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News Releases from Region 8

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08/04/2009City of Missoula awarded $900,000 Recovery Act grant for contaminated land clean up and local job creation
08/04/2009Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, City of Aurora awarded $2.8 million in Recovery Act grants for contaminated land clean up and local job creation
07/24/2009EPA awards $2.8 million in Recovery Act funding in Colorado to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs
07/23/2009Colorado Interstate Gas agrees to resolve Clean Air Act violations in Utah
07/14/2009EPA announces more than $20 million in Recovery Act funds for Water Infrastructure projects in Utah to boost economy, create jobs and protect public health
07/14/2009EPA announces more than $27 million in Recovery Act funds for Water Infrastructure projects in Colorado to boost economy, create jobs and protect public health
07/09/2009EPA awards more than $7.9 million in Recovery Act funds to clean up underground petroleum leaks in Mountains and Plains states
07/08/2009$9.5 million in Recovery Act funds to bolster Tribal water services throughout the Mountains and Plains region
07/07/2009INREIT Properties and Goldmark Development penalized for Clean Water Act violations at Grand Forks, N.D. apartment complex
06/26/2009U.S. EPA awards more than $ 1.3 million in Recovery Act funding to Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs
06/26/2009U.S. EPA awards $450,000 in Recovery Act funding to the Mid-Dakota Education Cooperative to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs
06/26/2009U.S. EPA awards $500,000 in Recovery Act funding to the Sioux Falls School District to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs
06/26/2009U.S. EPA awards $700,000 in Recovery Act Funding to Montana Department of Environmental Quality to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs
06/26/2009U.S. EPA awards $750,000 in Recovery Act Funding to Utah Department of Environmental Quality to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs
06/23/2009EPA Administrator joins Denver Mayor at Highlands’ Garden Village as part of President Obama’s “Clean Energy Week”
06/12/2009EPA Announces $25 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Wastewater Infrastructure Projects in Colorado to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect the Environment
06/02/2009Zelmer, Inc. and Spencer Heights, LLC to resolve Clean Water Act violations at Lincoln County, S.D. residential development
05/28/2009EPA Orders Restoration of Little Knife River in Dunn County, North Dakota
05/27/2009EPA Announces More Than $19.2 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Wastewater Infrastructure Projects in North Dakota to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect the Environment
05/20/2009Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water in Montana
05/20/2009Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water in Wyoming
05/20/2009Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water in Utah
05/20/2009Latest summary of EPA actions to ensure safe drinking water on Montana Tribal Lands
05/20/2009EPA Announces $19.7 million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Projects in North Dakota to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health
05/20/2009Corroon Proclaims SunWise Day in Salt Lake County
05/19/2009EPA Announces More Than $38.9 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Projects in Wyoming to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health
05/19/2009EPA Announces More Than $38.9 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Projects in South Dakota to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health
05/19/2009EPA Announces More Than $38.9 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Projects in Montana to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health
05/18/2009EPA Announces $19.5 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Infrastructure Projects in Utah to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health
05/13/2009OUTRAGEd students in Utah win President’s Environmental Youth Award

