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• EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

  EPA to Hold Open House August 20 in Lake Linden

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Test Options to Remove Drums from Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• EPA and Partners Complete Cleanup and Restoration, Open New Trail at Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding accelerated the project, part of the St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners Complete Cleanup and Restoration, Open New Trail at Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: July 10, 2024

• EPA Announces Two Awards Totaling $2 Million to Santo Domingo Pueblo for Waste Management

  EPA News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a community grant for $1.5 million and an Environmental Justice Government to Government Award for $539,452 to Santo Domingo Pueblo, totaling $2,039,452.

  • Release Date: May 22, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Hold Public Meeting in Cleveland on Cuyahoga River Old Channel Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Hold Public Meeting in Cleveland on Cuyahoga River Old Channel Cleanup

  • Release Date: May 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $42,956,000 for New Mexico to Upgrade Drinking Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $42,956,000 for New Mexico to Upgrade Drinking Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America, including the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• EPA develops 6PPD-q water testing method for widespread use

  “Lightspeed” test development highlights significance of finding salmon-killing tire additive

  EPA News Release: EPA develops 6PPD-q water testing method for widespread use

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• Judicial Settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. Resolves Clean Water Act Violations

  The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc (Transocean) for alleged violations.

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grant to Southwest Environmental Finance Center at Univ. of New Mexico to Help Communities Access Funds for Infrastructure Projects

  At a ceremony yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a grant of $4 million to the Southwest Environmental Finance Center at the University of New Mexico.

  • Release Date: July 25, 2023

• EPA announces nearly $4 million for water systems in underserved communities across PNW and Alaska

  Nearly $4 million in grant funds will go to disadvantaged communities in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to support access to clean and safe drinking water.

  • Release Date: June 30, 2023

• The Pueblo of San Felipe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the “treatment in a similar manner as a state” (TAS) application from the Pueblo of San Felipe.

  • Release Date: May 9, 2023

• EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian Begins 40th Annual Sampling of Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian Begins 40th Annual Sampling of Great Lakes

  • Release Date: April 18, 2023

• EPA announces $29 million investment for water infrastructure upgrades in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $29 million investment for water infrastructure upgrades in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

  • Release Date: April 5, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $57 Million Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

  Nearly half of funding available as grants, forgivable loans for critical water infrastructure projects that will help underserved communities across the country

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $57,760,000 from this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Funds to go towards the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas for water infrastructure improvements.

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023