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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  As part of the Investing in America agenda, Grantmakers selected to reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• 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 solicits comments and will host public hearing in Bainbridge, Georgia regarding BASF Corporation’s Attapulgus facility

  EPA News Release: EPA solicits comments and will host public hearing in Bainbridge, Georgia regarding BASF Corporation’s Attapulgus facility

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $30 Million to Protect Tucson Residents from PFAS

  President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is delivering historic resources to upgrade drinking water infrastructure and better protect public health

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $30 Million to Protect Tucson Residents from PFAS

  • Release Date: November 16, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Projects in communities across Georgia as part of Investing in America agenda

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

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1.5 million for Environmental Justice Projects in communities across Georgia as part of Investing in America agenda

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Iron King Mine-Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Iron King Mine-Humboldt Smelter Superfund Site

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• EPA to Review Cleanups at 40 Southeast Superfund Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA to Review Cleanups at 40 Southeast Superfund Sites

  • Release Date: October 19, 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

• $30M BIL investment advances Superfund cleanup on Atlanta’s Westside and free EPA job training provides skills, job opportunities for 20 local residents

  EPA News Release: $30M BIL investment advances Superfund cleanup on Atlanta’s Westside and free EPA job training provides skills, job opportunities for 20 local residents

  • Release Date: October 10, 2023

• MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight BIL funding for Westside Superfund Site cleanup and recognize 20 local Superfund Job Training Initiative graduates at Atlanta press event

  EPA News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA to highlight BIL funding for Westside Superfund Site cleanup and recognize 20 local Superfund Job Training Initiative graduates at Atlanta press event

  • Release Date: October 3, 2023

• EPA Reaches Agreement with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to Improve Wastewater Treatment

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Agreement with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to Improve Wastewater Treatment

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023