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• EPA Reaches Settlement with Alabama Power Company to Address Compliance with Certain Coal Ash Regulations

  Case is part of EPA’s larger initiative to protect communities from coal ash contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Alabama Power Company to Address Compliance with Certain Coal Ash Regulations

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration protects communities from lead in drinking water, announces $43,963,000 in funding to Alabama 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 protects communities from lead in drinking water, announces $43,963,000 in funding to Alabama to provide clean water to schools and homes

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $24.9 Million in Funding to Delaware 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 Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $24.9 Million in Funding to Delaware to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA to host public meeting about the cleanup of Techtrix, Inc. in Gadsden, Ala.

  EPA News Release: EPA to host public meeting about the cleanup of Techtrix, Inc. in Gadsden, Ala.

  • Release Date: October 4, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Giant Resource Recovery -- Attalla, Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  Company has agreed to pay a $235,782 penalty, perform a Supplemental Environmental Project to reduce air emissions, and make other changes to its waste management practices.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Giant Resource Recovery -- Attalla, Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Fines Companies for Alleged Violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Companies for Alleged Violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Settlement Agreement

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Fines Companies for Alleged Violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Companies for Alleged Violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Region 4 announces 2 winners of the 2024 Regional Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 announces 2 winners of the 2024 Regional Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: September 18, 2024

• EPA Region 4 announces 2 winners of the 2024 Regional Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 announces 2 winners of the 2024 Regional Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: September 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris EPA announces $171 Million loan to upgrade water infrastructure in Birmingham

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris EPA announces $171 Million loan to upgrade water infrastructure in Birmingham

  • Release Date: August 7, 2024

• MEDIA ADVISORY: Congresswoman Sewell to join EPA Acting Regional Administrator Jeaneanne Gettle in announcing $171M loan to improve drinking water infrastructure in Birmingham, Alabama

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: Congresswoman Sewell to join EPA Acting Regional Administrator Jeaneanne Gettle in announcing $171M loan to improve drinking water infrastructure in Birmingham, Alabama

  • Release Date: August 5, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $34,403,346 in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants in Alabama and Tennessee

  • Release Date: July 29, 2024

• Delaware to benefit from $248 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  Department of Transportation is part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive portion of a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Delaware to benefit from $248 million grant for community-driven solutions to cut climate pollution

  • Release Date: July 22, 2024

• Alabama to benefit from $20,832,304 grant funding by Biden-Harris Administration to support clean U.S. manufacturing of construction materials

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: Alabama to benefit from $20,832,304 grant funding by Biden-Harris Administration to support clean U.S. manufacturing of construction materials

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• EPA to Award $9.75 Million in Grants to Support Water Quality Monitoring and Protect the Health of Beachgoers

  Southeastern States to receive more than $1.8 Million of the funding total

  EPA News Release: EPA to Award $9.75 Million in Grants to Support Water Quality Monitoring and Protect the Health of Beachgoers

  • Release Date: June 13, 2024