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• Priest River couple pays $75,000 Clean Water Act penalty for streambank destruction on Priest River

  EPA News Release: Priest River couple pays $75,000 Clean Water Act penalty for streambank destruction on Priest River

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• EPA issues final PCBs reduction plan for Spokane River

  EPA News Release: EPA issues final PCBs reduction plan for Spokane River

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• EPA Announces $24 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize and Expand Wastewater Facilities in Northern Oregon

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $24 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize and Expand Wastewater Facilities in Northern Oregon

  • Release Date: October 10, 2024

• EPA proposes temperature cleanup plan for Umpqua Basin

  Public can comment on plan until November 25

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes temperature cleanup plan for Umpqua Basin

  • Release Date: October 9, 2024

• EPA Announces 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Award to PhoSul LLC of Sugar City, Idaho

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Award to PhoSul LLC of Sugar City, Idaho

  • Release Date: September 26, 2024

• EPA proposes PCBs cleanup plan for Spokane River

  Public can comment on plan until July 15

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes PCBs cleanup plan for Spokane River

  • Release Date: May 15, 2024

• EPA develops 6PPD-q water testing method for widespread use

  “Lightspeed” test development highlights significance of finding salmon-killing tire additive

  EPA News Release: EPA develops 6PPD-q water testing method for widespread use

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024

• EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Portland State University over $640,000 for research

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA proposes new requirements for Skagway and Wrangell wastewater plants to disinfect sewage discharges

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes new requirements for Skagway and Wrangell wastewater plants to disinfect sewage discharges

  • Release Date: July 28, 2023

• EPA announces nearly $4 million for water systems in underserved communities across PNW and Alaska

  Nearly $4 million in grant funds will go to disadvantaged communities in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to support access to clean and safe drinking water.

  • Release Date: June 30, 2023

• EPA proposes new requirements for Haines wastewater plant to disinfect sewage discharges 

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes new requirements for Haines wastewater plant to disinfect sewage discharges 

  • Release Date: May 4, 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

• Squaxin Island Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

  EPA News Release: Squaxin Island Tribe receives EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands

  • Release Date: March 1, 2023

• EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

  Collaborative projects in Alaska and Washington will promote community-led science, knowledge-sharing to support environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA announces nearly $4 million in grant funding to research cumulative health impacts of climate change in underserved communities in Alaska and Washington

  • Release Date: February 27, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13M for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Alaska

  Nearly half of funding for states, Tribes, and territories is available as grants and forgivable loans for critical water infrastructure projects that will help underserved communities across the country

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13M for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Alaska

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023