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• Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $25M in Funding to Puerto Rico to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $25M in Funding to Puerto Rico to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA Makes a Splash with Award of $319,000 to Puerto Rico to Support Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches to Protect Public Health

  EPA News Release: EPA Makes a Splash with Award of $319,000 to Puerto Rico to Support Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: June 20, 2024

• EPA and Puerto Rico Authorities Announce Funding to Enhance Bayamon’s Wastewater Treatment Plant

  EPA News Release: EPA and Puerto Rico Authorities Announce Funding to Enhance Bayamon’s Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: June 6, 2024

• EPA Announces More Than $3.4 Million in Brownfield Grants to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Puerto Rico

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $3.4 Million in Brownfield Grants to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: June 4, 2024

• Puerto Rico to Get $28.6 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water

  EPA announces latest round of funding toward President Biden’s commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Puerto Rico to Get $28.6 Million for Lead Pipe Replacement to Advance Safe Drinking Water

  • Release Date: May 13, 2024

• Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget to Receive Over $156 Million to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across Puerto Rico

  EPA announces selectees for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget to Receive Over $156 Million to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Makes $52 Million Investment to Support Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: EPA Makes $52 Million Investment to Support Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements Across Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: November 14, 2023

• EPA Workshop Will Ease the Way to Apply for USVI Water Infrastructure Construction Grants

  EPA Workshop Will Ease the Way to Apply for USVI Water Infrastructure Construction Grants

  • Release Date: November 8, 2023

• Puerto Rico Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $2.4 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  EPA News Release: Puerto Rico Organizations and Agencies Slated to Get Over $2.4 Million in EPA Funding to Support Environmental Justice Work

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA’s Environmental Justice Advisory Council to Hold First-Ever Meeting in Puerto Rico

  Public invited to join the discussion on environmental justice issues

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Environmental Justice Advisory Council to Hold First-Ever Meeting in Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: July 19, 2023

• EPA to Award More than $650,000 to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Support Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches to Protect Public Health

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award More than $650,000 to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Support Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: June 20, 2023

• EPA Joins Environmental and Community Leaders to Help Design Inter-American University’s Role as New Technical Center for Environmental Justice in PR and USVI

  EPA News Release: EPA Joins Environmental and Community Leaders to Help Design Inter-American University’s Role as New Technical Center for Environmental Justice in PR and USVI

  • Release Date: June 6, 2023

• EPA Offers Critical Training to Curb Violations at Construction Sites Releases Spanish Language Version of Training Course Materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Offers Critical Training to Curb Violations at Construction Sites Releases Spanish Language Version of Training Course Materials

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023

• EPA Fines Two Companies for Clean Water Violations at Hotel Construction Site in Luquillo, Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Two Companies for Clean Water Violations at Hotel Construction Site in Luquillo, Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: April 17, 2023