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• EPA finalizes action on Fairbanks air plan, partners with state on new one, provides $10 million for more woodstove change-outs & natural gas expansion in Fairbanks, North Star Borough

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes action on Fairbanks air plan, partners with state on new one, provides $10 million for more woodstove change-outs & natural gas expansion in Fairbanks, North Star Borough

  • Release Date: November 22, 2023

• 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

• State of Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough receive $10M EPA grant to improve air quality

  EPA News Release: State of Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough receive $10M EPA grant to improve air quality

  • Release Date: October 23, 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 approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  Updated plan provides more flexibility for managing prescribed burning while continuing to minimize air quality impacts from smoke.

  EPA News Release: EPA approves Washington’s Smoke Management Plan to allow strategic use of prescribed fires to manage forest health and protect air quality

  • Release Date: August 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 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