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• EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Oregon to Receive Over $1 Million in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Oregon School Districts receive $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Oregon School Districts receive $5 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022

• Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  Local collaborative efforts result in cleaner and healthier air during winter months

  EPA News Release: Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• Smith Frozen Foods to pay $100,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations

  EPA News Release: Smith Frozen Foods to pay $100,000 penalty for Clean Air Act violations

  • Release Date: August 22, 2022

• EPA Awards $400,000 Environmental Education Grants to Empower Students, Teachers and Communities in Oregon and Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $400,000 Environmental Education Grants to Empower Students, Teachers and Communities in Oregon and Washington

  • Release Date: August 18, 2022

• EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

  Up to $6.9 million in Clean Water Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will be awarded to reduce toxics in fish and water, address climate impacts in communities throughout the Basin

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA and SEMARNAT Commit to Improving Environment and Public Health Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

  EPA News Release: EPA and SEMARNAT Commit to Improving Environment and Public Health Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

  • Release Date: May 13, 2022

• EPA Announces $65 Million in WIFIA Loans to Modernize Water Infrastructure in Multnomah County, Oregon

  Funding to Rockwood Water People’s Utility District and City of Gresham will support Cascade Groundwater Development Program project

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $65 Million in WIFIA Loans to Modernize Water Infrastructure in Multnomah County, Oregon

  • Release Date: May 9, 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

• EPA orders online marketplace to stop selling illegal pesticides

  Chalk, other illegal and mislabelled products pose serious risks to kids, elderly, pets

  EPA News Release: EPA orders online marketplace to stop selling illegal pesticides

  • Release Date: December 20, 2019

• EPA to provide Oregon with $32.3 million for critical water projects

  State estimates plans will cost $190 million for wastewater, $35 million for drinking water projects

  EPA News Release: EPA to provide Oregon with $32.3 million for critical water projects

  • Release Date: December 9, 2019

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the Pacific Northwest

  Actions finalized in July and August

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: December 3, 2019