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November—December 2020 Newsletter

EPA in the Pacific Southwest
Serving Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, 148 Tribal Nations

Infrastructure for Public Health

WIFIA PROGEAM

EPA has provided water infrastructure loans totaling $497 million to the cities of Sunnyvale, San Mateo, and Foster City in Northern California to help improve wastewater management while benefiting public health, water quality and the environment. These loans are especially important to citizens of communities that have been impacted by lingering sanitation issues in the greater San Francisco Bay.

  • WaterWorld Magazine: Nearly $500M for Water Infrastructure in Northern California
  • The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)

Supporting Future Environmental Leaders

Charlie Rodnuson, wearing heaphones on a video conference call using an image of Yosemite as background.
Charlie Rodnuson: Career Services Staff & Program Lead, UC Riverside

EPA, the University of California, Riverside’s Career Center, and the University Innovation Alliance partnered to mentor first-generation college students through an internship program designed to assist graduating students in the transition from college to a career. The work of the students focused on reducing food waste and food insecurity issues in the Riverside community.

  • UC Riverside – EPA Internship (Video)
  • UC Riverside Career Center
  • University Innovation Alliance

Protecting Island Environments

War In The Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
Pacific National Historical Park, Guam

EPA has awarded funding to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam to support the islands in protecting human health and the environment. The islands will use the funding for air, water and land inspections along with monitoring the safety of beaches and drinking water, cleaning up contaminated sites, inspecting fuel storage tanks, protecting coral reefs, and responding to emergencies.

  • Marianas Variety: EPA Awards over $2.4 Million to Northern Mariana Islands
  • Pacific Daily News: EPA Awards nearly $3.1 Million to Guam
  • EPA in the Pacific Islands
Enforcement Update

Protecting Communities from Chemical Spills

EPA has imposed a $60,000 penalty on a Sacramento construction company after one of the company’s tanker trucks rolled down a ravine and crashed. The crash sent roughly 1,000 gallons of asphalt emulsifier, an oily black chemical poured on roads as part of paving projects, flowing into a creek.

  • Mercury News: Company Penalized for Spilling Asphalt Product in San Mateo County Stream
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EPA’s Pacific Southwest Region serves Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and 148 Tribal Nations.

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Green Holidays

It’s important to avoid wasting food even if you’re cooking for fewer people during this pandemic holiday season.

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