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• Salt Lake City-based Thatcher Group to resolve alleged violations of pesticide registration and labeling requirements

  Agreement resolves non-compliance identified through inspections in Nevada, New York, and Utah

  EPA News Release: Salt Lake City-based Thatcher Group to resolve alleged violations of pesticide registration and labeling requirements

  • Release Date: November 15, 2019

• EPA settlement with PBI-Gordon Corporation resolves alleged violations of pesticide labeling requirements in Longmont, Colorado, and Monroe, Washington

  Agreement with Kansas-based company resolves findings of non-compliance

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with PBI-Gordon Corporation resolves alleged violations of pesticide labeling requirements in Longmont, Colorado, and Monroe, Washington

  • Release Date: November 6, 2019

• Utah Clean Energy Alliance receives EPA Environmental Justice Small Grant

  Project to reduce energy use and improve air quality in Salt Lake area

  EPA News Release: Utah Clean Energy Alliance receives EPA Environmental Justice Small Grant

  • Release Date: November 5, 2019

• Colorado organizations receive EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants

  EPA News Release: Colorado organizations receive EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants

  • Release Date: November 5, 2019

• EPA Superfund site deletions in 2019 provide lasting benefit to communities in Region 8

  Deletions in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming contribute to largest national tally since 2001

  EPA News Release: EPA Superfund site deletions in 2019 provide lasting benefit to communities in Region 8

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA awards $200,000 for job-training program at Fort Lyon campus in Bent County, Colo.

  Grant among $5.1 million to help transform communities across the nation

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $200,000 for job-training program at Fort Lyon campus in Bent County, Colo.

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• Denver contractors cited for not following lead-safe requirements on home renovation projects

  EPA enforcement activities throughout Denver resolve alleged violations of EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule

  EPA News Release: Denver contractors cited for not following lead-safe requirements on home renovation projects

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  Top performers in freight industry include firms based in Colorado, North Dakota and Utah

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 trucking companies earn distinction for efficiency

  • Release Date: October 7, 2019

• EPA deletes Utah and Wyoming sites from Superfund list

  Deletion of sites from National Priorities List reflect new emphasis on Superfund program progress

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes Utah and Wyoming sites from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 24, 2019

• EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  Milestone at Vasquez Boulevard/ Interstate 70 Superfund site reflects completion of residential cleanups for lead and arsenic

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes residential areas in north Denver from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 23, 2019

• Administrator Wheeler Updates Superfund Emphasis List

  Bonita Peak Mining District Site in Colorado remains on list, development of Adaptive Management Plan and site-wide Strategic Plan to advance cleanup progress

  EPA News Release: Administrator Wheeler Updates Superfund Emphasis List

  • Release Date: July 19, 2019

• Sinclair Oil to pay $1.6 million penalty and install additional pollution controls at Sinclair, Wyoming Refinery

  Agreement resolves violations of 2008 agreement to reduce pollutant emissions

  EPA News Release: Sinclair Oil to pay $1.6 million penalty and install additional pollution controls at Sinclair, Wyoming Refinery

  • Release Date: June 20, 2019

• EPA awards $200K to support cleanup and redevelopment of vacant school property in Dinosaur, Colorado

  Brownfields grant to remove environmental contaminants and enable development of a new community center

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $200K to support cleanup and redevelopment of vacant school property in Dinosaur, Colorado

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA awards $600K to support the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City and Murray City

  Brownfields coalition grant to catalyze economic revitalization at Camp Kearns and other targeted areas

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $600K to support the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City and Murray City

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019

• EPA awards Colorado Springs $600K to advance the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Fountain Creek, Shooks Run Creek corridors

  Brownfields grant to support Legacy Greenway and create new economic opportunities in Colorado Springs and Fountain

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Colorado Springs $600K to advance the cleanup and redevelopment of properties in Fountain Creek, Shooks Run Creek corridors

  • Release Date: June 5, 2019