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• Intalco to pay $5 million penalty for major Clean Air Act violations at former Ferndale smelter

  EPA News Release: Intalco to pay $5 million penalty for major Clean Air Act violations at former Ferndale smelter

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• Pacific Northwest federal, state agencies to collaborate on prescribed fire, smoke management to confront wildfire crisis

  EPA News Release: Pacific Northwest federal, state agencies to collaborate on prescribed fire, smoke management to confront wildfire crisis

  • Release Date: April 5, 2024

• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  EPA News Release: EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  • Release Date: August 24, 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

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Washington to Receive Over $800,000 in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Washington to Receive Over $800,000 in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Washington Schools Receive $2 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleets

  EPA News Release: Washington Schools Receive $2 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Issues Burn Ban on Yakama Reservation 

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Burn Ban on Yakama Reservation 

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA Extends Air Quality Advisory for Kootenai Reservation

  EPA News Release: EPA Extends Air Quality Advisory for Kootenai Reservation

  • Release Date: October 17, 2022

• EPA Extends Air Quality Advisory for Cow Creek Umpqua Reservation

  EPA News Release: EPA Extends Air Quality Advisory for Cow Creek Umpqua Reservation

  • Release Date: October 17, 2022

• EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Washington Reservations

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Washington Reservations

  • Release Date: October 17, 2022

• EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Oregon Reservations

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Oregon Reservations

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022

• EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Washington Reservations

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Washington Reservations

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022

• EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Kootenai Reservation

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Kootenai Reservation

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022

• Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  Local collaborative efforts result in cleaner and healthier air during winter months

  EPA News Release: Oakridge-Westfir communities attain Clean Air Act standards for fine particle pollution

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022