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• EPA enforcement cases in PNW & Alaska finalized in September & October 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA enforcement cases in PNW & Alaska finalized in September & October 2020

  • Release Date: December 30, 2020

• 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

• U.S. EPA Fines BC Systems for Violating Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements at Arizona and California Facilities

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Fines BC Systems for Violating Chemical Accident Prevention Requirements at Arizona and California Facilities

  • Release Date: December 22, 2020

• EPA Announces $85 Million Loan to San Mateo, California to Improve Wastewater Management

  Nationally, 41 WIFIA loans are helping finance more than $16.8 billion in water infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $85 Million Loan to San Mateo, California to Improve Wastewater Management

  • Release Date: December 21, 2020

• EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in California after wildfires

  Agency’s work was first element in two-phase recovery process for burned properties

  EPA News Release: EPA concludes hazardous waste cleanups in California after wildfires

  • 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

• Oxnard, Calif., Company to Pay $390,000 Fine for Illegally Discharging Wastewater

  Parker-Hannifin will also upgrade equipment to better protect coastal waters

  EPA News Release: Oxnard, Calif., Company to Pay $390,000 Fine for Illegally Discharging Wastewater

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA Awards Cooperative Agreement to Support the National Tribal Toxics Council, Zender Environmental

  Five-year grant to Zender Environmental Health and Research Group will assist NTTC’s work with tribes to develop pollution prevention and chemical risk management programs

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Cooperative Agreement to Support the National Tribal Toxics Council, Zender Environmental

  • Release Date: December 16, 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

• EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Qantas Airways for importing unregistered disinfectant products in Honolulu and Los Angeles

  • Release Date: December 15, 2020

• U.S. Navy to upgrade wastewater treatment plant on California’s San Clemente Island following agreement with U.S. EPA

  EPA News Release: U.S. Navy to upgrade wastewater treatment plant on California’s San Clemente Island following agreement with U.S. EPA

  • Release Date: November 23, 2020

• U.S. EPA Invites California to Apply for $695 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  Brand new loan program will help states finance more infrastructure projects

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Invites California to Apply for $695 Million in Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: November 19, 2020

• U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  $2.5 million to be awarded nation-wide

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to Support Farmworker Safety Training in the Pacific Southwest Through Funding National Farmworker Programs Association

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• U.S. EPA Announces $200,000 Environmental Justice Grant to California Office of Planning & Research

  Agency awards $2 million to states and tribes nationwide for communities facing environmental justice challenges that are impacted by COVID-19

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces $200,000 Environmental Justice Grant to California Office of Planning & Research

  • Release Date: November 16, 2020

• EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region Delivers Results by Reducing Permit Backlog, Identifying Formerly Contaminated Properties for Reuse

  • Release Date: November 12, 2020