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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 Awards Funding to Two Educational Organizations for Environmental Projects in Pacific Islands

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Funding to Two Educational Organizations for Environmental Projects in Pacific Islands

  • Release Date: July 8, 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 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Pacific Southwest

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap for Pacific Southwest

  • Release Date: March 23, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $56 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Pacific Islands to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $56 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Pacific Islands to Address Emerging Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: February 13, 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

• 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