Environmental Award

  In a virtual ceremony today, Administrator Michael S. Regan and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory recognized the awardees and runners-up

  EPA News Release: Topeka, Kansas, Girl Receives 2021 President’s Student Environmental Award

  • Release Date: August 12, 2021