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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $61 Million for Water Infrastructure in Minnesota Through Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $61 Million for Water Infrastructure in Minnesota Through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $37.6 Million in Funding to Minnesota to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  EPA Announces New Final Regulations and New Funding Under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda for Clean Drinking Water

  Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces $37.6 Million in Funding to Minnesota to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

  • Release Date: October 8, 2024

• EPA and Partners Complete Cleanup and Restoration, Open New Trail at Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding accelerated the project, part of the St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior

  EPA News Release: EPA and Partners Complete Cleanup and Restoration, Open New Trail at Spirit Lake near Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: July 10, 2024

• EPA Settlement Improves Safety of Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Improves Safety of Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center

  • Release Date: April 11, 2023

• EPA Transmits Addition of 32 Waters to Minnesota’s 2020 Impaired Waters List

  EPA News Release: EPA Transmits Addition of 32 Waters to Minnesota’s 2020 Impaired Waters List

  • Release Date: November 9, 2021

• EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  For the second time, GLRI grants available to keep trash out of the Great Lakes

  EPA News Release: EPA requests applications for $5 million in funding for Great Lakes trash-free water projects

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021

• EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  Launched in 2010, GLRI has funded over 5,400 projects totaling more than $2.7 billion; $16 million slated for two newly selected projects

  EPA News Release: EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• EPA completes cleanup of Hegewisch Little League Field

  EPA News Release: EPA completes cleanup of Hegewisch Little League Field

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• EPA completes oil spill cleanup at Duck Creek in Toledo, Ohio

  EPA News Release: EPA completes oil spill cleanup at Duck Creek in Toledo, Ohio

  • Release Date: May 13, 2020

• EPA Region 5 to Donate Excess PPE for Use Fighting COVID-19

  More than 10,000 pieces of PPE to be donated for use in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 5 to Donate Excess PPE for Use Fighting COVID-19

  • Release Date: April 3, 2020

• EPA announces $4.5 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.5 million sediment cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Duluth, Minnesota

  • Release Date: March 30, 2020

• EPA Awards Michigan $1.19 Million in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Michigan $1.19 Million in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: March 19, 2020

• EPA Announces Over $46 Million for Infrastructure Projects to Protect Surface Water and Drinking Water in Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $46 Million for Infrastructure Projects to Protect Surface Water and Drinking Water in Minnesota

  • Release Date: February 12, 2020

• EPA orders hazardous waste investigation at former Cities Service Refinery, East Chicago

  EPA News Release: EPA orders hazardous waste investigation at former Cities Service Refinery, East Chicago

  • Release Date: February 10, 2020

• EPA Announces Completion of Sewer and Soil Remedy in Franklin, Ind.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Completion of Sewer and Soil Remedy in Franklin, Ind.

  • Release Date: January 22, 2020