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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $100 Million for the organization Metroplan to Develop Community-Driven Solutions to Cut Climate Pollution Across Arkansas and Oklahoma

  Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice

  As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Metroplan will receive $99,999,999 from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.

  • Release Date: July 23, 2024

• EPA Announces Nearly $2 Million in Cleanup and Climate Grants to Choctaw Nation

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Choctaw Nation for two grants totaling nearly $2 million.

  • Release Date: October 31, 2023

• Judicial Settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. Resolves Clean Water Act Violations

  The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc (Transocean) for alleged violations.

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Adds Oklahoma Site to Superfund National Priorities List

  Biden-Harris Administration Continues Its Commitment to Cleaning Up Pollution and Address Public Health Risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Oklahoma Site to Superfund National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2023

• EPA Advises Facility Operators to Prepare for Hazardous Weather Events

  As the hurricane season kicks off, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds facility operators of preventing, minimizing, and reporting chemical releases during hazardous weather events.

  • Release Date: July 18, 2023

• EPA to Add Oklahoma Superfund Site to the National Priorities List

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Fansteel Metals Superfund site to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation’s most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment.

  • Release Date: March 29, 2023

• Oklahoma City Used Oil Recyclers Pay Nearly $2 Million for Processing, Transportation, and Storage Violations

  January Environmental Services, Inc., January Transport, Inc., and company-owner Cris January will pay civil penalties of $1.9 million and perform comprehensive corrective measures to resolve allegations that they violated the RCRA in Oklahoma.

  • Release Date: November 9, 2022

• EPA and ICMA Invite Media to Attend 2022 Brownfields Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  EPA News Release: EPA and ICMA Invite Media to Attend 2022 Brownfields Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • Release Date: August 10, 2022

• EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Oklahoma Corporation Commission to Receive $2,000,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: May 17, 2022

• EPA Settlement with Allied BioScience Addresses Alleged Claims of SurfaceWise2 Product and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Allied BioScience Addresses Alleged Claims of SurfaceWise2 Product and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• EPA Announces Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Funding

  • Release Date: June 17, 2021

• EPA Announces $330,000 to Okla. Dept. of Environmental to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $330,000 to Okla. Dept. of Environmental to Cleanup and Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA Announces Oklahoma City to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Oklahoma City to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 1, 2021

• EPA Deletes Tulsa Fuel & Manufacturing Site from National Priorities List of Contaminated Sites

  EPA News Release: EPA Deletes Tulsa Fuel & Manufacturing Site from National Priorities List of Contaminated Sites

  • Release Date: October 13, 2020

• EPA Proposes to add site in Odessa, Texas to National Priorities List

  Nationwide, four sites proposed, six sites added, and one removed

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to add site in Odessa, Texas to National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 1, 2020