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• EPA Settles with Nevada Company over Hazardous Waste and PCB Issues at Landfill

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Nevada Company over Hazardous Waste and PCB Issues at Landfill

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• EPA Enforcement Actions at Facilities in Arizona, California and Nevada Address Chemical Safety Deficiencies

  One settlement in Northern California will enhance local emergency response capabilities

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Actions at Facilities in Arizona, California and Nevada Address Chemical Safety Deficiencies

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $156 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Nevada

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $156 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Across Nevada

  • Release Date: April 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $500,000 for Nevada Environmental Justice Project as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Nevada project announced as part of nationwide investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement program, funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $500,000 for Nevada Environmental Justice Project as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Nevada-Based Thatcher Agrees to Pay Penalty, Undertake Project for Fire Department to Settle Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

  Under the settlement, owner of Sparks facility will pay a penalty, purchase equipment for fire department

  EPA News Release: Nevada-Based Thatcher Agrees to Pay Penalty, Undertake Project for Fire Department to Settle Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 5, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding for Cleanup in Nevada

  EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with support for 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding for Cleanup in Nevada

  • Release Date: February 10, 2023

• EPA fines Autosales, Inc., which has location in Reno, for selling defeat devices, harming air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Autosales, Inc., which has location in Reno, for selling defeat devices, harming air quality

  • Release Date: August 22, 2022

• EPA Directs Carson City Public Works to Improve Pretreatment Program and Protect Carson River

  EPA News Release: EPA Directs Carson City Public Works to Improve Pretreatment Program and Protect Carson River

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  Online games provide teachers and students with environmental learning resources

  EPA News Release: EPA Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Recycle City Educational Initiative

  • Release Date: April 21, 2022

• Clark County Completes Laughlin Lagoon Wetland Conservation Measures, Protecting Colorado River

  EPA News Release: Clark County Completes Laughlin Lagoon Wetland Conservation Measures, Protecting Colorado River

  • Release Date: February 17, 2022

• U.S. EPA orders Nevada and California companies to stop selling illegal disinfectants

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA orders Nevada and California companies to stop selling illegal disinfectants

  • Release Date: April 1, 2021

• U.S. EPA and Clark County reach agreement over unpermitted Laughlin Lagoon Dredging Project

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA and Clark County reach agreement over unpermitted Laughlin Lagoon Dredging Project

  • Release Date: September 28, 2020

• U.S. EPA Releases Annual Toxic Release Inventory for Nation’s Pacific Southwest Region

  Also unveiled: new tool to help public better understand metal mining sector

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Releases Annual Toxic Release Inventory for Nation’s Pacific Southwest Region

  • Release Date: February 11, 2020

• EPA Proposes Updates to Lead and Copper Rule to Better Protect Children and At-Risk Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Updates to Lead and Copper Rule to Better Protect Children and At-Risk Communities

  • Release Date: October 10, 2019