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• EPA proposes air quality plan for oil and gas emissions on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation

  Plan to reduce volatile organic compounds in area impacted by ozone

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes air quality plan for oil and gas emissions on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• EPA reclassifies Denver area to “Serious” nonattainment for ozone

  Reclassification requires additional control measures to reduce emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA reclassifies Denver area to “Serious” nonattainment for ozone

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• Utah Clean Energy Alliance receives EPA Environmental Justice Small Grant

  Project to reduce energy use and improve air quality in Salt Lake area

  EPA News Release: Utah Clean Energy Alliance receives EPA Environmental Justice Small Grant

  • Release Date: November 5, 2019

• Colorado organizations receive EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants

  EPA News Release: Colorado organizations receive EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants

  • Release Date: November 5, 2019

• EPA awards $200,000 for job-training program at Fort Lyon campus in Bent County, Colo.

  Grant among $5.1 million to help transform communities across the nation

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $200,000 for job-training program at Fort Lyon campus in Bent County, Colo.

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA awards $9.7 million for air quality projects in Utah

  Targeted Airshed Grants to Utah DEQ to reduce emissions from passenger vehicles and oil and gas equipment

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $9.7 million for air quality projects in Utah

  • Release Date: October 2, 2019

• EPA awards North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $3.8 million to improve water quality and watershed health

  EPA partners with the state and agriculture industry to protect and restore watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA awards North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $3.8 million to improve water quality and watershed health

  • Release Date: September 26, 2019

• EPA awards $500K to University of North Dakota to advance innovation and research on PFAS

  Grant among $6 million nationally to research potential environmental impacts of persistent chemical compounds in waste streams

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500K to University of North Dakota to advance innovation and research on PFAS

  • Release Date: September 17, 2019

• EPA proposes updates to air regulations for oil and gas to remove redundant requirements and reduce burden

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes updates to air regulations for oil and gas to remove redundant requirements and reduce burden

  • Release Date: August 29, 2019

• EPA awards Montana Department of Environmental Quality $1,041,000 to protect water quality

  EPA partners with the state to protect and restore watersheds, streams and groundwater

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Montana Department of Environmental Quality $1,041,000 to protect water quality

  • Release Date: August 15, 2019

• EPA proposes to reclassify Denver area to “Serious” non-attainment for ozone

  Reclassification from Moderate to Serious requires additional control measures to reduce emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes to reclassify Denver area to “Serious” non-attainment for ozone

  • Release Date: August 8, 2019

• EPA awards $2.3 million in funding for 21 Small Businesses to develop innovative environmental technologies

  Colorado companies in Wheat Ridge and Lafayette to receive a total of $300,000

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $2.3 million in funding for 21 Small Businesses to develop innovative environmental technologies

  • Release Date: July 18, 2019

• EPA awards Utah Department of Environmental Quality $959k to restore fisheries, improve water quality and rehabilitate lakes

  One project plans to return Pelican Lake to Blue Ribbon fishery status

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Utah Department of Environmental Quality $959k to restore fisheries, improve water quality and rehabilitate lakes

  • Release Date: July 10, 2019

• Sinclair Oil to pay $1.6 million penalty and install additional pollution controls at Sinclair, Wyoming Refinery

  Agreement resolves violations of 2008 agreement to reduce pollutant emissions

  EPA News Release: Sinclair Oil to pay $1.6 million penalty and install additional pollution controls at Sinclair, Wyoming Refinery

  • Release Date: June 20, 2019