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• Biden-Harris administration announces over $140M for water infrastructure in EPA Region 8 states  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris administration announces over $140M for water infrastructure in EPA Region 8 states  

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration requires replacement of lead pipes within 10 years, announces over $168M in funding to EPA Region 8 states 

  EPA announces new final regulations and funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration requires replacement of lead pipes within 10 years, announces over $168M in funding to EPA Region 8 states 

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA awards $3 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Sioux Falls, Lead and rural South Dakota communities 

  Brownfields grants to SDDANR and SDSTA to spur community and economic revitalization Sioux Falls, Lead, Box Elder and Lake City 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $3 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Sioux Falls, Lead and rural South Dakota communities 

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $42M for South Dakota water infrastructure upgrades

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $42M for South Dakota water infrastructure upgrades

  • Release Date: February 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $426,000 for South Dakota to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $426,000 for South Dakota to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA previews new grant opportunity for technical assistance for organizations and communities in the Region 8 states of CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY and 28 Tribes

  EPA News Release: New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $62 million for drinking water infrastructure upgrades in South Dakota

  Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $62 million for drinking water infrastructure upgrades in South Dakota

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Region 8 states

  Releases remained below Pre-Pandemic levels, including a decrease of 12.7% in production-related waste since 2012

  EPA News Release: EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Region 8 states

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $11,390,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure upgrades through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in South Dakota

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $11,390,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure upgrades through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in South Dakota

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $18,914,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in drinking water in South Dakota

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $18,914,000 in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in drinking water in South Dakota

  • Release Date: February 13, 2023

• 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 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

• EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  EPA News Release: EPA publishes 2019 Annual Toxics Release Inventory Report and Analysis

  • Release Date: January 12, 2021

• 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

• 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