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• EPA Announces Settlement with Purac America, Inc. d/b/a Corbion for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  Company will pay a $332,000 penalty to resolve the alleged violations and has agreed to perform a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) to improve hazardous waste storage practices at its Tucker, Georgia facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Purac America, Inc. d/b/a Corbion for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 27, 2024

• Georgia Southern University among top five student teams to receive EPA award to develop environmental technologies

  EPA News Release: Georgia Southern University among top five student teams to receive EPA award to develop environmental technologies

  • Release Date: September 20, 2024

• City of Fargo, Georgia among 16 recipients selected nationally to receive $25.5M in new grants to combat impact of climate change on drinking water infrastructure

  EPA News Release: City of Fargo, Georgia among 16 recipients selected nationally to receive $25.5M in new grants to combat impact of climate change on drinking water infrastructure

  • Release Date: August 21, 2024

• EPA announces $50 million grant to King County to cut climate pollution, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $50 million grant to King County to cut climate pollution, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• Georgia to benefit from $1,457,600 in grant funding by Biden-Harris Administration to support clean U.S. manufacturing of construction materials

  Grants from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will support the renewal of American manufacturing by helping businesses produce low-carbon materials

  EPA News Release: Georgia to benefit from $1,457,600 in grant funding by Biden-Harris Administration to support clean U.S. manufacturing of construction materials

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• EPA awards $730k to support water quality monitoring and protect beachgoers in PNW, Alaska

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $730k to support water quality monitoring and protect beachgoers in PNW, Alaska

  • Release Date: June 13, 2024

• EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 4 Solicits Applications for the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 17, 2024

• EPA announces $194M to King County to improve wastewater infrastructure resiliency, protect Puget Sound

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $194M to King County to improve wastewater infrastructure resiliency, protect Puget Sound

  • Release Date: March 28, 2024

• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners to Host Open House on Milwaukee Floodplains Cleanup

  • Release Date: February 8, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces at nearly $57,250,945 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Georgia as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces at nearly $57,250,945 in Awards for Clean School Buses Across Georgia as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Projects in communities across Georgia as part of Investing in America agenda

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Projects in communities across Georgia as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA announces $8.2M for environmental justice projects in Washington 

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $8.2M for environmental justice projects in Washington 

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA $6.3M grant to Salmon-Safe expands agricultural certification program across Columbia Basin

  Yakama Nation receives $4M for Yakima, Klickitat River cleanup

  EPA News Release: EPA $6.3M grant to Salmon-Safe expands agricultural certification program across Columbia Basin

  • Release Date: October 4, 2023

• EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023