Thursday, March 28, 2024
EPA holds free lead-safe certification training in Oakland

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently held free lead-safe certification trainings in Oakland, California, enabling low-income contractors and laborers to safely work on homes with lead paint.
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EPA awards $16 million for Navajo Nation environmental programs

The Navajo Nation will benefit from $16 million in funding from the Environmental Protection Agency, set aside for the tribe’s environmental and drinking water and wastewater infrastructure efforts.
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Bechtel Waste Treatment Plant wins DOE worker safety award

Bechtel Corporation’s Waste Treatment Plant project recently earned the Department of Energy’s Voluntary Protection Program Star of Excellence, the department’s highest worker safety achievement.
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EPA announces $13 million in funding for Arizona tribes' environmental initiatives

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently pledged $13 million for a range of environmental initiatives conducted by and for tribes in Arizona, more than half of which is dedicated to improving water quality.
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EPA awards $5.6 million to tribes in Nevada for environmental programs

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $5.6 million of funding to support tribes in Nevada in implementing environmental programs, maintaining and improving drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, and conducting community education activities.
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$28 million earmarked for California tribal environmental projects

The Environmental Protection Agency announced funding for tribal environmental efforts throughout the country, including $28 million for tribes in California that will go toward environmental programs, water infrastructure improvements and community education initiatives.
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$4.2 million to help protect and restore San Francisco Bay area

The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded three grants totaling $4.2 million through the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund, which will go toward protecting and restoring the water quality, wetlands and urban landscape surrounding San Francisco Bay.
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Arizona State University using $60,000 grant to work with students, Girl Scouts to monitor Phoenix-area water quality

Arizona State University (ASU) recently won a $58,227 Environmental Protection Agency Urban Waters grant to work with K-12 students and two Girl Scouts troops to monitor water quality in the Phoenix-metro area.
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EPA funds urban water quality education in Los Angeles with two $60,000 grants

Two Los Angles-based organizations recently won funding of nearly $60,000 each from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Urban Waters Small Grants program, allowing them to educate students in their communities on water quality.
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Guam Waterworks Authority gains $7.8 million for infrastructure improvements

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced nearly $8 million in funding for the Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) to provide loans to local communities for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure improvements.
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Orange County Water District, EPA to launch contaminated groundwater study

The Orange County Water District in California and the Environmental Protection Agency recently reached an agreement to conduct a remedial investigation and feasibility study on the North Basin, an area of contaminated groundwater.
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SC Fuels pays $75,000 penalty for EPA violations at oil facility in San Jose, California

The Environmental Protection Agency said recently that Southern Counties Oil Co. (SC Fuels) has agreed pay a civil penalty of $75,000 following a settlement related to alleged violations of federal oil pollution prevention regulations in San Jose, California.
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EPA urged to tighten chemical safety rules

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) recently sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Director Gina McCarthy to urge her to strengthen the safety requirements in its proposed update to the Risk Management Program (RMP) chemical safety regulations.
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EPA awards Hawaii $18.6 million to fund low-cost loans for water infrastructure projects

The Hawaii Department of Health recently won two grants from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), worth a combined $18.6 million, that it will use on projects to improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure throughout the state.
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EPA selects 13 STAR fellows from Pacific Southwest schools

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $6 million in funding for 52 Science to Achieve Results (STAR) graduate fellows, including 13 fellows from universities in Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada.
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General Petroleum settles with EPA over Los Angeles facility Clean Water Act violations

General Petroleum Corp. recently settled with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over violations at its petroleum storage facility on the Port of Los Angeles’ Terminal Island, for which the company did not have an adequate Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan.  
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American Samoa receives $2.7 million EPA grant for environmental programs

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a $2.7 million grant to the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) for environmental programs such as inspections, drinking water and beach safety monitoring, cleanup activities, protective measures and emergency response.
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EPA honors Dublin, California Whole Foods with Best of the Best GreenChill Award

Whole Foods Market in Dublin, California, recently won the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Best of the Best” GreenChill Award in recognition of the store’s new environmentally friendly refrigeration system that uses ammonia instead of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
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EPA issues request for proposals for Navajo Nation Uranium Mine cleanup

In its continued efforts to clean up uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued a request for proposals for the Navajo Area Uranium Mines Response, Assessment, and Evaluation Services contract.
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Northern Mariana Islands receive $2.4 million from EPA for environmental programs

The Northern Mariana Islands’ Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ) recently received $2.4 million of funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which will go toward the organization’s environmental programs.  
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