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• EPA Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces over $27.7M in Funding to Kansas 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: EPA Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces over $27.7M in Funding to Kansas to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  Oct. 17 outreach event will provide opportunity for attendees to learn more about Region 7’s environmental justice efforts

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Invites Public to Attend Virtual Environmental Justice Community Stakeholder Meeting

  • Release Date: October 3, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents City of KCMO and KC Regional Brownfields Coalition with Checks Totaling $4.5M for Brownfields Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents City of KCMO and KC Regional Brownfields Coalition with Checks Totaling $4.5M for Brownfields Grants

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Celebrates Nearly $690K 2023 Clean School Bus Rebate in Iola, Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Celebrates Nearly $690K 2023 Clean School Bus Rebate in Iola, Kansas

  • Release Date: September 26, 2024

• Haskell Indian Nations University Career Counselor Appointed Member of Inaugural HBSU-MSI Federal Advisory Council

  EPA News Release: Haskell Indian Nations University Career Counselor Appointed Member of Inaugural HBSU-MSI Federal Advisory Council

  • Release Date: September 19, 2024

• EPA Announces Over $13M in Grants to Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska to Cut Climate Pollution and Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $13M in Grants to Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska to Cut Climate Pollution and Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

  • Release Date: September 5, 2024

• EPA Announces Clean School Bus Funding of Nearly $8 million for Alief ISD as Part of the Investing in America Agenda

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Alief Independent School District is receiving $7,900,000 through EPA’s Clean School Bus Grant Program.

  • Release Date: August 20, 2024

• Public Invited to Wichita Informational Session on EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program and Community Change Grants

  The Aug. 22 outreach event will provide information about Inflation Reduction Act grants

  EPA News Release: Public Invited to Wichita Informational Session on EPA’s Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program and Community Change Grants

  • Release Date: August 19, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Million in Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Texas Organizations

  EPA announces initial selections from $2 billion Inflation Reduction Act program - the largest single environmental justice investment in history – delivered by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $20,000,000 in grant funding for the Houston Health Department and their partner Black United Fund of Texas (BUFTX).

  • Release Date: August 8, 2024

• EPA Announces Clean School Bus Funding of Nearly $2 million for Cedar Hill ISD as Part of the Investing in America Agenda

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Cedar Hill Independent School District is receiving $1,945,000 through EPA’s Clean School Bus Rebate Competition.

  • Release Date: August 5, 2024

• EPA Region 7 Presents Flint Hills Regional Council with $1.5M Check for Brownfields Grant in Kansas

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 7 Presents Flint Hills Regional Council with $1.5M Check for Brownfields Grant in Kansas

  • Release Date: July 19, 2024

• EPA Reclassifies Three Ozone Nonattainment Areas from Moderate to Serious

  Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria & San Antonio will be reclassified

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced approval of Governor Greg Abbott’s request to reclassify the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria and San Antonio, Texas, metro areas from moderate to serious nonattainment.

  • Release Date: June 26, 2024

• EPA Announces Grant Award of Over $6.1 million for Clean School Buses for Fort Worth ISD as Part of the Investing in America Agenda

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Fort Worth Independent School District is receiving $6,167,108 through EPA’s first Clean School Bus Grant Competition.

  • Release Date: June 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $31,510,000 for Texas Schools to Purchase Clean School Buses as Part of the Investing in America Agenda

  EPA’s Clean School Bus Rebate Program to fund over 3,400 new clean school buses in approximately 530 districts across the nation

  The Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: May 30, 2024

• EPA Announces $965K in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Kansas, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $965K in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Kansas, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024