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• EPA settlement with Hi-Noon Petroleum resolves gasoline spill to creek in Yellowstone NP 

  EPA News Release: EPA settlement with Hi-Noon Petroleum resolves gasoline spill to creek in Yellowstone NP 

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $50,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses in Wyoming as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $50,000 in Rebates for Clean School Buses in Wyoming as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: May 29, 2024

• EPA announces over $28.6M for Wyoming lead pipe replacement to ensure safe drinking water 

  Latest round of funding advances President Biden’s commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation 

  EPA News Release: EPA announces over $28.6M for Wyoming lead pipe replacement to ensure safe drinking water 

  • Release Date: May 2, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Grants to Invest in America’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transition

  EPA announces new grant program to fund zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, infrastructure, and workforce development to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $1 Billion in Grants to Invest in America’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicle Transition

  • Release Date: April 24, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces Bonneville Environmental Foundation to receive $30.2 million to deliver residential solar in Wyoming, lowering energy costs and advancing Environmental Justice

   Selectees under 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 Bonneville Environmental Foundation to receive $30.2 million to deliver residential solar in Wyoming, lowering energy costs and advancing Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Region 8 announces the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  Applications and nominations citing exemplary P2 efforts from Tribal, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations will be accepted through May 24, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 announces the 2024 Pollution Prevention Recognition Program

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

  Updated 10-year report shows decreases in chemical releases nationally and regionally

  EPA News Release: EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• EPA requires Dyno Nobel, Inc. to correct Clean Air Act violations at Cheyenne plant

  ​​​​​​​Company pays fine, addresses Risk Management Program deficiencies

  EPA News Release: EPA requires Dyno Nobel, Inc. to correct Clean Air Act violations at Cheyenne plant

  • Release Date: March 12, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces over $42M for Wyoming water infrastructure upgrades

  Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces over $42M for Wyoming water infrastructure upgrades

  • Release Date: February 20, 2024

• Nearing full implementation, EPA’s Lean Management System delivers results in EPA Region 8

  EPA News Release: Nearing full implementation, EPA’s Lean Management System delivers results in EPA Region 8

  • Release Date: November 10, 2020

• EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act orders to protect public health in Wyoming and Region 8 Indian Country

  Nine Administrative Orders issued to water systems since July 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA issues summary of recent Safe Drinking Water Act orders to protect public health in Wyoming and Region 8 Indian Country

  • Release Date: October 29, 2020

• EPA resolves safe drinking water violations and secures human health at Camp Paintrock in Big Horn County, Wyoming

  Owner commits to properly maintain and monitor drinking water system at youth camp

  EPA News Release: EPA resolves safe drinking water violations and secures human health at Camp Paintrock in Big Horn County, Wyoming

  • Release Date: September 15, 2020

• In Cheyenne, EPA Announces Wyoming’s Primacy for Class VI Underground Injection Control Program, Highlights Final Power Plant Effluent Limitation Guidelines Rule

  EPA News Release: In Cheyenne, EPA Announces Wyoming’s Primacy for Class VI Underground Injection Control Program, Highlights Final Power Plant Effluent Limitation Guidelines Rule

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Region 8 continues to aggressively address PFAS

  Building on assistance provided to Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming, Trump Administration continues to address PFAS affecting water and drinking water resources

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 continues to aggressively address PFAS

  • Release Date: July 30, 2020

• EPA Region 8 actions protect public from coronavirus and other pathogens

  17 Advisory Letters and 14 Notice of Refusal of Admission Orders issued to companies selling and importing mislabeled and unregistered pesticide products

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 actions protect public from coronavirus and other pathogens

  • Release Date: July 30, 2020