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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Grantmaker selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects RTI International to Receive $100M to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across U.S., to Include Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Agreement Between Seven Federal Agencies To Implement The American Climate Corps 

  The American Climate Corps  Seven agencies sign Memorandum of Understanding to shape President Biden’s American Climate Corps. Administration announces listening sessions in January to hear directly from prospective applicants.

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Agreement Between Seven Federal Agencies To Implement The American Climate Corps 

  • Release Date: December 19, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $17 Million WIFIA Loan to Sharyland Water Supply Corporation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $17 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Sharyland Water Supply Corporation in southeastern Texas.

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• Federal Partners Celebrate Construction of Centralized Wastewater System and Treatment Facility with City of Camden Point, Missouri

  U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-6), EPA, USDA, and HUD join recognition ceremony and groundbreaking event with Mayor Gloria Boyer

  EPA News Release: Federal Partners Celebrate Construction of Centralized Wastewater System and Treatment Facility with City of Camden Point, Missouri

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• EPA Fines Swift Beef Company for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Nebraska

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Swift Beef Company for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Nebraska

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• EPA Names Martha Shimkin as New Director of Chesapeake Bay Program

  EPA News Release: EPA Names Martha Shimkin as New Director of Chesapeake Bay Program

  • Release Date: December 15, 2023

• EPA Seeks Public Input on Proposal to Reduce Water Pollution from Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Public Input on Proposal to Reduce Water Pollution from Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities

  • Release Date: December 15, 2023

• EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Life in Certain Sections of the Delaware River

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Water Quality Standards to Protect Aquatic Life in Certain Sections of the Delaware River

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution

  Report highlights key EPA accomplishments to safeguard public health and the environment from dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• Actualización de la EPA sobre el estudio de muestreo secuencial, próximos pasos para abordar el plomo en el agua potable en St. Croix

  EPA News Release: Actualización de la EPA sobre el estudio de muestreo secuencial, próximos pasos para abordar el plomo en el agua potable en St. Croix

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA solicits comments and will host public hearing in Bainbridge, Georgia regarding BASF Corporation’s Attapulgus facility

  EPA News Release: EPA solicits comments and will host public hearing in Bainbridge, Georgia regarding BASF Corporation’s Attapulgus facility

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Update on Sequential Sampling Study, Next Steps to Address Lead in Drinking Water in St. Croix

  EPA News Release: EPA Update on Sequential Sampling Study, Next Steps to Address Lead in Drinking Water in St. Croix

  • Release Date: December 7, 2023

• What They Are Saying: Broad range of leaders and advocates applaud Biden-Harris Administration’s proposal to strengthen the lead and copper rule to protect communities from lead in drinking water

  EPA News Release: What They Are Saying: Broad range of leaders and advocates applaud Biden-Harris Administration’s proposal to strengthen the lead and copper rule to protect communities from lead in drinking water

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023