U.S. EPA Recovery Act News U.S. EPA Recovery Act News http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/By+Date!open en-us U.S. EPA, Redondo Beach celebrate stormwater pollution control project groundbreakinghttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/400D957999F19B75852576C5006B0AE5For Immediate Release: February 9, 2010 LOS ANGELES – Today, the U.STue, 9 Feb 2010 17:24:32 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/400D957999F19B75852576C5006B0AE5Thanks to Recovery Act, Puerto Rico Communities Get New Sewer Line; Project Will Protect Public Health, Create Jobshttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/85ADECEA8707733F852576BF0055D604(San Juan, P.R.) In a move that protects public health and the environment while creating jobs and boosting the economy, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is dedicating more than $8 million of its American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funding from the U.SWed, 3 Feb 2010 11:49:34 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/85ADECEA8707733F852576BF0055D604EPA’s Budget Proposal Seeks Efficiencies, Increased Environmental Protection: Budget proposal aligned with Administrator Jackson’s key priorities http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0EFB5BC261F61EB7852576BD00638467WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration today proposed a budget of $10 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:43:15 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0EFB5BC261F61EB7852576BD00638467TODAY: Press Conference Call with Administrator Jackson to Discuss EPA’s FY 2011 Budgethttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D9FF9689275056CE852576BD004AECE9WASHINGTON – Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will hold a press conference call to discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Fiscal Year 2011 budget today at 2 p.m. EST. Due to limited lines, this call is for credentialed press onlyMon, 1 Feb 2010 10:02:29 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D9FF9689275056CE852576BD004AECE9EPA and City of Plainfield Use Brownfields Grants to Strengthen Communityhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3D562423165D2220852576B6006FE1CB(New York, NY) With the help of $1 million in U.SMon, 25 Jan 2010 15:22:02 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3D562423165D2220852576B6006FE1CBRemoval of Underground Tanks Jumpstarts Work at Recovery Act-funded Gas Station Site in Bucks Countyhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/8DE71A6C59D7FB03852576AB005578D7PHILADELPHIA (January 14, 2010) – Workers are in the process of removing six underground storage tanks at the abandoned former Malcolm’s gas station and auto repair facility in Warrington, Pa. to make way for a Recovery Act-funded project to determine possible contamination at the propertyThu, 14 Jan 2010 10:33:34 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/8DE71A6C59D7FB03852576AB005578D7Federal, State and Local Officials to Break Ground on $62M in Improvements to Columbia, Mo., Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilityhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9CE86D3779C169B8852576A8005FC62AEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., January 11, 2010) - Ground will be broken on Thursday, January 14, for a $62 million construction project that will improve the Columbia Regional Wastewater Treatment FacilityMon, 11 Jan 2010 12:26:06 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9CE86D3779C169B8852576A8005FC62AE-media kit: Hermosa Beach Strand Gets $1.3M in Recovery Act Funds For “Green” Improvements to Protect Pacific Oceanhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F4C80640683FAFE4852576A5006A7F0DFri, 8 Jan 2010 14:23:13 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F4C80640683FAFE4852576A5006A7F0DMore than $730,000 in Stimulus Funding to Assess Brownfields Properties in Five Communities of Iowa, Missouri and Nebraskahttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0027E656ED14F9B3852576A30069673BEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Jan. 6, 2010) - EPA announced today that more than $730,000 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds have been distributed to assess brownfields properties in Region 7Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:11:17 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0027E656ED14F9B3852576A30069673BNewly-Appointed EPA Regional Administrator Checks Progress at Recovery Act-Funded New Jersey Hazardous Waste Sitehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/002EC4F02AD5768D85257689005AAEDE(New York, NY) Making good on the Obama Administration’s goal of cleaning up contaminated sites while creating jobs and boosting local economies, Judith Enck, the newly-appointed U.SFri, 11 Dec 2009 11:30:30 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/002EC4F02AD5768D85257689005AAEDEEPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Announces Over $16 million in Recovery Act Dollars to Bolster Clean Air in Washingtonhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/906F57F8E35C6C05852576810076BFA5WASHINGTON – The head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, today announced more than $16 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to local agencies for projects that will reduce diesel emissions in Washington StateThu, 3 Dec 2009 16:37:03 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/906F57F8E35C6C05852576810076BFA5December 3-4: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Headed to Seattle: First official visit to the Pacific Northwesthttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C4BCA9915DB3BD228525767F00602817WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will make her first visit to Seattle and EPA’s regional office this Thursday and Friday, December 3 and 4Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:30:17 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C4BCA9915DB3BD228525767F00602817Administrator Jackson Tours Recovery Act-Funded “Green Street”http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F0EC645FCEAD569F85257678006540CA(WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009) – EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson joined federal, state, and local officials today for the ground-breaking of the region’s ‘greenest’ street, a Recovery Act-funded project that’s transforming a Prince George’s County neighborhood and creating jobsTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:25:57 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F0EC645FCEAD569F85257678006540CARecovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at New Jersey Hazardous Waste Site; $25 million in Recovery Act funds added to cleanup at Imperial Oil Superfund Sitehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C6EA02BFA85503C685257677006E3266(New York, N.Y.) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was joined by federal, state and local officials as they noted important progress in the cleanup of the Imperial Oil Superfund site in Morganville, New JerseyMon, 23 Nov 2009 15:03:38 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C6EA02BFA85503C685257677006E3266TUESDAY: Administrator Jackson to Attend Recovery Act “Green Street” Groundbreaking Event in Edmonston, Maryland: New environmentally responsible street will save energy, reduce water pollution to the Chesapeakehttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C54BFCDBFF76F3F2852576770056238EWASHINGTON – Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will join federal, state and local officials for the ground-breaking of Edmonston, MD’s Recovery Act-funded “green street” project on Tuesday, November 24Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:40:51 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C54BFCDBFF76F3F2852576770056238E