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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $66M for Water Infrastructure in Virginia Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $66M for Water Infrastructure in Virginia Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces more than $35 million in Funding to Virginia to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces more than $35 million in Funding to Virginia to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• Honeywell International, Olin Corp. to pay for cleanup at Superfund site near Moundsville, W. Va.

  EPA News Release: Honeywell International, Olin Corp. to pay for cleanup at Superfund site near Moundsville, W. Va.

  • Release Date: April 25, 2023

• EPA Discusses Community Redevelopment Efforts in Tyler, Wetzel and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia

  EPA Deputy Administrator McCabe and EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Ortiz visit Wheeling, Paden City and Morgantown

  EPA News Release: EPA Discusses Community Redevelopment Efforts in Tyler, Wetzel and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia

  • Release Date: August 24, 2022

• EPA Removes C&R Battery from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Removes C&R Battery from List of Nation’s Most Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: August 23, 2022

• EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

  First of Five-Year Funding Totaling $238 Million

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $40 Million from Infrastructure Law for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

  • Release Date: May 2, 2022

• EPA Adds Paden City, West Virginia, Groundwater Site to Superfund Cleanup List

  Paden City Groundwater’s addition to EPA’s National Priorities List elevates clean-up plans

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Paden City, West Virginia, Groundwater Site to Superfund Cleanup List

  • Release Date: March 18, 2022

• EPA Presents Coalfield Development Corporation $200K in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce

  EPA News Release: EPA Presents Coalfield Development Corporation $200K in Brownfields Job Training Grants to Build a Skilled Environmental Workforce

  • Release Date: March 18, 2022

• EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (W. Va.)

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopts Infrastructure Recommendations (W. Va.)

  • Release Date: February 18, 2022

• EPA Announces Plans to Use Funds from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Expedite Cleanup at Arrowhead Plating Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Plans to Use Funds from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Expedite Cleanup at Arrowhead Plating Superfund Site

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• EPA and WVDEP to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Ethylene Oxide

  EPA News Release: EPA and WVDEP to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Ethylene Oxide

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• EPA Applauds the Town of Bath, West Virginia, for Completion of Berkeley Springs Trail Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Applauds the Town of Bath, West Virginia, for Completion of Berkeley Springs Trail Project

  • Release Date: September 10, 2021

• EPA Proposes Adding Paden City Groundwater Site to Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Adding Paden City Groundwater Site to Superfund List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• EPA Announces the Selection of West Virginia Communities to Receive Nearly $3 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding

  Will help underserved communities ‘Build Back Better’ and address Environmental Justice concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces the Selection of West Virginia Communities to Receive Nearly $3 Million in Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Funding

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• EPA Finalizes Removal of Superfund Designation from First Piedmont Superfund Site in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Removal of Superfund Designation from First Piedmont Superfund Site in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

  • Release Date: October 16, 2020