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• EPA completes two Great Lakes projects totaling $9.5 million to clean up contaminated sediment in Muskegon Lake and Detroit River Areas of Concern

  Completed: $6.6 million cleanup at Ryerson Creek Outfall and $2.9 million cleanup at Detroit Riverwalk

  EPA News Release: EPA completes two Great Lakes projects totaling $9.5 million to clean up contaminated sediment in Muskegon Lake and Detroit River Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: December 29, 2020

• EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  Launched in 2010, GLRI has funded over 5,400 projects totaling more than $2.7 billion; $16 million slated for two newly selected projects

  EPA News Release: EPA, Members of Congress, Partners and Stakeholders celebrate a decade of GLRI success 

  • Release Date: December 9, 2020

• EPA highlights recent major accomplishments in Flint, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA highlights recent major accomplishments in Flint, Michigan

  • Release Date: December 7, 2020

• EPA adds public hearings, extends public comment period on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services, Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  Public Comment Period Extended to Jan. 20; Virtual Public Hearings Scheduled for Jan. 12, Jan. 14

  EPA News Release: EPA adds public hearings, extends public comment period on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services, Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  • Release Date: November 24, 2020

• EPA seeks comment on proposed plan to clean up the Rolls-Royce Facility in Indianapolis

  Comment period runs November 16 to December 31

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks comment on proposed plan to clean up the Rolls-Royce Facility in Indianapolis

  • Release Date: November 16, 2020

• EPA Announces $55 Million for Water Infrastructure in Indiana

  EPA also announces a $140,000 Environmental Justice Grant for Marion County to Improve Indoor Air Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $55 Million for Water Infrastructure in Indiana

  • Release Date: October 28, 2020

• EPA Announces $116 Million for Water Infrastructure in Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $116 Million for Water Infrastructure in Illinois

  • Release Date: October 27, 2020

• EPA and Beazer East begin soil cleanup at former Koppers Wood-Treating Site in Carbondale

  EPA News Release: EPA and Beazer East begin soil cleanup at former Koppers Wood-Treating Site in Carbondale

  • Release Date: October 14, 2020

• EPA announces completion of groundwater pilot study in Franklin, Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA announces completion of groundwater pilot study in Franklin, Indiana

  • Release Date: October 1, 2020

• EPA to take public comment on proposed finding that nearby cleanup work will have no adverse effect on historic properties or cultural resources at Lac Du Flambeau Reservation

  Comment period runs September 29 – October 29

  EPA News Release: EPA to take public comment on proposed finding that nearby cleanup work will have no adverse effect on historic properties or cultural resources at Lac Du Flambeau Reservation

  • Release Date: September 29, 2020

• EPA Announces Start of Two GLRI-Funded Great Lakes Cleanups Totaling $22.5 Million in the Saint Louis River Area of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Start of Two GLRI-Funded Great Lakes Cleanups Totaling $22.5 Million in the Saint Louis River Area of Concern

  • Release Date: September 18, 2020

• EPA completes cleanup of Hegewisch Little League Field

  EPA News Release: EPA completes cleanup of Hegewisch Little League Field

  • Release Date: September 16, 2020

• EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Regional Administrator Visits Indiana, Highlights $3.8 Million to Improve Water Quality and Protect Watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Visits Indiana, Highlights $3.8 Million to Improve Water Quality and Protect Watersheds

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Requests Applications for $10 Million GLRI Grant to Monitor Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

  EPA News Release: EPA Requests Applications for $10 Million GLRI Grant to Monitor Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

  • Release Date: August 27, 2020