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• Electron Hydro to pay $1 million Clean Water Act penalty for 2020 artificial turf, tire crumb discharge into Puyallup River

  EPA News Release: Electron Hydro to pay $1 million Clean Water Act penalty for 2020 artificial turf, tire crumb discharge into Puyallup River

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• EPA announces $8.2M for environmental justice projects in Washington 

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $8.2M for environmental justice projects in Washington 

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA awards over $1M in grants to advance Environmental Justice in Oregon, Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $1M in grants to advance Environmental Justice in Oregon, Washington

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• EPA $6.3M grant to Salmon-Safe expands agricultural certification program across Columbia Basin

  Yakama Nation receives $4M for Yakima, Klickitat River cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA $6.3M grant to Salmon-Safe expands agricultural certification program across Columbia Basin

  • Release Date: October 4, 2023

• EPA penalizes American Seafoods Company almost $1M for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington coasts

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes American Seafoods Company almost $1M for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington coasts

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023

• EPA announces 3 Pollution Prevention Award winners in Pacific Northwest

  EPA News Release: EPA announces 3 Pollution Prevention Award winners in Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023

• EPA penalizes Yakima companies $194,000 for violating federal rules aimed at preventing accidental chemical releases

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Yakima companies $194,000 for violating federal rules aimed at preventing accidental chemical releases

  • Release Date: August 28, 2023

• Tribunal ordena a empresa de Washington que cumpla con las reglamentaciones y pague USD 850 000 por almacenar de forma ilegal sustancias químicas peligrosas e infringir las leyes ambientales federales

  EPA News Release: Tribunal ordena a empresa de Washington que cumpla con las reglamentaciones y pague USD 850 000 por almacenar de forma ilegal sustancias químicas peligrosas e infringir las leyes ambientales federales

  • Release Date: August 18, 2023

• Court orders Washington company to comply with regulations, pay $850k for illegally storing hazardous chemicals and violating federal environmental laws

  EPA News Release: Court orders Washington company to comply with regulations, pay $850k for illegally storing hazardous chemicals and violating federal environmental laws

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023

• EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  Updated plan provides more flexibility for managing prescribed burning while continuing to minimize air quality impacts from smoke.

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023

• EPA: Brock Maslonka to pay $50,000 penalty & fix damage from illegal dam

  EPA News Release: EPA: Brock Maslonka to pay $50,000 penalty & fix damage from illegal dam

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023

• EPA selects 7 Washington projects to receive $4.5 million to assess and clean up contaminated brownfields sites 

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in Brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA selects 7 Washington projects to receive $4.5 million to assess and clean up contaminated brownfields sites 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• Federal, Tribal, and State Leaders Launch Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force

  EPA News Release: Federal, Tribal, and State Leaders Launch Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force

  • Release Date: May 4, 2023

• EPA proposes Superfund cleanup plan for East Waterway

  Aggressive plan would cleanup over 120 acres of contaminated sediment

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes Superfund cleanup plan for East Waterway

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023