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• EPA Announces Funding Update for Drinking Water, Wastewater and Flood Prevention in Cahokia Heights/Metro East, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Funding Update for Drinking Water, Wastewater and Flood Prevention in Cahokia Heights/Metro East, Illinois

  • Release Date: May 30, 2024

• EPA Approves Plan to Remove PCB Contamination at the North Austin Community Center in Chicago

  Residents may see increased truck traffic around the site

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Plan to Remove PCB Contamination at the North Austin Community Center in Chicago

  • Release Date: April 15, 2024

• EPA Adds Acme Steel Coke Plant in Chicago to Superfund National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Acme Steel Coke Plant in Chicago to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Announces Nearly $2 Million in Cleanup and Climate Grants to Choctaw Nation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Choctaw Nation for two grants totaling nearly $2 million.

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• EPA to Begin Hazardous Waste Cleanup at My Way Trading Warehouse Fire Site in Richmond, Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA to Begin Hazardous Waste Cleanup at My Way Trading Warehouse Fire Site in Richmond, Indiana

  • Release Date: October 17, 2023

• EPA Adds Oklahoma Site to Superfund National Priorities List

  Biden-Harris Administration Continues Its Commitment to Cleaning Up Pollution and Address Public Health Risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Oklahoma Site to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $7.3 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Illinois

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $7.3 Million Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Illinois

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA to Add Oklahoma Superfund Site to the National Priorities List

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Fansteel Metals Superfund site to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment.

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023

• EPA invites Downers Grove, Illinois residents to talk about the Ellsworth Superfund site

  EPA News Release: EPA invites Downers Grove, Illinois residents to talk about the Ellsworth Superfund site

  • Release Date: February 17, 2023

• EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois

  The Agency will hold a public meeting at Danville Area Community College on Wednesday, December 7, from 5:30 – 8 p.m.

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022

• EPA and ICMA Invite Media to Attend 2022 Brownfields Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  EPA News Release: EPA and ICMA Invite Media to Attend 2022 Brownfields Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• U.S. EPA to resume sampling and soil cleanup at the Old American Zinc Plant Superfund site in Fairmont City, Illinois

  The agency will hold an open-air availability session on July 7 to discuss the upcoming cleanup and sampling

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA to resume sampling and soil cleanup at the Old American Zinc Plant Superfund site in Fairmont City, Illinois

  • Release Date: June 30, 2021

• EPA Announces Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Funding

  • Release Date: June 17, 2021

• EPA Announces $330,000 to Okla. Dept. of Environmental to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $330,000 to Okla. Dept. of Environmental to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021