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• EPA Transmits Addition of 32 Waters to Minnesota’s 2020 Impaired Waters List

  EPA News Release: EPA Transmits Addition of 32 Waters to Minnesota’s 2020 Impaired Waters List

  • Release Date: November 9, 2021

• EPA Approves the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota to Develop Water Quality Standards

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota to Develop Water Quality Standards

  • Release Date: November 9, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Debra Shore as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 5

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Debra Shore as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 5

  • Release Date: October 12, 2021

• EPA, MPCA Begin $16 Million Project to Remove Contaminated Sediment from Duluth-Superior Harbor

  EPA News Release: EPA, MPCA Begin $16 Million Project to Remove Contaminated Sediment from Duluth-Superior Harbor

  • Release Date: October 1, 2021

• Court Approves Consent Decree Requiring U. S. Steel to Improve Environmental Compliance at Portage, Indiana, Facility

  Company to Pay Penalty, Reimburse U.S. for Response Costs and Damages for Chromium Spill

  EPA News Release: Court Approves Consent Decree Requiring U. S. Steel to Improve Environmental Compliance at Portage, Indiana, Facility

  • Release Date: September 2, 2021

• EPA Announces Second Public Comment Period for Additions to Minnesota’s Impaired Waters List

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Second Public Comment Period for Additions to Minnesota’s Impaired Waters List

  • Release Date: September 1, 2021

• EPA and MPCA Announce $6M Sediment Cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Scanlon, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA and MPCA Announce $6M Sediment Cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Scanlon, Minnesota

  • Release Date: August 23, 2021

• EPA Removes Ohio’s Ashtabula River from Binational List of Areas of Concern on the Great Lakes

  Nearly $70 million for cleanup and restoration results in Ohio’s first area of concern delisting

  EPA News Release: EPA Removes Ohio’s Ashtabula River from Binational List of Areas of Concern on the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: August 19, 2021

• EPA Orders Action and Monitoring to Protect Drinking Water for Residents of Cahokia Heights, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Action and Monitoring to Protect Drinking Water for Residents of Cahokia Heights, Illinois

  • Release Date: August 3, 2021

• EPA Releases Dredged Material Decision Tool to Help with Sediment Disposal Decisions

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Dredged Material Decision Tool to Help with Sediment Disposal Decisions

  • Release Date: August 3, 2021

• EPA Funding Helps the Terns Return to Interstate Island in Duluth-Superior

  Reducing predatory pressure: EPA provided $840,000 of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding to improve terns’ nesting area

  EPA News Release: EPA Funding Helps the Terns Return to Interstate Island in Duluth-Superior

  • Release Date: July 21, 2021

• EPA, Milwaukee Leaders Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA, Milwaukee Leaders Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: July 14, 2021

• EPA Selects Two New Members to Great Lakes Advisory Board

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Two New Members to Great Lakes Advisory Board

  • Release Date: July 8, 2021

• EPA, Chicago Leaders Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA, Chicago Leaders Discuss Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: July 8, 2021

• Four Piping Plovers Hatch in Toledo, Ohio

  U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding supports the recovery of this endangered species

  EPA News Release: Four Piping Plovers Hatch in Toledo, Ohio

  • Release Date: July 2, 2021