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• EPA Announces New Mexico & Louisiana Sites Will Receive Part of First $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog

  Initial resources will also accelerate cleanup for dozens of additional Superfund projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Mexico & Louisiana Sites Will Receive Part of First $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA Announces $500,000 to New Mexico Environment Dept. to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $500,000 to New Mexico Environment Dept. to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA and Santa Fe Community College Partner to Provide Environmental Job Training

  Nationally EPA awarded $3.3 million in environmental workforce development grants

  EPA News Release: EPA and Santa Fe Community College Partner to Provide Environmental Job Training

  • Release Date: March 18, 2021

• Under Agreement with EPA, US Forest Service Closes 77 Pollution Causing Cesspools

  Cesspool Closures in Arizona and California to Increase Healthy Watersheds Across Landscapes

  EPA News Release: Under Agreement with EPA, US Forest Service Closes 77 Pollution Causing Cesspools

  • Release Date: March 18, 2021

• EPA Awards Contracts Worth up to $220 million to Three Companies for Cleanup at Navajo Nation Area Abandoned Uranium Mines

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Contracts Worth up to $220 million to Three Companies for Cleanup at Navajo Nation Area Abandoned Uranium Mines

  • Release Date: February 11, 2021

• EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory report; releases from Region 6 facilities down by six percent since 2018

  Includes data for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

  EPA News Release: EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory report; releases from Region 6 facilities down by six percent since 2018

  • Release Date: January 13, 2021

• EPA helps Pueblo of Santa Ana clean and redevelop contaminated properties

  EPA News Release: EPA helps Pueblo of Santa Ana clean and redevelop contaminated properties

  • Release Date: December 3, 2019

• EPA Reaches Agreement for Remedial Investigation at San Mateo Creek Basin Site in New Mexico

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Agreement for Remedial Investigation at San Mateo Creek Basin Site in New Mexico

  • Release Date: November 8, 2019

• EPA reminds citizens to take additional steps if handling mercury; children are particularly sensitive

  EPA News Release: EPA reminds citizens to take additional steps if handling mercury; children are particularly sensitive

  • Release Date: October 31, 2019

• EPA warns residents to stay away from the Iron King Mine tailings pile and Humboldt smelter

  EPA News Release: EPA warns residents to stay away from the Iron King Mine tailings pile and Humboldt smelter

  • Release Date: October 3, 2019

• Cleanup Complete at Portions of South Valley Superfund Site in Albuquerque, New Mexico

  EPA News Release: Cleanup Complete at Portions of South Valley Superfund Site in Albuquerque, New Mexico

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• EPA awards Clawson Excavating Inc. a $646,383 contract for work in Cove, Arizona

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Clawson Excavating Inc. a $646,383 contract for work in Cove, Arizona

  • Release Date: August 6, 2019

• EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Updates Superfund Emphasis List; Adds San Mateo Creek Basin Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Updates Superfund Emphasis List; Adds San Mateo Creek Basin Site

  • Release Date: July 16, 2019

• EPA Announces Nearly $2 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

  Funds are part of $9.3 million awarded nationwide

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Nearly $2 Million in Supplemental Funds to Clean Up and Reuse Brownfield Sites in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

  • Release Date: June 21, 2019

• EPA Announces New Mexico Environment Department Will Receive $500K Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties

  Nationwide, 149 communities receive $64.6 million in funding for multipurpose, assessment and cleanup grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Mexico Environment Department Will Receive $500K Brownfields Grant to Address Contaminated Properties

  • Release Date: June 14, 2019