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• EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  EPA’s historic Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights will position the agency to better advance environmental justice, enforce civil rights laws in overburdened communities, and deliver new grants and technical assistance

  EPA News Release: EPA Launches New National Office Dedicated to Advancing Environmental Justice and Civil Rights

  • Release Date: September 24, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to D.C.

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to D.C.

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to Maryland

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to Maryland

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to Delaware

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure BIL Funding to Delaware

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• EPA Requires Closure of Kauai Cesspool, Protects Groundwater Resources

  Koloa Self Storage illegally operated Large Capacity Cesspool beyond the 2005 deadline

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Closure of Kauai Cesspool, Protects Groundwater Resources

  • Release Date: June 8, 2022

• EPA Announces Appointment of Senior Advisor for Equity to Help Advance Environmental Justice and Embed Equity in EPA Work

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Senior Advisor for Equity to Help Advance Environmental Justice and Embed Equity in EPA Work

  • Release Date: March 30, 2022

• EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• Statement from EPA Administrator Regan on the Department of Defense’s Announcement to Defuel and Close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility

  EPA News Release: Statement from EPA Administrator Regan on the Department of Defense’s Announcement to Defuel and Close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility

  • Release Date: March 7, 2022

• EPA Announces Appointment of David Cash as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 1

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of David Cash as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 1

  • Release Date: February 24, 2022

• EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (Del.)

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (Del.)

  • Release Date: February 18, 2022

• EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (W. Va.)

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (W. Va.)

  • Release Date: February 18, 2022

• EPA, West Virginia officials highlight partnerships to improve air, water quality

  EPA News Release: EPA, West Virginia officials highlight partnerships to improve air, water quality

  • Release Date: October 21, 2020

• EPA Administrator Celebrates Carter Carburetor Superfund Site Cleanup Completion, Future Reuse with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis

  Transfer of site ownership to facilitate construction of golf training facility for inner city youth

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Celebrates Carter Carburetor Superfund Site Cleanup Completion, Future Reuse with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• EPA at 50: Improving and Increasing Recycling Across the Nation to Preserve Resources and Land

  Efforts in Prince George's County, Md. and Altoona, Pa. highlighted

  EPA News Release: EPA at 50: Improving and Increasing Recycling Across the Nation to Preserve Resources and Land

  • Release Date: July 10, 2020

• Two Philadelphia Organizations Receive Funding to Support Environmental Justice Projects

  EPA News Release: Two Philadelphia Organizations Receive Funding to Support Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: June 30, 2020