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EPA Releases Information that States and Tribes Can Use to Protect Local Fish

By EPA Press Office on Jun 11, 2024   Featured, General News  

EPA Releases Information that States and Tribes Can Use to Protect Local Fish

WASHINGTON – Monday, June 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published water quality screening values under the Clean Water Act related to short-term concentrations of 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone (6PPD-q). These chemicals have been found in freshwater ecosystems and linked to runoff from automotive tire dust and debris. Once in freshwater, these chemicals are known toxins […]

State of Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough receive $10M EPA grant to improve air quality

By EPA Press Office on Nov 1, 2023   Featured, Health, State  

State of Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough receive $10M EPA grant to improve air quality

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $10 million in Targeted Airshed Grant funding to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to help the Fairbanks North Star Borough improve air quality in the nonattainment area.  EPA’s Targeted Airshed Grants are used to support local clean air projects in areas facing the highest levels […]

EPA penalizes Fairbanks company $117,000 for installing ‘defeat devices’

By EPA Press Office on Jul 22, 2023   Featured, General News  

EPA penalizes Fairbanks company $117,000 for installing ‘defeat devices’

SEATTLE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that Doyon Associated, LLC, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, will pay a fine of $117,000 for violations of the Clean Air Act.    Doyon Associated, LLC, is accused of installing 55 defeat devices and tampering with 28 heavy duty motor vehicles between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, […]

EPA announces $278 million to improve water infrastructure for Tribes and Alaska Native Villages

By EPA Press Office on Jul 2, 2023   Featured, General News, Health, Rural  

EPA announces $278 million to improve water infrastructure for Tribes and Alaska Native Villages

SEATTLE – During a visit Thursday with the Lummi Nation in Bellingham, Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox, announced more than $278 million in funding for American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to improve water infrastructure.   “The Lummi Nation’s Gooseberry Point Wastewater Treatment Plant is a great example of […]

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