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EPA Announces $9.5 Million for Nevada to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

EPA has announced $9.457 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in Nevada communities that need it most.

• Release Date: May 19, 2026

EPA Announces $9.5 Million for Hawaii to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $9.457 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in Hawaii communities that need it most.

• Release Date: May 19, 2026

EPA Announces $9.5 Million for American Samoa to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $9.457 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in American Samoa communities that need it most.

• Release Date: May 19, 2026

EPA Announces $20 Million for Arizona to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $20 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in Arizona communities that need it most.

• Release Date: May 19, 2026

EPA Announces $9.5 Million for Guam to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $9.457 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in Guam communities that need it most.

• Release Date: May 19, 2026

EPA Announces $77.3 Million for California to Address PFAS in Drinking Water

EPA has announced $77.257 million in new Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants in California communities that need it most.

• Release Date: May 19, 2026

EPA’s Eaton Fire Soil Sampling Confirms Federal Cleanup Protocols Effectively Remediated Burn Debris Contamination

98% of Eaton fire properties sampled meet federal subsurface lead standards, 95% sampled meet surface standards in excavated areas

EPA today released Eaton Fire burn zone soil sampling results showing that the federal response to the January 2025 wildfires – the removal of burn debris and the top six inches of soil beneath burned structures by USACE was effective.

• Release Date: May 19, 2026