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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Nonprofit to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue Environmental Justice grants across EPA Region 8 over the next three years  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment to Recruit and Train California Workers for Community Revitalization Work

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment to Recruit and Train California Workers for Community Revitalization Work

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $30 Million to Protect Tucson Residents from PFAS

  President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is delivering historic resources to upgrade drinking water infrastructure and better protect public health

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $30 Million to Protect Tucson Residents from PFAS

  • Release Date: November 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $9.2M for EPA Region 8 Tribal and community recycling projects as part of America Recycles Day

  Grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law part of the largest recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $9.2M for EPA Region 8 Tribal and community recycling projects as part of America Recycles Day

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• Regional Tribes receive over $4M in EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

  Tribes in EPA Region 8 developing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

  EPA News Release: Regional Tribes receive over $4M in EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

  • Release Date: November 14, 2023

• EPA Hazardous Materials Removal Work is Now 85% Complete on Maui

  EPA personnel continue to focus on hazardous material removal and applying soil stabilizer to ash and debris to protect public health and the environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Hazardous Materials Removal Work is Now 85% Complete on Maui

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Iron King Mine-Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Iron King Mine-Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA Hazardous Materials Removal, First Stage of Multi-Phase Cleanup, is 75% Complete on Maui

  Ash and debris stabilization expands; removal and disposal of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries begins

  EPA News Release: EPA Hazardous Materials Removal, First Stage of Multi-Phase Cleanup, is 75% Complete on Maui

  • Release Date: October 18, 2023

• EPA Begins Soil Stabilizer Application in Lāhainā, Maui

  EPA to apply soil stabilizer to ash and debris footprint of burned buildings

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Soil Stabilizer Application in Lāhainā, Maui

  • Release Date: October 13, 2023

• Hill Brothers to Pay Penalty, Improve Safety to Resolve Claims of Clean Air Act Violations at California and Arizona Facilities

  EPA News Release: Hill Brothers to Pay Penalty, Improve Safety to Resolve Claims of Clean Air Act Violations at California and Arizona Facilities

  • Release Date: October 10, 2023

• EPA Reaches Agreement with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to Improve Wastewater Treatment

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Agreement with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to Improve Wastewater Treatment

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Settles with Two Watsonville, Calif., Companies for Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Two Watsonville, Calif., Companies for Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 25, 2023