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• EPA awards Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $184,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools, childcare centers

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $184,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools, childcare centers

  • Release Date: November 23, 2021

• Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  EPA News Release: Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Announces $400,000 in Funding to Small Businesses in Alaska and Washington to Develop Innovative Environmental Technologies

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $400,000 in Funding to Small Businesses in Alaska and Washington to Develop Innovative Environmental Technologies

  • Release Date: April 6, 2021

• North Star Paving & Construction pays $130,000 penalty for Safe Drinking Water Act violations in Soldotna, Alaska

  EPA News Release: North Star Paving & Construction pays $130,000 penalty for Safe Drinking Water Act violations in Soldotna, Alaska

  • Release Date: March 11, 2021

• Major chemical distributor to pay fine, correct violations under settlement with U.S. EPA

  Brenntag Pacific, Inc. had violated Toxic Substances Control Act

  EPA News Release: Major chemical distributor to pay fine, correct violations under settlement with U.S. EPA

  • Release Date: March 2, 2021

• EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  Action prompts resumption of recycling “mountains” of expended small arms brass cartridges

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  BP failed to maintain adequate insurance to protect third parties against damages from hazardous waste

  EPA News Release: EPA, BP settle hazardous waste violations at North Slope

  • Release Date: December 16, 2019

• EPA and Silver Bay Seafoods settle federal Clean Water Act discharge violations

  Seafood processor installs new treatment technology to reduce waste discharges

  EPA News Release: EPA and Silver Bay Seafoods settle federal Clean Water Act discharge violations

  • Release Date: November 6, 2019

• EPA selects Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and the Alaska Forum, Inc. for $400,000 in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

  Agency: Brownfields Job Training Grants Provide Skilled Workers for Alaska Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Zender Environmental Health and Research Group and the Alaska Forum, Inc. for $400,000 in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• U.S. EPA requires Starkist Samoa to improve chemical safety

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA requires Starkist Samoa to improve chemical safety

  • Release Date: October 10, 2019

• EPA, Delta Western, reach settlement over federal Clean Air Act violations at Juneau fuel terminal

  EPA: New pollution control equipment required by settlement will lower emissions, reduce risks.

  EPA News Release: EPA, Delta Western, reach settlement over federal Clean Air Act violations at Juneau fuel terminal

  • Release Date: September 5, 2019

• EPA settles with JBER for hazardous waste violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with JBER for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: September 4, 2019

• EPA and Coeur Alaska Settle Over Alleged Kensington Mine Pollution Discharges

  Company will pay fines after 2015 inspection reveals violations of multiple environmental rules

  EPA News Release: EPA and Coeur Alaska Settle Over Alleged Kensington Mine Pollution Discharges

  • Release Date: August 8, 2019

• EPA orders facility improvements at Satala Shipyard and Tafuna facility

  EPA News Release: EPA orders facility improvements at Satala Shipyard and Tafuna facility

  • Release Date: June 6, 2019