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• EPA Announces Start of Cleanup at the Trowbridge Dam Site in Allegan, Michigan

  Department of Natural Resources boat launch will be closed until 2027

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Start of Cleanup at the Trowbridge Dam Site in Allegan, Michigan

  • Release Date: September 20, 2024

• EPA Completes $2 Million Contaminated Soil Cleanup at Belanger Park in River Rouge, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes $2 Million Contaminated Soil Cleanup at Belanger Park in River Rouge, Michigan

  • Release Date: September 9, 2024

• EPA to Begin Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Goo Smoke Shop Site in Clinton Township, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA to Begin Hazardous Waste Cleanup at Goo Smoke Shop Site in Clinton Township, Michigan

  • Release Date: August 21, 2024

• EPA to Hold Training and Open House on August 29 for Michner Plating-Mechanic Street Superfund Site in Jackson, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA to Hold Training and Open House on August 29 for Michner Plating-Mechanic Street Superfund Site in Jackson, Michigan

  • Release Date: August 21, 2024

• EPA to Delete Two Areas Within the Former Landfill of the Allied Paper Site from Superfund List

  EPA News Release: EPA to Delete Two Areas Within the Former Landfill of the Allied Paper Site from Superfund List

  • Release Date: August 16, 2024

• EPA Announces Revisions to the Velsicol Chemical Superfund Site Cleanup Plan

  EPA to hold an availability session July 31, will accept public comments until August 13

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Revisions to the Velsicol Chemical Superfund Site Cleanup Plan

  • Release Date: July 12, 2024

• EPA to Hold Community Meeting Thursday, June 20, on Cleanup Progress at the Bofors Nobel Superfund Site 

  EPA News Release: EPA to Hold Community Meeting Thursday, June 20, on Cleanup Progress at the Bofors Nobel Superfund Site 

  • Release Date: June 14, 2024

• EPA Announces More Than $6 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Michigan

  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 $6 Million in Brownfield Grants Through Investing in America Agenda to Rehabilitate and Revitalize Communities in Michigan

  • Release Date: May 20, 2024

• EPA Announces Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to Receive More Than $156 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Through the Biden-Harris Administration

  EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to Receive More Than $156 Million to Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs and Advancing Environmental Justice Through the Biden-Harris Administration

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• EPA Begins Cleanup at the Cheboygan Tissue Fire Site in Michigan

  More truck traffic along South Main Street is anticipated, South Main Street sidewalk will remain closed

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Cleanup at the Cheboygan Tissue Fire Site in Michigan

  • Release Date: April 18, 2024

• EPA Begins Contaminated Soil Cleanup at Belanger Park in River Rouge, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Contaminated Soil Cleanup at Belanger Park in River Rouge, Michigan

  • Release Date: March 25, 2024

• EPA Proposes to Add Gelman Sciences Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Superfund National Priorities List

  The comment period begins March 7

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Add Gelman Sciences Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: March 5, 2024

• EPA Proposes to Remove Part of Allied Paper Site from Superfund List

  Public Comment Period Ends March 18, 2024

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Remove Part of Allied Paper Site from Superfund List

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $500,000 for innovative solar energy project on the Pine Ridge Reservation as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Project 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 President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act 

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $500,000 for innovative solar energy project on the Pine Ridge Reservation as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $1 million for Environmental Justice project to address radon risks in North Dakota as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  Project 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 $1 million for Environmental Justice project to address radon risks in North Dakota as part of Investing in America Agenda 

  • Release Date: October 24, 2023