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• 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

• 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $411,000 in Available Grants to Upgrade Stormwater and Sewer Infrastructure in Alabama

  Under President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA offers grant assistance at no cost to small and financially distressed communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $411,000 in Available Grants to Upgrade Stormwater and Sewer Infrastructure in Alabama

  • Release Date: May 10, 2024

• EPA to host public forum in Africatown, Alabama to discuss environmental and health challenges, solutions

  EPA News Release: EPA to host public forum in Africatown, Alabama to discuss environmental and health challenges, solutions

  • Release Date: April 30, 2024

• D.R. Horton to pay civil penalties complete a Supplemental Environmental Project and implement Stormwater Compliance Measures across the Southeast for Clean Water Act Noncompliance

  EPA News Release: D.R. Horton to pay civil penalties complete a Supplemental Environmental Project and implement Stormwater Compliance Measures across the Southeast for Clean Water Act Noncompliance

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America

  Alabama communities include Greene County and Lowndes County

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration expands EPA program to bring wastewater sanitation services to 150 more underserved communities across Rural America

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024

• National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden’s historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: National Wildlife Federation selected to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice.

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $8,388,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Alabama

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $8,388,000 Investment for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Alabama

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Nation including Alabama

  Made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades Across the Nation including Alabama

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA Announces $12.5 Million in funding for Environmental Justice Grants Program in the Gulf of Mexico

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $12.5 Million in funding for Environmental Justice Grants Program in the Gulf of Mexico

  • Release Date: February 28, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $25,945,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Alabama

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $25,945,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Alabama

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• EPA Mid-Atlantic Region schedules March 2 virtual listening session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Mid-Atlantic Region schedules March 2 virtual listening session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: February 16, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Launches EPA-USDA Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Rural Communities

  Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Will Help Address Lack of Basic Wastewater Infrastructure in Lowndes and Greene County, Alabama

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Launches EPA-USDA Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Rural Communities

  • Release Date: August 2, 2022