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  EPA invites Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to apply for water infrastructure funding

  The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s (MSD) Project Clear is among 39 new projects invited by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans.

  By John Suayan

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  EPA seeks public comment on plan to clean contaminated aquifer in Ohio

  A 30-day public comment period on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to clean up the Milford Contaminated Aquifer Site in Ohio began Dec. 8.

  By John Suayan

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  EPA celebrates redevelopment of former Griffiss AFB in central New York state

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently celebrated the restoration and reuse of contaminated land at the former Griffiss Air Force Base in central New York state.

  By John Suayan

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  EPA Awards United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc $1,087,000 to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $1,087,000 to United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc (USET) to help identify sources of lead in drinking water in schools or childcare facilities.

  By Press release submission

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  National academies commend EPA’s IRIS program handbook, acknowledge program ‘can serve as a model’

  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has recently commended, through peer review, a handbook on human health assessments by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

  By Tamara Browning

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  EPA administrator tours historically marginalized communities to hear impacts of pollution

  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan recently toured historically marginalized communities in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, hearing firsthand accounts from residents on the impact of pollution.

  By Emily Bevard

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  First phase of cleanup at former McLouth Steel site in Trenton, Michigan a ‘cause for celebration‘

  The MSC Land Co. LLC has completed a $20 million initial cleanup at the southern portion of the former McLouth Steel site in Trenton, Michigan under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversight.

  By Emily Bevard

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  5 Missouri school districts to receive funding for energy-efficient buses

  Five Missouri school districts and a school bus company were awarded $672,540 in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to replace 18 out-of-date, heavy-emission buses with newer, cleaner buses, including 10 fueled by propane power.

  By Emily Bevard

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  Iowa cement manufacturer that ‘exceeded Clean Air Act emissions limits’ agrees to pay almost $200,000 in EPA fines

  An Iowa-based cement company has recently agreed to pay almost $200,000 in fines levied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over alleged violations of federal environmental law.

  By Karen Kidd

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  Hampton Roads Sanitation District to 'address the decades long problem of sanitary sewer overflows'

  The U.S. recently proposed changes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s consent decree with The Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) in an effort to reduce sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) in southeast Virginia.

  By Steven Hughes

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  'Keep local economies thriving while better protecting the health of the people': EPA awards $77M in grants to reduce diesel emissions

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded over $77 million in grants to projects that will help reduce diesel emissions, the EPA said in a press release Nov. 19.

  By Steven Hughes

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  EPA ‘strongly reaffirms’ commitment to tribal rights with renewal of MOU

  Announcement kicks off Tribal Nations Summit

  By George Willis

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  EPA fines county in Hawaii $28,500 for failure to meet design deadline

  Deadline missed for the design of wastewater treatment facility.

  By George Willis

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