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• 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: April 19, 2024

• EPA Releases Updated Interim Guidance on Destroying and Disposing of Certain PFAS and PFAS-Containing Materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Updated Interim Guidance on Destroying and Disposing of Certain PFAS and PFAS-Containing Materials

  • Release Date: April 9, 2024

• Statement by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan on National Agriculture Day

  EPA News Release: Statement by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan on National Agriculture Day

  • Release Date: March 19, 2024

• EPA Takes Important Step to Advance PFAS Strategic Roadmap, Requests Public Input and Data to Inform Potential Future Regulations under CERCLA

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Important Step to Advance PFAS Strategic Roadmap, Requests Public Input and Data to Inform Potential Future Regulations under CERCLA

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• Statement by EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe on National Farmworker Awareness Week

  EPA News Release: Statement by EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe on National Farmworker Awareness Week

  • Release Date: March 31, 2023

• Statement by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan on National Agriculture Day

  EPA News Release: Statement by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan on National Agriculture Day

  • Release Date: March 21, 2023

• EPA Region 10 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 10 Announces Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

  • Release Date: February 22, 2023

• EPA Announces Selection of Members to Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  Committee charged with evaluation of Agency policies and programs at the intersection of agriculture and climate change

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Selection of Members to Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee

  • Release Date: November 16, 2022

• Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations

  Idaho & Oregon storage facilities cited for storage problems

  EPA News Release: Simplot pays $65K EPA penalty for pesticides violations

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021

• EPA Announces Selection of WSU for $129,727 Grant to Help Communities Turn Food Waste into Fuel and Fertilizer

  Washington State University is among 12 Organizations to Receive National Funding to Support Anaerobic Digestion in Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Selection of WSU for $129,727 Grant to Help Communities Turn Food Waste into Fuel and Fertilizer

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020

• EPA awards $2 million in grants to reduce toxics throughout Columbia River Basin

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $2 million in grants to reduce toxics throughout Columbia River Basin

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the PNW & Alaska Actions finalized in January and February 2020

  • Release Date: April 29, 2020

• EPA and Army Deliver on President Trump's Promise to Issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule - A New Definition of WOTUS

  New rule announcement made at Idaho Potato Conference and AG Expo in Pocatello

  EPA News Release: EPA and Army Deliver on President Trump's Promise to Issue the Navigable Waters Protection Rule - A New Definition of WOTUS

  • Release Date: January 24, 2020

• EPA’s environmental education grants help Northwest communities spur ecological awareness and local stewardship

  EPA News Release: EPA’s environmental education grants help Northwest communities spur ecological awareness and local stewardship

  • Release Date: October 7, 2019