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• EPA announces $96M loan to upgrade wastewater services in northern Colorado

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $96M loan to upgrade wastewater services in northern Colorado

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• San Carlos Apache Tribe, EPA Agree to Bring Tribe’s Wastewater and Drinking Water Systems into Compliance with Federal Law

  EPA News Release: San Carlos Apache Tribe, EPA Agree to Bring Tribe’s Wastewater and Drinking Water Systems into Compliance with Federal Law

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• St. Charles Mesa Water District to receive $175K EPA water infrastructure grant

  EPA News Release: St. Charles Mesa Water District to receive $175K EPA water infrastructure grant

  • Release Date: August 20, 2024

• EPA Settles Claims that Arizona Company Violated Clean Air Act in the Navajo Nation

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles Claims that Arizona Company Violated Clean Air Act in the Navajo Nation

  • Release Date: July 30, 2024

• EPA Settles with Nevada Company over Hazardous Waste and PCB Issues at Landfill

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Nevada Company over Hazardous Waste and PCB Issues at Landfill

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• EPA Selects California Organizations Ignited and Sierra Streams Institute for Environmental Education Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects California Organizations Ignited and Sierra Streams Institute for Environmental Education Grants

  • Release Date: July 8, 2024

• EPA announces $32.8M for Colorado lead pipe replacement to ensure safe drinking water 

   Latest round of funding advances President Biden’s commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation 

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $32.8M for Colorado lead pipe replacement to ensure safe drinking water 

  • Release Date: May 2, 2024

• Fort Lewis College students receive $75K EPA award for water sampling project to better detect bacteria in surface waters

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $75,000 to a team of Ft. Lewis College students for a water bacteria detection research project. 

  • Release Date: March 18, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $73M for Colorado water infrastructure upgrades  

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $73M for Colorado water infrastructure upgrades  

  • Release Date: February 20, 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

• Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements

  EPA News Release: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority agrees to $100 Million in Wastewater Treatment Improvements

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Nonprofit to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue Environmental Justice grants across EPA Region 8 over the next three years  

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration selects Denver-based JSI Research and Training Institute to receive $50M to fund Environmental Justice projects as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment to Recruit and Train California Workers for Community Revitalization Work

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment to Recruit and Train California Workers for Community Revitalization Work

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• North Denver waste solvent facility among several in proposed national settlement resolving alleged hazardous waste violations 

  EPA, DOJ settlement with Heritage-Crystal Clean resolves Resource Conservation and Recovery Act claims, secures safe management of solvents  

  EPA News Release: North Denver waste solvent facility among several in proposed national settlement resolving alleged hazardous waste violations 

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023