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EPA News: Capital Region Water agrees to make upgrades to wastewater treatment for Harrisburg area

EPA News: Capital Region Water agrees to make u...

"The modified consent decree updates a 2015 consent decree that resolved violations of the Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law..."

EPA Reaches $11 Million Settlement with Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company

EPA Reaches $11 Million Settlement with Puerto ...

EPA has reached a settlement with PRIDCO for the reimbursement of $11 million in costs EPA incurred in cleaning up contamination at the Maunabo Groundwater

EPA and Army Finalize Rule Establishing Definition of WOTUS and Restoring Fundamental Water Protections

EPA and Army Finalize Rule Establishing Definit...

The final rule restores essential water protections that were in place prior to 2015 under the Clean Water Act

EPA proposes Clean Water Act settlement on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana

EPA proposes Clean Water Act settlement on the ...

Proposed penalty addresses violations at the Browning Lagoon Wastewater Treatment Facility and Two Medicine Water Treatment Plant

EPA Announces $25.7 Million in Grants to Support Water Systems in Rural and Small Communities

EPA Announces $25.7 Million in Grants to Suppor...

EPA’s funding will help ensure that drinking water in these communities is safe and that wastewater is treated before it is responsibly returned...

EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful PFAS Pollution

EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful...

New EPA memo provides direction under NPDES permitting program to restrict PFAS at their source

City of Elyria, Ohio Agrees to Federal/State Plan to Eliminate Sewage Discharges into the Black River

City of Elyria, Ohio Agrees to Federal/State Pl...

Investments In Municipal Wastewater System Will Improve Water Quality

EPA Issues Final List of Contaminants for Potential Regulatory Consideration in Drinking Water, Significantly Increases PFAS Chemicals for Review

EPA Issues Final List of Contaminants for Poten...

This update includes a substantial expansion of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), an important first step towards identifying additional PFAS

Colorado to receive $411,440 through EPA’s Pollution Prevention Grant program

Colorado to receive $411,440 through EPA’s Poll...

P2 funding will support state partnerships with businesses to reduce pollution and costs and focus on environmental justice concerns in communities

New York receives over $200 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding

New York receives over $200 million in Bipartis...

This is the 1st installment of a total of nearly $427 mil. in funding going to New York for water infrastructure, with an additional $220 mil. expected.

EPA settles with Guam Shipyard to reduce pollution at Apra Harbor Facility

EPA settles with Guam Shipyard to reduce pollut...

U.S. EPA has reached a settlement with Guam Shipyard to meet pollutant discharge requirements under the Clean Water Act to protect Apra Harbor.

Seaport Refining to Pay $127,000 Penalty Under Settlement with EPA Tied to Refinery in Redwood City

Seaport Refining to Pay $127,000 Penalty Under ...

U.S. EPA announced a settlement with Seaport Refining & Environmental, LLC, the owner and operator of a petroleum refinery in Redwood City, CA.

EPA Awards Nearly $2 Million to UC Berkeley for Research to Advance Water Management and Security

EPA Awards Nearly $2 Million to UC Berkeley for...

EAR is the practice of using excess surface water to intentionally replenish and supplement existing groundwater supplies for storage and potential reuse.

EPA Selects Recipients of Nearly $12 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

EPA Selects Recipients of Nearly $12 Million in...

These grants will allow states & Tribes to provide businesses with technical assistance to help them develop & adopt P2 practices.

EPA Fines Shilling Construction Company Inc. for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations in Kansas

EPA Fines Shilling Construction Company Inc. fo...

Shilling Construction Company Inc. will pay $71,324 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act

Under EPA agreement, Marine Corps Base Hawaii to make improvements after stormwater violations

Under EPA agreement, Marine Corps Base Hawaii t...

EPA announced a Federal Facility Compliance Agreement with the US Marine Corps to make improvements related to stormwater discharges at the Hawaiian Base

EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from Presi...

Up to $6.9 million in Clean Water Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will be awarded to reduce toxics in fish and water, address climate impacts

EPA fine leads to Hawaii DLNR acting on illegal cesspools

EPA fine leads to Hawaii DLNR acting on illegal...

Largest land manager in Hawaii will evaluate its 1.3 million acres of property