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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.

EPA and Colorado announce enforcement partnership to advance environmental justice goals

EPA and Colorado announce enforcement partnersh...

EPA and CDPHE to meet with communities to get input and develop implementation plan

EPA Releases New Memo Outlining Strategy to Equitably Deliver Clean Water Through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

EPA Releases New Memo Outlining Strategy to Equ...

"EPA’s memo highlights the flexibility provided to states and borrowers to address a wide variety of local water quality and public health challenges."

EPA Awards Over $65,000 to U.S. Virgin Islands Government to Expand Understanding of Wetlands

EPA Awards Over $65,000 to U.S. Virgin Islands ...

"Wetlands in the US V.I. are critical to supporting healthy aquatic ecosystems as well as providing flood & erosion control, stabilizing shorelines."

EPA Announces $23 Million in Pollution Prevention Grant Opportunities, including $14 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

EPA Announces $23 Million in Pollution Preventi...

Grants include emphasis on projects that address environmental justice and climate change.

EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Orchard for Clean Water Act Violations, Orders Restoration of Wetlands

EPA Fines Owner of San Joaquin Valley Almond Or...

The settlement requires the owner to pay $212,000 in civil penalties and restore and preserve 15 acres of wetland habitat.

2022 Construction General Permit (CGP) Soon to be Released

2022 Construction General Permit (CGP) Soon to ...

The 2022 CGP, which will become effective on February 17, 2022, replaces the 2017 CGP.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Nearly $17 Million for Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements in Bonita Springs

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Nearly ...

Funding will be used to make critical improvements to 2.5 miles of stormwater infrastructure and will repair damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

West Penn Power to pay $610,00 penalty in over discharge violations at coal ash landfills

West Penn Power to pay $610,00 penalty in over ...

“This settlement reaffirms that compliance with the Clean Water Act is an ongoing obligation for all industrial polluters..."

Texas Water Development Board today approved financial assistance totaling $41,580,908 for water, stormwater, and flood projects

Texas Water Development Board today approved fi...

TWDB administers assistance programs for the construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control, & agricultural water conservation projects.

EPA and Massachusetts Settlements ensure Company will Pay Nearly $1.5 Million for 2019 North River Fish Kill

EPA and Massachusetts Settlements ensure Compan...

Company will Compensate Massachusetts for Harms to Natural Resources and Cold Water Fishery