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• EPA announces $57M in funding for clean water in Washington schools, homes

  New final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $57M in funding for clean water in Washington schools, homes

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces nearly $52 million in Funding to Maryland 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: Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces nearly $52 million in Funding to Maryland to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA penalizes Anacortes, Washington used oil bulk storage and processing facility $57,800 for Clean Water Act violations

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Anacortes, Washington used oil bulk storage and processing facility $57,800 for Clean Water Act violations

  • Release Date: October 2, 2024

• Biden- Harris Administration announces $23.8 Million in Grants to Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts

  Grants advance measurable partnership progress towards 2025 goals of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement

  EPA News Release: Biden- Harris Administration announces $23.8 Million in Grants to Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts

  • Release Date: September 4, 2024

• EPA Region 3 and Four Manufactured Home Communities Settle Wastewater Treatment Cases in Ann Arundel County, Maryland with $1.1 million in penalties

  Settlement protects waters leading to the Chesapeake Bay

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 3 and Four Manufactured Home Communities Settle Wastewater Treatment Cases in Ann Arundel County, Maryland with $1.1 million in penalties

  • Release Date: August 29, 2024

• EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office selects Khesha Reed as permanent Deputy Director

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office selects Khesha Reed as permanent Deputy Director

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  EPA News Release: Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA resolves Clean Water Act violations with Enumclaw company for $63,984

  EPA News Release: EPA resolves Clean Water Act violations with Enumclaw company for $63,984

  • Release Date: July 30, 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

• EPA requires Safe Drinking Water Act compliance at Nooksack water systems

  EPA News Release: EPA requires Safe Drinking Water Act compliance at Nooksack water systems

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• La EPA y el Ministerio de Justicia demandan a vaquerías del Bajo Valle de Yakima por prácticas de abono que ponen en peligro a usuarios de pozos cercanos

  La Agencia insta a los miembros de las comunidades de la zona a que sometan sus pozos a pruebas

  EPA News Release: La EPA y el Ministerio de Justicia demandan a vaquerías del Bajo Valle de Yakima por prácticas de abono que ponen en peligro a usuarios de pozos cercanos

  • Release Date: July 2, 2024

• EPA, Department of Justice sue Lower Yakima Valley dairies for manure practices endangering neighboring well-users

  Agency urges area community members to get their wells tested

  EPA News Release: EPA, Department of Justice sue Lower Yakima Valley dairies for manure practices endangering neighboring well-users

  • Release Date: July 2, 2024

• Seattle & King County to expand wastewater treatment in new agreement with EPA, DOJ, Ecology

  EPA News Release: Seattle & King County to expand wastewater treatment in new agreement with EPA, DOJ, Ecology

  • Release Date: June 26, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $16.7 million in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Maryland as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $16.7 million in Rebates for Clean School Buses Across Maryland as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024