Project to reduce second-hand smoke recognized at EPA ceremony
05/08/2009$200,000 in Recovery Act funding for Kit Carson cleanup project
05/08/2009$2.6 million for contaminated land cleanup, economic development in Montana
05/08/2009$200,000 in Recovery Act funding to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe
05/08/2009$600,000 for contaminated land cleanup, economic development in Utah
05/07/2009Anadarko Petroleum Co., agrees to pay penalty for oil spills in Wyoming
04/30/2009EPA orders Builder’s Aggregate and JJ Concrete to restore South Platte River near Fort Morgan
04/17/2009Utah natural gas producers agree to air emission reductions, conservation practices
04/15/2009Montana Receives Economic Recovery Funding from U.S. EPA to Reduce Diesel Emissions, Create Jobs
04/15/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at Colorado’s Clear Creek/Central City Hazardous Waste Site
04/15/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at Colorado’s Summitville Mine Hazardous Waste Site
04/15/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at Utah’s Eureka Mills Hazardous Waste Site
04/15/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at Utah’s Bountiful/Woods Cross Hazardous Waste Site
04/15/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at North Dakota’s Arsenic Trioxide Hazardous Waste Site
04/15/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at South Dakota’s Gilt Edge Mine Hazardous Waste Site
04/15/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at Montana’s Upper Tenmile Hazardous Waste Site
04/08/2009North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming receive Recovery Act funding to reduce diesel emissions, create jobs
04/08/2009EPA proposes adding Flat Creek Iron Mountain Mine and Mill to list of Superfund sites
03/27/2009EPA Announces First of Nearly $100 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Create Jobs and Protect Colorado's Environment
03/25/2009EPA Orders Restoration of Slick Creek in Worland, Wyoming
03/24/2009Una ConcesiĆ³n de la EPA Faculta a una Comunidad en Colorado a ser mas Eficiente con la Energia
03/24/2009EPA Grant Empowers Denver Community to be Energy Efficient
03/24/2009EPA Grant Provides Capacity-Building Skills to Fort Collins Hardrock Mining Watershed Groups
03/24/2009EPA Grant Engages Southwest Colorado Communities in Environmental Decision-Making
03/24/2009Alamosa Citizens’ Water Supply Better Protected Due to EPA Grant
03/19/2009Colorado’s marquee sports and entertainment facilities join EPA “Greener Venues” partnership
03/19/2009EPA Issues Latest Information on Toxic Chemical Releases in Montana
03/19/2009EPA Issues Latest Information on Toxic Chemical Releases in North Dakota
03/19/2009EPA Issues Latest Information on Toxic Chemical Releases in Colorado
03/19/2009EPA Issues Latest Information on Toxic Chemical Releases in Wyoming
03/19/2009EPA Issues Latest Information on Toxic Chemical Releases in Utah
03/19/2009EPA Issues Latest Information on Toxic Chemical Releases in South Dakota
03/09/2009EPA Awards TDA Research, Inc. $225,000 for Development Process to Produce Low-Cost Biodiesel
03/03/2009Denver ranks seventh in nation in energy-efficient buildings
02/10/2009Wyoming and Kansas Refiners Agree to Settle Clean Air Act Violations
02/02/2009Industrial Builders to pay $8,690 for damages to Heart River near Mandan
01/12/2009Riverton, Wyo., sulfuric acid manufacturer agrees to reduce air pollution
01/08/2009Citation Oil and Gas pays penalty for spill to North Fork Powder River (Wyo.)
01/07/2009EPA orders restoration of Sage Creek near Cody
12/22/2008EPA finalizes air quality nonattainment designations for Utah counties
12/22/2008EPA finalizes air quality nonattainment designation for Libby, Mont.
12/18/2008Summary of enforcement actions to ensure safe drinking water in Montana, Utah and Wyoming
12/17/2008Grants promote community health and environmental justice in Colorado
12/15/2008EPA orders restoration of damaged section of Left Hand Creek in Longmont
12/04/2008Utah gold and silver refinery sentenced for Clean Water Act violation
11/13/2008Fort Lewis College brain power targets quality of life in Ecuador
11/06/2008Damages to Rock Creek (Lafayette, Colo.) result in $35,000 penalty
11/04/2008On-line video underscores the importance of urban wetlands
10/29/2008EPA issues Record of Decision on South Dakota Superfund site
10/27/2008EPA to begin Jordan River Improvement Project
10/27/2008Park City's Powdr Resorts cited as a Green Power Leader
10/27/2008Boulder's WhiteWave Foods a Green Power Leader
10/27/2008Fort Peck Tribes are first in nation to assume key groundwater protection responsibilities
10/21/2008Colorado businesses jump on EPA Performance Track
10/07/2008Move Over! Helena Company Finds a Smarter Way to Transport Freight
09/30/2008North Dakota developer fined for discharges of pollutants to Lake Elsie wetlands
09/29/2008Cleanup of historic Uravan uranium mill completed
09/18/2008Larry Gabriel receives EPA Environmental Achievement Award
09/17/2008Oglala Sioux Tribe employee earns EPA Frank DeCouteau Award
09/16/2008Attorneys for South Dakota Hutterite Colonies receive EPA Environmental Achievement Award
09/04/2008EPA awards Montana State University almost $600K for safe drinking water research
09/04/2008Brownlee Construction to pay $27,500 for damages to Big Sioux River wetlands
09/03/2008South Dakota State Conservationist, Janet Oertly, receives EPA Environmental Achievement Award
09/03/2008EPA withdraws proposal to list Kennecott South Zone as Superfund site
09/03/2008Nelson Tunnel site added to EPA Superfund priorities list
09/03/2008EPA proposes adding U.S. Magnesium to Superfund site list
08/19/2008Libby, Montana's air quality violates federal fine particulate matter standard
08/19/2008Utah's air quality violates federal fine particulate matter standard
06/24/2008Removal of water from Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel underway
06/19/2008EPA Administrator recognizes Vallecito Lake resident with President's Volunteer Service Award
06/12/2008City of Missoula secures $400K to revitalize properties

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