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• EPA enters into Consent Agreement and Issues Final Order to Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, La., for Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into a consent agreement with Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC and issued a final order to address certain waste management practices at the company’s facility in LaPlace, Louisiana.

  • Release Date: December 28, 2022

• Limitless Vistas Inc to receive $500,000 to Fund Environmental Job Training Programs

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Louisiana based company, Limitless Vistas Inc (LVI) will receive $500,000 in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs.

  • Release Date: December 15, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1M from EPA's Brownfields Grants to Train Connecticut Environmental Workers

  EPA selects two Connecticut organizations to receive first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1M from EPA's Brownfields Grants to Train Connecticut Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA and Massachusetts Officials Celebrate Nearly $15 Million of Public Health Protection Investments in Fall River

  EPA News Release: EPA and Massachusetts Officials Celebrate Nearly $15 Million of Public Health Protection Investments in Fall River

  • Release Date: December 9, 2022

• Federal settlement paves way for continued work at former Chlor-Alkali Facility Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: Federal settlement paves way for continued work at former Chlor-Alkali Facility Superfund Site

  • Release Date: December 7, 2022

• EPA Announces More Than $105 Million in Funding for Oklahoma Water Infrastructure Improvements

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $105 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Water Resources Board for water infrastructure improvements.

  • Release Date: November 29, 2022

• EPA Announces 6 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $190,000 Awarded in Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 6 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $190,000 Awarded in Rhode Island

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• EPA Announces 22 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $740,000 Awarded in New England

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 22 Healthy Communities Grants worth over $740,000 Awarded in New England

  • Release Date: November 18, 2022

• EPA Takes Action to Hold School Bus Idling Violators Accountable in Four Massachusetts Communities

  Companies Will Implement Anti-Idling Programs and Pay Penalties under the Clean Air Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Hold School Bus Idling Violators Accountable in Four Massachusetts Communities

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Awards $750,000 for Research Grants to Texas A&M University

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $750,000 in research grant funding to go towards the Texas A&M university to develop and evaluate innovative methods.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Awards $749,926 for Research Grants to the University of Houston

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $749,926 in research grant funding to the University of Houston to develop and evaluate innovative methods.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Awards Nearly $741,054 in Research Grants to the University of Texas at Austin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a grant to the University of Texas at Austin totaling $741,054 for research to refine the measurement of benefits of water quality improvements.

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Settlement with Salem, Mass. Facility Achieves Better Protection from Risk of Chemical Accident

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Salem, Mass. Facility Achieves Better Protection from Risk of Chemical Accident

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA New England Provides Tips for a Healthier Heating Season

  EPA News Release: EPA New England Provides Tips for a Healthier Heating Season

  • Release Date: November 16, 2022

• Construction Begins for Southern Impoundment Cleanup at San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site

  Construction for the final remedy has begun for part of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas, just east of Houston.

  • Release Date: November 14, 2022