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• EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlements Over Clean Air Act Violations at Ports in California and Hawaii

  • Release Date: December 18, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment to Recruit and Train California Workers for Community Revitalization Work

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfield Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investment to Recruit and Train California Workers for Community Revitalization Work

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• EPA Hazardous Materials Removal Work is Now 85% Complete on Maui

  EPA personnel continue to focus on hazardous material removal and applying soil stabilizer to ash and debris to protect public health and the environment

  EPA News Release: EPA Hazardous Materials Removal Work is Now 85% Complete on Maui

  • Release Date: October 26, 2023

• EPA Hazardous Materials Removal, First Stage of Multi-Phase Cleanup, is 75% Complete on Maui

  Ash and debris stabilization expands; removal and disposal of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries begins

  EPA News Release: EPA Hazardous Materials Removal, First Stage of Multi-Phase Cleanup, is 75% Complete on Maui

  • Release Date: October 18, 2023

• EPA Begins Soil Stabilizer Application in Lāhainā, Maui

  EPA to apply soil stabilizer to ash and debris footprint of burned buildings

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Soil Stabilizer Application in Lāhainā, Maui

  • Release Date: October 13, 2023

• Hill Brothers to Pay Penalty, Improve Safety to Resolve Claims of Clean Air Act Violations at California and Arizona Facilities

  EPA News Release: Hill Brothers to Pay Penalty, Improve Safety to Resolve Claims of Clean Air Act Violations at California and Arizona Facilities

  • Release Date: October 10, 2023

• EPA Settles with Two Watsonville, Calif., Companies for Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Two Watsonville, Calif., Companies for Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 25, 2023

• Nevada-Based Thatcher Agrees to Pay Penalty, Undertake Project for Fire Department to Settle Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

  Under the settlement, owner of Sparks facility will pay a penalty, purchase equipment for fire department

  EPA News Release: Nevada-Based Thatcher Agrees to Pay Penalty, Undertake Project for Fire Department to Settle Claims of Chemical Safety Violations

  • Release Date: September 5, 2023

• EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  EPA News Release: EPA Cracks Down on Companies in California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington State for Selling Illegal Auto Parts that Avoid Pollution Controls

  • Release Date: August 24, 2023

• EPA Seeks Nominations for Public Participation in Red Hill Community Representation Initiative

  EPA News Release: EPA Seeks Nominations for Public Participation in Red Hill Community Representation Initiative

  • Release Date: August 23, 2023

• EPA objects to Colorado’s Suncor refinery air permit after evaluating petitions

  Objection and order for Clean Air Act permit for Plant 2 requires state revisions 

  EPA News Release: EPA objects to Colorado’s Suncor refinery air permit after evaluating petitions

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• EPA Opens Flagstaff Office with Focus on Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines

  EPA News Release: EPA Opens Flagstaff Office with Focus on Navajo Abandoned Uranium Mines

  • Release Date: July 25, 2023

• Informe de la EPA encuentra que la refinería Suncor tiene más incidentes de contaminación del aire en comparación con otras refinerías

  El departamento de salud del estado de Colorado solicitó la revisión para ayudar a identificar las causas y reducir la contaminación del aire de Suncor

  EPA News Release: Informe de la EPA encuentra que la refinería Suncor tiene más incidentes de contaminación del aire en comparación con otras refinerías

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• EPA report finds Suncor refinery having more air pollution incidents compared to other refineries

  Colorado state health department requested the review to help identify causes and reduce air pollution from Suncor

  EPA News Release: EPA report finds Suncor refinery having more air pollution incidents compared to other refineries

  • Release Date: June 9, 2023

• Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  Clean Air Act settlements for facilities operated by Williams Companies, Inc., MPLX LP, and WES DJ Gathering LLC will reduce ozone-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases in EPA Region 8 communities

  EPA News Release: Settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution in Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, the Southern Ute Reservation, and the Uintah and Ouray Reservation

  • Release Date: April 20, 2023