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• EPA awards $1 million to the City of Monte Vista, Colorado, for cleanup and redevelopment projects 

  Brownfields grant funding to address property contamination, spur economic revitalization and redevelop historic buildings  

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1 million to the City of Monte Vista, Colorado, for cleanup and redevelopment projects 

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• EPA awards $1.6 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Greeley and Kersey, Colorado 

  Brownfields grants to spur community and economic revitalization 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1.6 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Greeley and Kersey, Colorado 

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• EPA awards $1 million to the City of Pueblo, Colorado, for cleanup and redevelopment projects 

  Brownfields grant funding to address property contamination, spur economic revitalization, and redevelop historic buildings, including a National Historic Landmark site 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1 million to the City of Pueblo, Colorado, for cleanup and redevelopment projects 

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• EPA awards over $3.2 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Northglenn and Lakewood, Colorado

  Brownfields grant funding aimed to address property contamination and spur affordable housing redevelopment projects 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards over $3.2 million for cleanup and redevelopment projects in Northglenn and Lakewood, Colorado

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

  Updated 10-year report shows decreases in chemical releases nationally and regionally

  EPA News Release: EPA report provides toxic chemical release information for your state or Tribe

  • Release Date: March 21, 2024

• EPA hosts “Road Show” in Commerce City to help communities access historic Investing in America funding

  EPA’s Community, Equity and Resiliency initiative is supporting environmental justice communities to benefit from unprecedented Inflation Reduction Act funding

  EPA News Release: EPA hosts “Road Show” in Commerce City to help communities access historic Investing in America funding

  • Release Date: March 7, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites

  Utilizing updated, best available science, EPA lowers screening levels for the first time in 30 years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Safeguards to Protect Families and Children from Lead in Contaminated Soil at Residential Sites

  • Release Date: January 17, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $3.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across Colorado as part of Investing in America Agenda

  Projects part of largest investments through EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement and Environmental Justice Government-to-Government grant programs funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces more than $3.5 million for Environmental Justice projects in communities across Colorado as part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA deletes portion of Eagle Mine Superfund site in Colorado from National Priorities List

  Cleanup milestone reflects Superfund progress in securing healthier communities

  EPA News Release: EPA deletes portion of Eagle Mine Superfund site in Colorado from National Priorities List

  • Release Date: August 21, 2023

• EPA joins Mayor Hancock to award over $1 million for revitalization of contaminated riverfront property in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood 

  Denver Housing Authority to clean up and develop new housing at abandoned Tank Farm

  EPA News Release: EPA joins Mayor Hancock to award over $1 million for revitalization of contaminated riverfront property in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood 

  • Release Date: June 26, 2023

•    EPA awards $500,000 to Brighton, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize downtown properties  

  Funding will be used to address contamination at former warehouse, grain elevator, canning factory, petroleum sites and other abandoned properties   

  EPA News Release:    EPA awards $500,000 to Brighton, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize downtown properties  

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• EPA awards $1 million to clean up and revitalize Keating School property in Pueblo, Colorado’s Bessemer neighborhood 

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will address contamination and redevelop historic building as a theater and community space 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $1 million to clean up and revitalize Keating School property in Pueblo, Colorado’s Bessemer neighborhood 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA awards $500,000 to San Miguel County, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize properties in Norwood, Telluride and Ophir  

  Funding will address contamination at dozens of properties, including former mining sites, gas stations, a school and a power plant   

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500,000 to San Miguel County, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize properties in Norwood, Telluride and Ophir  

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA awards $500,000 to the Town of San Luis, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize Main Street properties  

  Funding will address contamination, protect water quality and advance new development opportunities  

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500,000 to the Town of San Luis, Colorado, to clean up and revitalize Main Street properties  

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023