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• EPA cites Denver building owner for not following lead-safe renovation requirements

  VareCo to pay $125K, settling alleged violations at multi-unit rentals

  EPA News Release: EPA cites Denver building owner for not following lead-safe renovation requirements

  • Release Date: August 13, 2024

• 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

• 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

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $3.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across Colorado as part of Investing in America Agenda

  Projects part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $3.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across Colorado as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA reaches settlement with Suncor over Clean Air Act fuels violations at Commerce City, Colorado, refineries

  To address harm caused, Suncor will procure electric lawn and garden equipment in impacted neighboring communities

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlement with Suncor over Clean Air Act fuels violations at Commerce City, Colorado, refineries

  • Release Date: September 6, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $835,000 for Colorado to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $835,000 for Colorado to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA previews new grant opportunity for technical assistance for organizations and communities in the Region 8 states of CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY and 28 Tribes

  EPA News Release: New upcoming grant opportunity to enhance Environmental Justice in EPA Region 8 communities

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• La EPA y el Estado de Colorado publican la versión final del plan de trabajo para dar prioridad a la ejecución y cumplimiento de las normas y reglamentos en las comunidades con un alto nivel de contaminación

  EPA News Release: La EPA y el Estado de Colorado publican la versión final del plan de trabajo para dar prioridad a la ejecución y cumplimiento de las normas y reglamentos en las comunidades con un alto nivel de contaminación

  • Release Date: March 30, 2023

• EPA and Colorado release final enforcement and compliance workplan to prioritize heavily polluted communities

  EPA News Release: EPA and Colorado release final enforcement and compliance workplan to prioritize heavily polluted communities

  • Release Date: March 30, 2023

• EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Region 8 states

  Releases remained below Pre-Pandemic levels, including a decrease of 12.7% in production-related waste since 2012

  EPA News Release: EPA releases 2021 Toxic Release Inventory data for Region 8 states

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• EPA aims to reduce lead exposure with free Lead-Safe Renovation Training for Pueblo, Colorado-area contractors on December 5

  Pueblo County a priority for lead-based paint rule compliance and exposure reduction efforts, with more than 32,000 homes built prior to 1978 ban on lead in paint

  EPA News Release: EPA aims to reduce lead exposure with free Lead-Safe Renovation Training for Pueblo, Colorado-area contractors on December 5

  • Release Date: November 29, 2022

• EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 acts to reduce childhood Lead-Based Paint exposure through compliance with the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule  

  • Release Date: October 24, 2022

• EPA y Estado de Colorado solicitan los aportes de la comunidad sobre el plan de trabajo para impulsar las metas de justicia ambiental

  EPA News Release: EPA y Estado de Colorado solicitan los aportes de la comunidad sobre el plan de trabajo para impulsar las metas de justicia ambiental

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• EPA and Colorado seek community input on Workplan to advance environmental justice goals 

  EPA News Release: EPA and Colorado seek community input on Workplan to advance environmental justice goals 

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• EPA community meeting to present update on ethylene oxide risk in Lakewood, Colorado: September 22

  Agency will present information on national EtO efforts and the results of recent risk modeling in the immediate vicinity of the Terumo BCT sterilization facility

  EPA News Release: EPA community meeting to present update on ethylene oxide risk in Lakewood, Colorado: September 22

  • Release Date: September 6, 2022