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• EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to City of Waterloo, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $1M Check to City of Waterloo, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 28, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents Nearly $4.5M Check to City of Keokuk, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents Nearly $4.5M Check to City of Keokuk, Iowa, After Selection for Brownfields Grant

  • Release Date: June 27, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents $3M Brownfields Check to East Central Intergovernmental Association in Iowa

  Supplemental funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide more opportunities for cleanups in Iowa communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents $3M Brownfields Check to East Central Intergovernmental Association in Iowa

  • Release Date: June 26, 2024

• EPA Hosts In-Person Regional Roadshow in KCMO to Help Communities Access Historic Investing in America Funding for Local Climate and Environmental Justice Solutions

  EPA News Release: EPA Hosts In-Person Regional Roadshow in KCMO to Help Communities Access Historic Investing in America Funding for Local Climate and Environmental Justice Solutions

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $8.4M in Brownfields Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Iowa

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into brownfield 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 Over $8.4M in Brownfields Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Iowa

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• EPA, DEQ, Panhandle Health celebrate 50 years of protecting children from lead poisoning

  EPA News Release: EPA, DEQ, Panhandle Health celebrate 50 years of protecting children from lead poisoning

  • Release Date: May 15, 2024

• EPA, DEQ, Panhandle Health to celebrate 50 years of protecting children from lead poisoning

  EPA News Release: EPA, DEQ, Panhandle Health to celebrate 50 years of protecting children from lead poisoning

  • Release Date: May 14, 2024

• EPA Adds Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site to National Priorities List

  Adding the site to the National Priorities List ensures that the site is prioritized for cleanup, due to the potential for contamination of drinking water

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site to National Priorities List

  • Release Date: March 5, 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 Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers nationwide screening levels for the first time in 30 years, impacting sites in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites in Region 7

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• EPA Announces Over $2.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Iowa

  Selections are 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: EPA Announces Over $2.5M for Environmental Justice Projects in Communities Across Iowa

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA Region 7 to Host Community Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, for Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site

  Community members are invited to learn more about the site, the proposal to the National Priorities List, and EPA’s cleanup plans

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 to Host Community Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, for Lot 46 Valley Gardens TCE Superfund Site

  • Release Date: September 21, 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

• EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  Announcement comes during Climate Week 2023

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of $4.6B in Competitive Grants to Cut Climate Pollution as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023