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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

Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K and Perform Watershed Restoration for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

Missouri Limestone Quarry to Pay $210K and Perf...

Trager Limestone LLC has agreed to pay a $210,000 civil penalty and perform watershed restoration at a cost of over $300,000, as part of a settlement.

EPA Order Puerto Rico Developers to Stop Pollution Discharges from Construction Site

EPA Order Puerto Rico Developers to Stop Pollut...

EPA considers it a priority to assure compliance with the Clean Water Act due to increased construction activity across P.R., especially in coastal areas.

EPA Awards Research Grants to 16 Student Teams to Develop Innovative Solutions to Environmental Challenges

EPA Awards Research Grants to 16 Student Teams ...

EPA’s P3 program is a 2-phase research grant program open to teams of college and university students working to design solutions for a sustainable future.

EPA Announces $6.5 Billion in New Funding Available for Water Infrastructure Projects

EPA Announces $6.5 Billion in New Funding Avail...

This funding will provide up to $6.5 billion in total funding to support $13 billion in water infrastructure projects while creating more than 40k jobs.

EPA Requires Closure of Kauai Cesspool, Protects Groundwater Resources

EPA Requires Closure of Kauai Cesspool, Protect...

Koloa Self Storage illegally operated Large Capacity Cesspool beyond the 2005 deadline

U.S., Delaware settle with 21 parties on $41.6 million cleanup of Delaware Sand & Gravel Landfill Superfund Site

U.S., Delaware settle with 21 parties on $41.6 ...

Between 1969 & 1976, approximately 550k cubic yards of industrial waste & construction debris, including at least 13k drums containing hazardous substances

EPA Orders Housing Developer to Stop Raw Sewage Discharges in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

EPA Orders Housing Developer to Stop Raw Sewage...

“Wastewater poses numerous threats to public health & the environment, so it’s imperative that regulated entities comply with the Clean Water Act."

EPA Selects Recipients for $21.7 Million in Technical Assistance Grants to Support Clean, Safe Water for Rural Communities

EPA Selects Recipients for $21.7 Million in Tec...

EPA is committed to helping communities across America upgrade and maintain water systems that are essential to public health and environmental protection.

EPA order enforces trash prevention safeguards in Montebello, protecting Los Angeles waterways

EPA order enforces trash prevention safeguards ...

This action will help the city achieve compliance with the Clean Water Act with respect to discharges of trash into the Los Angeles River.

EPA Announces $524 Million Investment to Improve Health of Waterways and Oceans as Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates Earth Week

EPA Announces $524 Million Investment to Improv...

“Thanks to funding from EPA and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we’re able to make significant investments in the health of our shared oceans,”

EPA Awards $100,000 to UC Berkeley for creating technology to remove high levels of arsenic from groundwater

EPA Awards $100,000 to UC Berkeley for creating...

“These students are leading the way with their environmental solutions to move us toward a more sustainable future.”

EPA Releases FY 2023 Congressional Budget Justification

EPA Releases FY 2023 Congressional Budget Justi...

The President’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget requests $11.881 billion for the EPA’s essential work to protect people from pollution.

EPA Announces Strategy to Protect Water Quality by Accelerating Nutrient Pollution Reductions

EPA Announces Strategy to Protect Water Quality...

“Nutrient pollution is one of America's most widespread, costly, and challenging environmental problems,” said EPA's Radhika Fox.