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News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into an order on consent with the City and County of Honolulu to ensure pollutant discharge requirements are met at the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. This order on consent will ensure that discharges from this facility to the Pacific Ocean are safe for the marine environment, and that the facility is in compliance with the Clean Water Act.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $14.3 Million in Brownfields Grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Train Environmental Workers
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 29 organizations to receive a total of more than $14 million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs across the country. The grants through ...

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1 Million from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Florida Environmental Workers
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 14, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Florida. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program ...

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Latta: Censoring Americans is Fundamentally Un-American
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry regarding the administration coordinating with social media companies to silence Americans.

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EPA Completes Demolition and Asbestos Removal at Charlestown Mall Site in Utica and Frankfort, New York
News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed cleanup work to address asbestos contamination at the Charlestown Mall site in Utica and Frankfort, New York. EPA removed a total of nearly 30,000 tons of debris from the site and completed all site activities.

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Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Intent To Cancel Pesticide Registrations discussed on Dec. 14 by Environmental Protection Agency
The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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EPA grant application closes on March 31
2023 Request for Applications: Puget Sound Action Agenda 2; Climate Resilient Riparian Systems Lead grant opened on Dec. 15.

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Michigan Environmental Workers
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500,000 grant funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Michigan. EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program will grant recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization ...
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EPA selects Baker Technical Institute in Oregon for $500,000 in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of Baker Technical Institute in Oregon to receive a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training grant for environmental job training programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding is among 29 new grants awarded nationally through EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Program to recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization and environmental cleanup projects at brownfield sites.

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EPA selects Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group for $1 million in Brownfield Environmental Job Training Grants
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of the Alaska Forum and Zender Environmental Health and Research Group in Alaska, to receive a total of $1 million in grants for environmental job training programs funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The grants are ...
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500,000 from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Indiana Environmental Workers
News Release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $500,000 grant funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for an environmental job training program in Indiana. EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program grant will recruit, train, and place workers for community revitalization ...

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Johnson: 'Let's pass a CR'; EPA maintains updated contingency plan
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-WI) uneasy support for a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded into February may well come down to Senate action on Thursday.

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Peters: PFAS Runoff at Airports Act provides 'fiscally responsible means to reduce PFAS contamination'
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) said a bill he wrote that aims to lower the levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at commercial airports has now passed the Senate and been sent to President Biden to be signed into law.

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Adair: California businessman 'knowingly persisted in their false assertions'
Two California businessmen and their company pleaded guilty Dec. 1 following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigation Division and Office of the Inspector General, and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.

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Leader Rodgers: “Free Speech is Foundational to America”
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at today’s Energy and Commerce Committee markup on a Resolution of Inquiry on the Biden administration’s efforts to censor Americans by colluding with Big Tech.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1M from EPA's Brownfields Grants to Train Connecticut Environmental Workers
News Release: BOSTON (Dec. 14, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1 million in grants funded through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in Connecticut. The grants through EPA's Brownfields Jobs Training Program will ...
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Million for Job Training in New York
News Release: NEW YORK - St. Nick's Alliance, The Fortune Society, The HOPE Program, and the City of Rochester are among 29 organizations nationwide receiving $14.3 million through EPA's Brownfields Job Training Program to recruit, train and place workers for community revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfield ...

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Environmental Protection Agency discusses Perchloroethylene (PCE); Revision to Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Risk Determination; Notice of Availability on Dec. 14
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page notice on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Million in EPA Brownfields Grants to Train California Environmental Workers, Revitalize Communities
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a total of $1.5 million in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs in California. The grants through EPA’s Brownfields Jobs Training Program will recruit, ...
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EPA Fines Knouse Foods of Central PA $230,000 for 120 Violations of Pollution Laws
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 14, 2022) -- Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. will pay a $230,000 penalty to settle alleged Clean Water Act violations at its fruit processing facility in Peach Glenn, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.

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