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• The Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 for Honeybee Strategies to Recruit and Train Louisiana Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Honeybee Strategies to receive a total of approximately $500,000 for environmental job training programs as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: December 12, 2023

• The Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 for the City of Texarkana to Recruit and Train Texas Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the City of Texarkana to receive a total of approximately $500,000 for environmental job training programs as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: December 12, 2023

• The Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 for Sante Fe Community College to Recruit and Train New Mexico Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Sante Fe Community College will receive a total of approximately $500,000 for environmental job training programs as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

  • Release Date: December 12, 2023

• EPA Awards Nearly $500,000 to Texas Organization to improve Air Quality in the Houston Area

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $498,813 to the Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS) for a citizen science project to monitor hazardous air pollutants stemming from local pollution sources in Houston.

  • Release Date: November 29, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $2 Million in Cleanup and Climate Grants to Choctaw Nation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Choctaw Nation for two grants totaling nearly $2 million.

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• EPA Region 6 Celebrates Children’s Health Month

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 is proudly celebrating Children’s Health Month this October by spreading awareness about the importance of protecting children from environmental threats where they live, learn and play.

  • Release Date: October 18, 2023

• EPA Announces $2.1 Million in Environmental Projects and $200,000 Civil Penalty in Clean Air Act Violations Against Evergreen Packaging LLC

  On September 27, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent agreement and final order (CAFO) with Evergreen Packaging LLC (“Evergreen”) for alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations.

  • Release Date: October 16, 2023

• EPA Announces nearly $700,000 in Settlements for Clean Air Act Violations with Companies in the San Juan Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing administrative penalty settlements with three companies in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico: Logos Operating, LLC, DJR Operating, LLC, and Enduring Resources, LLC.

  • Release Date: October 3, 2023

• EPA Includes Two Baton Rouge Sites in National Priorities List Update

  Biden-Harris Administration Continues Its Commitment to Cleaning Up Pollution and Address Public Health Risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Includes Two Baton Rouge Sites in National Priorities List Update

  • Release Date: September 8, 2023

• EPA Adds Oklahoma Site to Superfund National Priorities List

  Biden-Harris Administration Continues Its Commitment to Cleaning Up Pollution and Address Public Health Risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Oklahoma Site to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2023

• EPA Awards $25,000 to Rice University for Research on PFAS Waste in Landfills

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $25,000 to Rice University to fund their research on treating PFAS (per- and polyfluoralkyl) waste in landfills as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet.

  • Release Date: August 7, 2023

• EPA Awards $24,000 to University of Texas at Dallas for Air Quality Sensor Project

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $24,999 for the University of Texas at Dallas for their work to develop low-cost air quality sensors for environmental justice communities as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet.

  • Release Date: August 7, 2023

• EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events

  As the hurricane season kicks off, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds facility operators of preventing, minimizing, and reporting chemical releases during hazardous weather events.

  • Release Date: July 18, 2023

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million Settlement for Permian Basin Company

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera.

  • Release Date: July 13, 2023

• EPA Announces Nearly $500,000 in Grant Funding for High-Risk Houston Communities

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Houston Health Department will receive grant funding to support community monitoring of hazardous air pollutants.

  • Release Date: July 10, 2023