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• EPA Region 10 Issues Outdoor Burn Ban for the Yakama Reservation in Washington

  All outdoor open burning on the Yakama Reservation is prohibited due to stagnant and unhealthy air conditions

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 10 Issues Outdoor Burn Ban for the Yakama Reservation in Washington

  • Release Date: December 23, 2020

• Crowley Fuels pays over $1 million for environmental, public safety violations in Alaska

  EPA News Release: Crowley Fuels pays over $1 million for environmental, public safety violations in Alaska

  • Release Date: December 17, 2020

• EPA and Tacoma Power grants help Northwest Seaport Alliance to install first permanent fleet of electric cargo-handling equipment

  EPA News Release: EPA and Tacoma Power grants help Northwest Seaport Alliance to install first permanent fleet of electric cargo-handling equipment

  • Release Date: December 17, 2020

• Kalispel Tribe of Indians receives important air quality determination from EPA

  EPA has approved tribe’s eligibility for treatment in the same manner as a state for the Clean Air Act

  EPA News Release: Kalispel Tribe of Indians receives important air quality determination from EPA

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• $1.8M EPA grant will provide woodstove alternatives and improve air quality in Klamath Falls, Oregon

  Five-year investment expected to net long-term benefits for area residents

  EPA News Release: $1.8M EPA grant will provide woodstove alternatives and improve air quality in Klamath Falls, Oregon

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• State of Alaska and Fairbanks North Star Borough receive $14.7 Million EPA grant to improve air quality

  EPA News Release: State of Alaska and Fairbanks North Star Borough receive $14.7 Million EPA grant to improve air quality

  • Release Date: November 30, 2020

• EPA honors Northwest companies for top environmental performance – moving more goods more miles with less energy and emissions

  EPA News Release: EPA honors Northwest companies for top environmental performance – moving more goods more miles with less energy and emissions

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020

• EPA Announces $160,000 Grant to Nevada’s greenUP! to Support Green Manufacturing, Pollution Prevention

  $1.16 million awarded for pollution source reduction nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $160,000 Grant to Nevada’s greenUP! to Support Green Manufacturing, Pollution Prevention

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020

• EPA levies $65k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  Washington company previously cited for importing trucks without required emission controls

  EPA News Release: EPA levies $65k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  • Release Date: October 21, 2020

• U.S. EPA settles with three companies over violations of California’s trucking pollution regulations

  The companies will pay over $400,000 in penalties

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with three companies over violations of California’s trucking pollution regulations

  • Release Date: October 16, 2020

• U.S. EPA settles with Honolulu-based BEI Hawaii over a Chlorine Gas Release and Pesticides Violations

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with Honolulu-based BEI Hawaii over a Chlorine Gas Release and Pesticides Violations

  • Release Date: October 15, 2020

• EPA Lifts Burn Bans for Four Oregon Tribal Reservations

  Bans lifted for the Coquille, Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw reservations, ban remains in effect on the Warm Springs, Cow Creek Umpqua and Klamath reservations

  EPA News Release: EPA Lifts Burn Bans for Four Oregon Tribal Reservations

  • Release Date: October 7, 2020

• EPA Announces Selection of WSU for $129,727 Grant to Help Communities Turn Food Waste into Fuel and Fertilizer

  Washington State University is among 12 Organizations to Receive National Funding to Support Anaerobic Digestion in Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Selection of WSU for $129,727 Grant to Help Communities Turn Food Waste into Fuel and Fertilizer

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020

• EPA Announces a $657,840 Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring Grant to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces a $657,840 Community-Scale Air Toxics Monitoring Grant to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020

• U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA requires Hawaii’s largest refrigerated food warehouse to improve chemical safety

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020