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• EPA awards $38M for re-use, recycling, composting infrastructure and outreach projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  Grant programs part of largest state, tribal and community recycling investment in 30 years

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $38M for re-use, recycling, composting infrastructure and outreach projects in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: November 15, 2023

• EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA announces $278 million to improve water infrastructure for tribes and Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $278 million to improve water infrastructure for tribes and Alaska Native Villages

  • Release Date: June 29, 2023

• EPA Collecting Data to Assess Lake Ontario

  EPA News Release: EPA Collecting Data to Assess Lake Ontario

  • Release Date: June 20, 2023

• EPA launches $20M program to address contaminated lands in Alaska

  Funds available to tribes, consortia, corporations and NGOs to address legacy pollution on lands conveyed under ANCSA

  EPA News Release: EPA launches $20M program to address contaminated lands in Alaska

  • Release Date: May 5, 2023

• Squaxin Island Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

  EPA News Release: Squaxin Island Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

  • Release Date: March 1, 2023

• EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

  Collaborative projects in Alaska and Washington will promote community-led science, knowledge-sharing to support environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

  • Release Date: February 27, 2023

• EPA and IHS fully fund new $23M Warm Springs water treatment plant

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds enable reliable, safe drinking water for 3,800 people

  EPA News Release: EPA and IHS fully fund new $23M Warm Springs water treatment plant

  • Release Date: December 20, 2022

• EPA selects City of Tacoma for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects City of Tacoma for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA selects Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group for $1 million in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group for $1 million in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA Issues Burn Ban on Yakama Reservation 

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Burn Ban on Yakama Reservation 

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $750,000 Pollution Prevention Grants to Oregon, Idaho and the Knik Tribal Council, Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Release Date: October 19, 2022

• EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022

• Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to Receive More Than $300,000 of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Prevent Road Salt Pollution

  EPA News Release: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to Receive More Than $300,000 of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Prevent Road Salt Pollution

  • Release Date: September 13, 2022

• EPA Awards Research Grants to Student Teams at Gonzaga University and Oregon State University

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Research Grants to Student Teams at Gonzaga University and Oregon State University

  • Release Date: June 28, 2022