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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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Tennessee to Receive $156,120,000 to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Tennessee

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $63 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Guam

  EPA announces selectees under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged communities through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $63 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Guam

  • Release Date: April 22, 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 to test for soil contamination near U.S. Fireworks site in Memphis, Tennessee and host Open House for residents

  EPA News Release: EPA to test for soil contamination near U.S. Fireworks site in Memphis, Tennessee and host Open House for residents

  • Release Date: March 13, 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

• Southside Chattanooga Lead Site press event showcases cleanup progress through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment

  EPA News Release: Southside Chattanooga Lead Site press event showcases cleanup progress through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers 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 California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 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

• 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2,500,000 Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Tennessee

  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 $2,500,000 Through Investing in America Agenda for Cleanup and Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites in Tennessee

  • Release Date: May 25, 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

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Press Event announcing the start of Remedial Actions at the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site in Knoxville, TN

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Press Event announcing the start of Remedial Actions at the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site in Knoxville, TN

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Public Meeting to Discuss the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site Cleanup in Knoxville, TN 

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to hold Public Meeting to Discuss the Smokey Mountain Smelters Site Cleanup in Knoxville, TN 

  • Release Date: February 9, 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