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• $10 Million Award to University of Connecticut to Help Vermont Communities Address Environmental Justice Challenges

  EPA News Release: $10 Million Award to University of Connecticut to Help Vermont Communities Address Environmental Justice Challenges

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $21 million for water infrastructure in Vermont through Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $21 million for water infrastructure in Vermont through Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration issues final rule requiring replacement of lead pipes within 10 years, announces nearly $25 million in funding to Vermont 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 nearly $25 million in funding to Vermont to provide clean water to schools and homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• Vermont: EPA announces $368,000 in grants to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities

  Biden-Harris Administration announced a total of $26 million across the United States to protect children from lead in drinking water where they learn and play

  EPA News Release: Vermont: EPA announces $368,000 in grants to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• EPA to host virtual environmental justice webinar for New England communities

  EPA News Release: EPA to host virtual environmental justice webinar for New England communities

  • Release Date: May 6, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $28 million for Vermont lead pipe replacement to advance safe drinking water as part of Investing in America agenda

  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: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $28 million for Vermont lead pipe replacement to advance safe drinking water as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: May 2, 2024

• $15 million construction project for the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site slated to start this summer

  EPA Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding supplied to Vermont's Department of Environmental Conservation will go to groundwater cleanup at the site

  EPA News Release: $15 million construction project for the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site slated to start this summer

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• EPA Analysis shows 2022 decrease of toxic chemical releases in Vermont

  Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% nationally in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data

  EPA News Release: EPA Analysis shows 2022 decrease of toxic chemical releases in Vermont

  • Release Date: March 26, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $43 million for Vermont drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $43 million for Vermont drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America as part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• EPA to Review Cleanups at Six Vermont Superfund Sites this Year

  EPA News Release: EPA to Review Cleanups at Six Vermont Superfund Sites this Year

  • Release Date: February 1, 2024

• EPA Recognizes Vermont Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators for Excellence

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Vermont Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators for Excellence

  • Release Date: January 29, 2024

• $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

• EPA Settlements Resolve Alleged Violations of Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements by Six New England Companies

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlements Resolve Alleged Violations of Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements by Six New England Companies

  • Release Date: May 1, 2023

• Vermont Organization Selected as Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across New England and USA to Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA's Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden's historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: Vermont Organization Selected as Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across New England and USA to Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 17, 2023