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• EPA Extends Comment Period on Cleanup Plan for Amphenol/Franklin Power Products Site in Franklin, Indiana

  The public comment period has been extended through July 31; community members are invited to share comments online and via email, direct mail or phone.

  EPA News Release: EPA Extends Comment Period on Cleanup Plan for Amphenol/Franklin Power Products Site in Franklin, Indiana

  • Release Date: July 5, 2022

• EPA completes two Great Lakes projects totaling $9.5 million to clean up contaminated sediment in Muskegon Lake and Detroit River Areas of Concern

  Completed: $6.6 million cleanup at Ryerson Creek Outfall and $2.9 million cleanup at Detroit Riverwalk

  EPA News Release: EPA completes two Great Lakes projects totaling $9.5 million to clean up contaminated sediment in Muskegon Lake and Detroit River Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: December 29, 2020

• EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  Launched in 2010, GLRI has funded over 5,400 projects totaling more than $2.7 billion; $16 million slated for two newly selected projects

  EPA News Release: EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• EPA highlights recent major accomplishments in Flint, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA highlights recent major accomplishments in Flint, Michigan

  • Release Date: December 7, 2020

• EPA Announces $55 Million for Water Infrastructure in Indiana

  EPA also announces a $140,000 Environmental Justice Grant for Marion County to Improve Indoor Air Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $55 Million for Water Infrastructure in Indiana

  • Release Date: October 28, 2020

• EPA Announces $116 Million for Water Infrastructure in Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $116 Million for Water Infrastructure in Illinois

  • Release Date: October 27, 2020

• EPA Announces Start of Two GLRI-Funded Great Lakes Cleanups Totaling $22.5 Million in the Saint Louis River Area of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Start of Two GLRI-Funded Great Lakes Cleanups Totaling $22.5 Million in the Saint Louis River Area of Concern

  • Release Date: September 18, 2020

• EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Regional Administrator Visits Indiana, Highlights $3.8 Million to Improve Water Quality and Protect Watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Visits Indiana, Highlights $3.8 Million to Improve Water Quality and Protect Watersheds

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Requests Applications for $10 Million GLRI Grant to Monitor Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

  EPA News Release: EPA Requests Applications for $10 Million GLRI Grant to Monitor Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

  • Release Date: August 27, 2020

• EPA Regional Administrator Visits Central Illinois, Highlights Over $6 Million for Clean Water Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Visits Central Illinois, Highlights Over $6 Million for Clean Water Projects

  • Release Date: August 27, 2020

• EPA Awards $3.2 Million to Purdue and Indiana Universities for Research on Managing PFAS in Agriculture and Rural Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $3.2 Million to Purdue and Indiana Universities for Research on Managing PFAS in Agriculture and Rural Communities

  • Release Date: August 20, 2020

• EPA Highlights Recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover

  Endangered shorebird recovering thanks to GLRI support and partnerships

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover

  • Release Date: August 13, 2020

• EPA Continues to Aggressively Address PFAS in the Great Lakes Region

  Progress continues to be made through EPA’s PFAS Action Plan

  EPA News Release: EPA Continues to Aggressively Address PFAS in the Great Lakes Region

  • Release Date: July 29, 2020

• EPA announces $4.2 million for habitat restoration work at Rouge River Area of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.2 million for habitat restoration work at Rouge River Area of Concern

  • Release Date: July 28, 2020