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• EPA to Use First $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog, including Funds for Argonaut Cleanup in Jackson, Calif.

  EPA News Release: EPA to Use First $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog, including Funds for Argonaut Cleanup in Jackson, Calif.

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• Companies to Pay for Cleanup of Groundwater at Montrose Superfund Site Following Settlement with EPA, Justice Department, California Department of Toxic Substances Control

  Montrose, Bayer, others will pay for more than $77 million in groundwater cleanup and site investigation, and pay over $8 million to federal and state agencies

  EPA News Release: Companies to Pay for Cleanup of Groundwater at Montrose Superfund Site Following Settlement with EPA, Justice Department, California Department of Toxic Substances Control

  • Release Date: October 5, 2021

• EPA settles with Shell to recover $29.5 Million for cleanup work done at Fullerton, Calif., Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Shell to recover $29.5 Million for cleanup work done at Fullerton, Calif., Superfund Site

  • Release Date: August 10, 2021

• Bay Area Communities Awarded $1.5 Million in Revitalization Funds Through EPA’s Brownfields Program

  Grants announced at a virtual event with East Bay Community Energy

  EPA News Release: Bay Area Communities Awarded $1.5 Million in Revitalization Funds Through EPA’s Brownfields Program

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• U.S. EPA awards nearly $200,000 to Kern County for job training tied to revitalization work

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA awards nearly $200,000 to Kern County for job training tied to revitalization work

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• U.S. EPA Superfund Job Training Initiative provides skills and opportunities for San Gabriel Valley-area graduates

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Superfund Job Training Initiative provides skills and opportunities for San Gabriel Valley-area graduates

  • Release Date: December 11, 2019

• EPA selects five California organizations to receive $1 million in Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants

  Funds helping to transform economically disadvantaged communities

  EPA News Release: EPA selects five California organizations to receive $1 million in Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: November 7, 2019

• As mark of progress, U.S. EPA reclassifies Beckman Instruments Superfund site

  Porterville site among 27 fully or partially removed from National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: As mark of progress, U.S. EPA reclassifies Beckman Instruments Superfund site

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• U.S. EPA reaches settlements to study and mitigate indoor air and groundwater contamination in Sunnyvale, California

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA reaches settlements to study and mitigate indoor air and groundwater contamination in Sunnyvale, California

  • Release Date: October 7, 2019

• Superfund Task Force Issues Final Report and Announces Plans to Continue Program Improvements Moving Forward

  EPA News Release: Superfund Task Force Issues Final Report and Announces Plans to Continue Program Improvements Moving Forward

  • Release Date: September 9, 2019

• U.S. EPA Celebrates 20 Years of Superfund Redevelopment at the Operating Industries Inc. landfill site in Monterey Park, California

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Celebrates 20 Years of Superfund Redevelopment at the Operating Industries Inc. landfill site in Monterey Park, California

  • Release Date: July 31, 2019

• U.S. EPA proposes to delete Intel Corp. Superfund site in Santa Clara, California, from the National Priorities List

  The agency is accepting public comments until August 30, 2019

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA proposes to delete Intel Corp. Superfund site in Santa Clara, California, from the National Priorities List

  • Release Date: July 31, 2019