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• EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  Projects will help modernize water infrastructure, protect public health, and increase community resilience

  EPA News Release: EPA Invites Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Projects to Apply for Water Infrastructure Loans

  • Release Date: December 3, 2021

• EPA awards Portland Area Indian Health Board $445,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools and childcare centers

  EPA News Release: EPA awards Portland Area Indian Health Board $445,000 to test for lead in drinking water at schools and childcare centers

  • Release Date: November 23, 2021

• EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  Schools will receive technical assistance to create cleaner air and neighborhood cooling refuges in vulnerable communities impacted by wildfire smoke and extreme heat events

  EPA News Release: EPA to help schools in Oregon and Washington become Community Cleaner Air and Cooling Centers

  • Release Date: November 1, 2021

• EPA Awards Texas Nearly $2 Million to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Texas Nearly $2 Million to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  • Release Date: October 29, 2021

• EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  Lead paint safety training for contractors, community education workshops offered this fall

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: October 25, 2021

• LyondellBasell Companies Agree to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Six U.S. Chemical Plants

  Settlement Will Cut Flaring at Plants in Texas and Iowa

  EPA News Release: LyondellBasell Companies Agree to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Six U.S. Chemical Plants

  • Release Date: October 15, 2021

• EPA Recognizes Harris-Galveston Subsidence District for WaterSense Excellence

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Harris-Galveston Subsidence District for WaterSense Excellence

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• EPA Recognizes Cities of Plano and Allen, Texas, for Achievements as WaterSense Partners

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Cities of Plano and Allen, Texas, for Achievements as WaterSense Partners

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  Waste Management, Inc., agrees to pay $104k penalty and make immediate improvements

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA Announces Austin-Based Lemi Shine Among 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Austin-Based Lemi Shine Among 2021 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners

  • Release Date: September 22, 2021

• EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  Owens-Brockway Glass failed to report chromium used in glassmaking

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  • Release Date: September 16, 2021

• EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  Settlement resolves claims stemming from 2016 UPRR train derailment, spill, and fire

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

• U.S. EPA removes United Scrap Lead Co. site in Troy, Ohio, from Superfund list

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA removes United Scrap Lead Co. site in Troy, Ohio, from Superfund list

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• EPA Urges Communities in Tropical Storm Nicholas’ Path to Avoid Indoor Air Dangers, Use Generators Safely

  EPA News Release: EPA Urges Communities in Tropical Storm Nicholas’ Path to Avoid Indoor Air Dangers, Use Generators Safely

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  EPA: Soil, Water, and Columbia River bottom near Army Corps facility are contaminated with PCBs, PAHs, heavy metals, and other contaminants.

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Bradford Island near Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River to the National Priorities or “Superfund” List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021