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• EPA proposes settlements with Paramount Builders and Continental Transport Over Illegal Discharges on Tula and Nu’uuli Coast

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes settlements with Paramount Builders and Continental Transport Over Illegal Discharges on Tula and Nu’uuli Coast

  • Release Date: September 23, 2024

• EPA Protects Guam Water Resources with Tristar Terminals Facility Order

  EPA News Release: EPA Protects Guam Water Resources with Tristar Terminals Facility Order

  • Release Date: June 18, 2024

• EPA Requires Safety Improvements at Chlorine Gas Facility in Saipan

  EPA News Release: EPA Requires Safety Improvements at Chlorine Gas Facility in Saipan

  • Release Date: June 10, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.9 Million in the Pacific Islands for Recycling Infrastructure Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA grants funded in part by largest recycling investment in 30 years under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests Over $1.9 Million in the Pacific Islands for Recycling Infrastructure Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: September 13, 2023

• EPA Settles with Shipping Companies over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Shipping Companies over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: June 28, 2023

• EPA settles with Guam Shipyard to reduce pollution at Apra Harbor Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Guam Shipyard to reduce pollution at Apra Harbor Facility

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA Publishes Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

  Report highlights actions needed to protect vulnerable communities and reduce disaster debris disposal, including in the Pacific Islands

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes Resiliency and Natural Disaster Debris Report

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• EPA Releases Bold National Strategy to Transform Recycling in America; CNMI stands at the forefront

  EPA celebrates CNMI’s work to integrate recycling into Typhoon Yutu recovery

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Bold National Strategy to Transform Recycling in America; CNMI stands at the forefront

  • Release Date: November 23, 2021

• U.S. EPA orders cleanup at waste hauler facility in Guam

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA orders cleanup at waste hauler facility in Guam

  • Release Date: March 22, 2021

• U.S. EPA settles with Guam Shipyard to control stormwater pollution

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settles with Guam Shipyard to control stormwater pollution

  • Release Date: January 27, 2021

• Pacific Energy to pay civil penalty for violations of the Clean Water Act at the American Samoa Terminal

  EPA News Release: Pacific Energy to pay civil penalty for violations of the Clean Water Act at the American Samoa Terminal

  • Release Date: July 22, 2020

• American Samoa Receives $300,000 from EPA for Revitalization of Contaminated Properties

  EPA News Release: American Samoa Receives $300,000 from EPA for Revitalization of Contaminated Properties

  • Release Date: May 6, 2020

• U.S. EPA Acts to Protect the Public from Unregistered “Virus Shut Out” Product Imported into Honolulu and Guam

  Unsubstantiated claims to protect against viruses threaten public health

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Acts to Protect the Public from Unregistered “Virus Shut Out” Product Imported into Honolulu and Guam

  • Release Date: March 25, 2020

• U.S. Navy upgrades Guam’s Apra Harbor wastewater treatment following 2011 agreement with EPA

  EPA News Release: U.S. Navy upgrades Guam’s Apra Harbor wastewater treatment following 2011 agreement with EPA

  • Release Date: February 20, 2020

• U.S. EPA settlement with utilities to greatly improve air quality in Guam’s Cabras-Piti area

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA settlement with utilities to greatly improve air quality in Guam’s Cabras-Piti area

  • Release Date: February 10, 2020