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• EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• 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 Selects Three Alaska Native Corporations for $2.5 Million to Assess and Clean Up Legacy Contamination on ANCSA Conveyed Lands

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Three Alaska Native Corporations for $2.5 Million to Assess and Clean Up Legacy Contamination on ANCSA Conveyed Lands

  • Release Date: September 1, 2023

• DEQ and EPA lead cleanup of wood preservative release in Sheridan

  EPA News Release: DEQ and EPA lead cleanup of wood preservative release in Sheridan

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA and DEQ Invite Eugene Community to Attend July 12 Public Meeting to Discuss JH Baxter Facility Cleanup and Investigation

  EPA News Release: EPA and DEQ Invite Eugene Community to Attend July 12 Public Meeting to Discuss JH Baxter Facility Cleanup and Investigation

  • Release Date: July 10, 2023

• EPA grants $5.6 million to Alaska to inventory drinking water service lines for lead in nearly 270 tribal and small disadvantaged communities  

  EPA News Release: EPA grants $5.6 million to Alaska to inventory drinking water service lines for lead in nearly 270 tribal and small disadvantaged communities  

  • Release Date: July 6, 2023

• EPA selects Idaho project for $500,000 in brownfields funding

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Idaho project for $500,000 in brownfields funding

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA selects Idaho project for $500,000 in brownfields funding

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Idaho project for $500,000 in brownfields funding

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA selects 7 Alaska projects to receive $11 million in brownfields funding

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA selects 7 Alaska projects to receive $11 million in brownfields funding

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA selects 7 Oregon projects for $8 million in brownfields funding 

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda 

  EPA News Release: EPA selects 7 Oregon projects for $8 million in brownfields funding 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA selects 7 Washington projects to receive $4.5 million to assess and clean up contaminated brownfields sites 

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in Brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA selects 7 Washington projects to receive $4.5 million to assess and clean up contaminated brownfields sites 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA proposes Superfund cleanup plan for East Waterway

  Aggressive plan would cleanup over 120 acres of contaminated sediment

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes Superfund cleanup plan for East Waterway

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023

• EPA Selects University of Washington and Willamette Partnership to Serve as Technical Assistance Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects University of Washington and Willamette Partnership to Serve as Technical Assistance Centers to Help Communities Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 17, 2023

• Unified command responds to vessel fire in Tacoma, Washington

  EPA News Release: Unified command responds to vessel fire in Tacoma, Washington

  • Release Date: April 9, 2023

• EPA announces $29 million investment for water infrastructure upgrades in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $29 million investment for water infrastructure upgrades in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

  • Release Date: April 5, 2023