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• EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  EPA opens two grant competitions funding zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure and planning to tackle the climate crisis, reduce pollution and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA invests $3B into clean ports

  • Release Date: February 29, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with S & W Atlas Iron & Metal of Los Angeles over Stormwater Pollution Claims

  Company agrees to series of steps to comply with Clean Water Act, protect nearby school.

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with S & W Atlas Iron & Metal of Los Angeles over Stormwater Pollution Claims

  • Release Date: February 28, 2024

• EPA Invests $1 Million in New York State Communities Through UAlbany-Led Community Air Monitoring Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Invests $1 Million in New York State Communities Through UAlbany-Led Community Air Monitoring Projects

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA Settles Safe Drinking Water Act Claims with California Resources Corporation and Elk Hills Power

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles Safe Drinking Water Act Claims with California Resources Corporation and Elk Hills Power

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  Massachusetts and Connecticut companies will pay penalties for reporting violations

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA Files Complaint for Rat Poison Sold in Plastic Baggies in St. Louis

  EPA News Release: EPA Files Complaint for Rat Poison Sold in Plastic Baggies in St. Louis

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• EPA Finds Chiquita Canyon Landfill Presents Imminent and Substantial Endangerment to Nearby Communities

  Agency demands action to address ongoing noxious odors and other hazards.

  EPA News Release: EPA Finds Chiquita Canyon Landfill Presents Imminent and Substantial Endangerment to Nearby Communities

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $83 million in funding to expand air quality monitoring across the nation as part of Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $83 million in funding to expand air quality monitoring across the nation as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight IRA funding for environmental justice projects in communities across Kentucky at press event

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight IRA funding for environmental justice projects in communities across Kentucky at press event

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• EPA Air Permit Advances New York Offshore Wind Farm Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Air Permit Advances New York Offshore Wind Farm Project

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024

• EPA hosts “roadshow” in San Bernadino to help communities access historic Investing in America funding

  EPA’s Community, Equity & Resiliency Initiative stops in California to support residents’ ability to obtain unprecedented Inflation Reduction Act resources

  EPA News Release: EPA hosts “roadshow” in San Bernadino to help communities access historic Investing in America funding

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024

• EPA Fines Clean Harbors for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at Kimball, Nebraska, Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Clean Harbors for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at Kimball, Nebraska, Facility

  • Release Date: February 14, 2024

• EPA and DOJ Settlement Will Address Problems at Toa Alta Landfill

  Landfill on Path to Closure

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOJ Settlement Will Address Problems at Toa Alta Landfill

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  Company will also spend $5.5 million for preventive measures and to help address environmental harm caused by its violations

  EPA News Release: Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• El acuerdo de la EPA y el Departamento de Justicia abordará los problemas en el Vertedero de Toa Alta

  Sistema de Relleno sanitario en camino al cierre

  EPA News Release: El acuerdo de la EPA y el Departamento de Justicia abordará los problemas en el Vertedero de Toa Alta

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024