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• EPA begins next phase of cleanup at Bainbridge Island Wyckoff Superfund site

  $80 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds next 3 years of work

  EPA News Release: EPA begins next phase of cleanup at Bainbridge Island Wyckoff Superfund site

  • Release Date: September 5, 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

• Intalco to pay $5 million penalty for major Clean Air Act violations at former Ferndale smelter

  EPA News Release: Intalco to pay $5 million penalty for major Clean Air Act violations at former Ferndale smelter

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• State of Washington, federal agencies agree on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site

  EPA News Release: State of Washington, federal agencies agree on future of tank waste cleanup at Hanford Site

  • Release Date: April 29, 2024

• EPA signs agreement for cleanup of the Bradford Island National Priorities List site

  EPA News Release: EPA signs agreement for cleanup of the Bradford Island National Priorities List site

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• EPA proposes adding the Upper Columbia River, WA to Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes adding the Upper Columbia River, WA to Superfund List

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  EPA News Release: EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  Updated plan provides more flexibility for managing prescribed burning while continuing to minimize air quality impacts from smoke.

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023

• EPA proposes Superfund cleanup plan for East Waterway

  Aggressive plan would cleanup over 120 acres of contaminated sediment

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes Superfund cleanup plan for East Waterway

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023

• EPA selects City of Tacoma for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects City of Tacoma for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Washington to Receive Over $800,000 in EPA Funding

  $53 million for 132 local projects nationwide is EPA’s largest ever investment in community air monitoring

  EPA News Release: Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Washington to Receive Over $800,000 in EPA Funding

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• Washington Schools Receive $2 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleets

  EPA News Release: Washington Schools Receive $2 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: March 17, 2022

• EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  Schools will receive technical assistance to create cleaner air and neighborhood cooling refuges in vulnerable communities impacted by wildfire smoke and extreme heat events

  EPA News Release: EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  • Release Date: November 1, 2021