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• EPA finalizes action on Fairbanks air plan, partners with state on new one, provides $10 million for more woodstove change-outs & natural gas expansion in Fairbanks, North Star Borough

  EPA News Release: EPA finalizes action on Fairbanks air plan, partners with state on new one, provides $10 million for more woodstove change-outs & natural gas expansion in Fairbanks, North Star Borough

  • Release Date: November 22, 2023

• EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages

  • Release Date: November 21, 2023

• EPA announces $882,806 for environmental justice projects in Alaska 

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $882,806 for environmental justice projects in Alaska 

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• State of Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough receive $10M EPA grant to improve air quality

  EPA News Release: State of Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough receive $10M EPA grant to improve air quality

  • Release Date: October 23, 2023

• EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  EPA News Release: EPA announces $4.6b in pollution reduction grants for Pacific Northwest, Alaska  

  • Release Date: September 20, 2023

• EPA offers Wyoming $248K for stormwater collection, sewer system upgrades

  Infrastructure funding available at no cost to small, financially distressed communities

  EPA News Release: EPA offers Wyoming $248K for stormwater collection, sewer system upgrades

  • Release Date: August 10, 2023

• EPA penalizes Alaska homebuilder $107,000 for violations of Clean Water Act

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Alaska homebuilder $107,000 for violations of Clean Water Act

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023

• University of Wyoming students awarded $25K for air quality monitoring during wildfires

  EPA News Release: University of Wyoming students awarded $25K for air quality monitoring during wildfires

  • Release Date: August 3, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration announces $143,000 for Wyoming to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $143,000 for Wyoming to reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare facilities through Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: August 1, 2023

• EPA proposes new requirements for Skagway and Wrangell wastewater plants to disinfect sewage discharges

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes new requirements for Skagway and Wrangell wastewater plants to disinfect sewage discharges

  • Release Date: July 28, 2023

• EPA penalizes Fairbanks company $117,000 for installing ‘defeat devices’

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Fairbanks company $117,000 for installing ‘defeat devices’

  • Release Date: July 21, 2023

• EPA grants $5.6 million to Alaska to inventory drinking water service lines for lead in nearly 270 tribal and small disadvantaged communities  

  EPA News Release: EPA grants $5.6 million to Alaska to inventory drinking water service lines for lead in nearly 270 tribal and small disadvantaged communities  

  • Release Date: July 6, 2023

• Hecla Mining Company penalized $143,000 for hazardous waste management violations at Greens Creek Silver Mine in Southeast Alaska

  EPA News Release: Hecla Mining Company penalized $143,000 for hazardous waste management violations at Greens Creek Silver Mine in Southeast Alaska

  • Release Date: June 14, 2023

• EPA awards $500K to Rawlins, Wyoming, for property cleanup and revitalization along Interstate 80 corridor  

  City to use Brownfields grant to address contamination, advance redevelopment at critical properties  

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $500K to Rawlins, Wyoming, for property cleanup and revitalization along Interstate 80 corridor  

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA selects 7 Alaska projects to receive $11 million in brownfields funding

  EPA announces the largest investment ever in brownfields communities made by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: EPA selects 7 Alaska projects to receive $11 million in brownfields funding

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023