EPA Regional Administrator Debra Shore Urges Eligible School Districts in Minnesota to Apply for $500 Million In Available Funding for Clean School Buses
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Creates New EPA Program to Protect Children’s Health, Reduce Pollution, and Boost American Manufacturing May 20, 2022 CHICAGO (May 20, 2022) — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $500 million is now available for school districts and other eligible school bus operators and contractors to […]
EPA Announces over $1.7 million to Pacific Islands, Hawaii and California to Support Water Quality Monitoring for Safe Beach Recreation
May 26, 2022 HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to award up to $10 million in grants to 38 states, territories, and Tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs nationwide. The Pacific Island territories, Hawaii and California will receive $1,757,000 to support beach monitoring activities, including efforts with […]
EPA Announces $750,000 for Water Quality Monitoring in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska
Grant funding will support safe summer beach recreation May 26, 2022 Seattle (May 26, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to award up to $750,000 in grants to Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and a Washington Tribe to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs. Since 2002 EPA’s partners have used nearly $206 million in […]
EPA Regional Administrator Debra Shore Urges Eligible School Districts in Wisconsin to Apply for $500 Million In Available Funding for Clean School Buses
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Creates New EPA Program to Protect Children’s Health, Reduce Pollution, and Boost American Manufacturing May 20, 2022 CHICAGO (May 20, 2022) — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $500 million is now available for school districts and other eligible school bus operators and contractors to […]
EPA Announces Federal Working Group to Strengthen Coordination on Water Reuse and Integrated Water Resources Management Approaches
May 26, 2022 WASHINGTON – This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a Water Reuse Interagency Working Group, which was established under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Section 50218). The Working Group is composed of senior officials from 15 federal agencies, and is charged with developing and coordinating actions, tools, and resources to advance […]
EPA Announces $10 million in Grant Funding to Support Water Quality Monitoring for Safe Summer Beach Recreation
May 26, 2022 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to award up to $10 million in grants to 38 states, territories, and Tribes to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs. Since 2002 EPA’s partners have used nearly $206 million in BEACH Act grants to protect beachgoers by monitoring beaches […]
EPA Regional Administrator Debra Shore Urges Eligible School Districts in Ohio to Apply for $500 Million In Available Funding for Clean School Buses
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Creates New EPA Program to Protect Children’s Health, Reduce Pollution, and Boost American Manufacturing May 20, 2022 CHICAGO (May 20, 2022) — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $500 million is now available for school districts and other eligible school bus operators and contractors to […]
EPA Proposes to Protect Bristol Bay’s Salmon Fishery, Subsistence Fishing for Alaska Natives
May 25, 2022 SEATTLE (May 25, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 Office announced, for public review and comment, a revised Proposed Determination under Clean Water Act Section 404(c) to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters in the Bristol Bay watershed as disposal sites for the discharge of dredged […]
EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia Urges Eligible School Districts in EPA Region 2 to Apply for $500 Million In Available Funding for Clean School Buses
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Creates New EPA Program to Protect Children’s Health, Reduce Pollution, and Boost American Manufacturing May 24, 2022 NEW YORK — The Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $500 million is now available for school districts and other eligible school bus operators and contractors to begin replacing the […]
EPA to Hold a Public Hearing in June on its Objection to Ohio’s Proposed Wastewater Discharge Permit for City of Euclid
May 10, 2022 CHICAGO (May 10, 2022) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a public comment period and a public hearing scheduled for June 7 and 8 on its objection to the State of Ohio’s proposed wastewater discharge permit for the City of Euclid. The hearing was requested by the Ohio Environmental Protection […]