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• EPA Announces More Than $17 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Illinois 

  Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities  

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces More Than $17 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Illinois 

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Illinois Recipients to Receive Over $2 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Illinois Recipients to Receive Over $2 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: October 12, 2023

• U.S. EPA begins cleanup of Nelson Knitting site in Rockford, Illinois

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA begins cleanup of Nelson Knitting site in Rockford, Illinois

  • Release Date: January 30, 2023

• 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

• 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

• 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 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

• EPA to take comments on proposed cleanup plan for Olin Corp. facility in East Alton, Illinois

  60-day public comment period begins May 26

  EPA News Release: EPA to take comments on proposed cleanup plan for Olin Corp. facility in East Alton, Illinois

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• EPA to accept applications for grants that enhance recycling markets or reduce food waste until June 1

  EPA News Release: EPA to accept applications for grants that enhance recycling markets or reduce food waste until June 1

  • Release Date: April 27, 2021

• EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Illinois for Innovative Technology Projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $50,000 to Student Teams in Illinois for Innovative Technology Projects

  • Release Date: December 16, 2020

• EPA awards two University of Illinois System institutions nearly $200,000 to support innovative approaches to source reduction

  EPA News Release: EPA awards two University of Illinois System institutions nearly $200,000 to support innovative approaches to source reduction

  • Release Date: November 5, 2020

• University of Illinois at Chicago to receive $300,000 EPA grant for community project to reduce food waste

  EPA News Release: University of Illinois at Chicago to receive $300,000 EPA grant for community project to reduce food waste

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020

• EPA Awards Nearly $1 Million to University of Illinois to Research How to Control and Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $1 Million to University of Illinois to Research How to Control and Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms

  • Release Date: September 17, 2020