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• EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• EPA aims to reduce lead exposure with free Lead-Safe Renovation Training for Billings-area contractors on October 17-18

  EPA News Release: EPA aims to reduce lead exposure with free Lead-Safe Renovation Training for Billings-area contractors on October 17-18

  • Release Date: October 7, 2022

• EPA announces $26 million in historic federal funding to Montana for clean watersheds and drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $26 million in historic federal funding to Montana for clean watersheds and drinking water

  • Release Date: September 16, 2022

• EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker urges eligible school districts in EPA Region 8 states to apply for $500 million in available funding for clean school buses

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law creates new EPA program to protect children’s health, reduce pollution, and boost American manufacturing

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker urges eligible school districts in EPA Region 8 states to apply for $500 million in available funding for clean school buses

  • Release Date: May 20, 2022

• City of Harlowton, Montana receives $500,000 to cleanup and revitalize former railyard and depot property 

  City among 265 communities nationwide nationwide to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice 

  EPA News Release: City of Harlowton, Montana receives $500,000 to cleanup and revitalize former railyard and depot property 

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• Fort Belknap Indian Community receives $500,000 grant to cleanup and reuse properties 

  Fort Belknap among 265 communities nationwide to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice 

  EPA News Release: Fort Belknap Indian Community receives $500,000 grant to cleanup and reuse properties 

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• Montana Department of Environmental Quality receives $2M to boost property assessment and cleanup in communities, including Anaconda, Billings and Libby 

  Montana DEQ among 265 recipients nationwide to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice 

  EPA News Release: Montana Department of Environmental Quality receives $2M to boost property assessment and cleanup in communities, including Anaconda, Billings and Libby 

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• Big Sky Economic Development Authority receives $500,000 for property assessment, cleanup and redevelopment in East Billings, Mont.  

  BSED among 265 recipients nationwide to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice   

  EPA News Release: Big Sky Economic Development Authority receives $500,000 for property assessment, cleanup and redevelopment in East Billings, Mont.  

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• Northern Cheyenne Tribe receives $448,199 for property assessment, cleanup and reuse 

  Tribe among 265 communities nationwide communities to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice  

  EPA News Release: Northern Cheyenne Tribe receives $448,199 for property assessment, cleanup and reuse 

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• Four Montana organizations to receive nearly $10 million to advance environmental cleanups

  SMDC, GFDA, Bear Paw Development and HRCD among 265 nationwide to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Four Montana organizations to receive nearly $10 million to advance environmental cleanups

  • Release Date: May 12, 2022

• EPA awards $2.5 million to the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for farmworker pesticide training

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $2.5 million to the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for farmworker pesticide training

  • Release Date: November 18, 2020

• Snowy Mountain Development Corporation receives $300K to advance the cleanup and reuse of properties in communities throughout central Montana

  Award part of $6.9 million in supplemental funding for Brownfields projects across the nation

  EPA News Release: Snowy Mountain Development Corporation receives $300K to advance the cleanup and reuse of properties in communities throughout central Montana

  • Release Date: June 11, 2020

• EPA meets with Colorado Chamber of Commerce to highlight Toxics Release Inventory report and analysis

  New TRI data for 2018 show decline in Regional and Colorado releases, increased recycling of chemical waste

  EPA News Release: EPA meets with Colorado Chamber of Commerce to highlight Toxics Release Inventory report and analysis

  • Release Date: February 25, 2020