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• EPA Deletes Three of the Last Four Properties at the South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination Site from Superfund List 

  EPA News Release: EPA Deletes Three of the Last Four Properties at the South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination Site from Superfund List 

  • Release Date: August 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4,000,000 in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Arkansas

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4,000,000 in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Arkansas

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Arkansas’ Hope Enterprise Corporation to Receive over $93 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Hope Enterprise Corporation in Arkansas has been selected to receive $$93,670,000.

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• EPA Proposes to Remove Three of the Last Four Properties at the South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination Superfund Site from Superfund List

  Public Comment Period Ends March 18, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Remove Three of the Last Four Properties at the South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination Superfund Site from Superfund List

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces at Least $9,875,000 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Arkansas as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  The awards, which are made possible through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, will help the selectees purchase clean school buses in two school districts across Arkansas.

  • Release Date: January 10, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Minnesota

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $4 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Minnesota

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects University of Minnesota to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and 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: Biden-Harris Administration Selects University of Minnesota to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across Region 5 Access Historic Investments and Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 14, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session on EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Region 6 communities on April 25th, 2023 and inviting members of the public to attend and to speak.

  • Release Date: April 4, 2023

• EPA invites Spring Park, Minn. residents to talk about the Spring Park Superfund site

  EPA News Release: EPA invites Spring Park, Minn. residents to talk about the Spring Park Superfund site

  • Release Date: February 6, 2023

• Biden Administration Announces $4.5 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Minnesota

  EPA announces Minnesota communities to receive Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment and Revolving Loan Fund Grants to help build a better America while advancing environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden Administration Announces $4.5 Million to Tackle Polluted Brownfield Sites in Minnesota

  • Release Date: May 18, 2022

• EPA removes Arrowhead Refinery Co. site in Hermantown, Minnesota from Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA removes Arrowhead Refinery Co. site in Hermantown, Minnesota from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• EPA removes part of South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination site from Superfund list

  EPA News Release: EPA removes part of South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination site from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• EPA Selects Hennepin County, Minnesota to Receive $500,000 Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Hennepin County, Minnesota to Receive $500,000 Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Announces Chicot County, Ark., to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Chicot County, Ark., to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 1, 2021

• EPA Completes Assessment of National Priorities Sites Following Hurricane Laura

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Assessment of National Priorities Sites Following Hurricane Laura

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020