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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  EPA selects OAI, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois to receive one of the first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $342,400 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Illinois Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois

  The Agency will hold a public meeting at Danville Area Community College on Wednesday, December 7, from 5:30 – 8 p.m.

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Hegeler Zinc Superfund site in Vermilion County, Illinois

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022

• EPA Orders Two Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  Lansing and Maywood must certify they are prepared for risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Two Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  • Release Date: November 21, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $1.2 Million for Three Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Illinois

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Almost $1.2 Million for Three Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects in Illinois

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., Over Destroyed Wetlands in East St. Louis, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., Over Destroyed Wetlands in East St. Louis, Illinois

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $48 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Illinois School Districts

  Historic investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law headed to all 50 states in effort to transform America’s school bus fleet

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $48 Million from EPA’s Clean School Bus Program for Illinois School Districts

  • Release Date: October 26, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Illinois

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration and EPA Announce Delivery of Historic Water Infrastructure Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Illinois

  • Release Date: October 11, 2022

• U.S. EPA Reaches Settlement with Petrochemical Producer Altivia on Clean Air Act Violations in Ohio

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Reaches Settlement with Petrochemical Producer Altivia on Clean Air Act Violations in Ohio

  • Release Date: September 23, 2022

• EPA Announces Over $1 Million in Grant Funding to University of Illinois for Pollution Prevention

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Over $1 Million in Grant Funding to University of Illinois for Pollution Prevention

  • Release Date: September 8, 2022

• EPA Awards $100,000 to University of Illinois at Chicago

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $100,000 to University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Awards $60,000 to Friends of the Chicago River

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $60,000 to Friends of the Chicago River

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Recognizes Waukegan Educator with 2022 Presidential Innovation Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Waukegan Educator with 2022 Presidential Innovation Award

  • Release Date: July 7, 2022

• EPA Announces $245,000 Grant to Support Water Quality Monitoring for Safe Summer Beach Recreation in Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $245,000 Grant to Support Water Quality Monitoring for Safe Summer Beach Recreation in Illinois

  • Release Date: May 31, 2022