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Up To $27.5 Million Available From EPA for 2014 Great Lakes Restoration Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a Request for Applications soliciting proposals from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants to fund new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Up to $27.5 million will be available during the current funding cycle. Grants will be awarded on a competitive ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA and partners finish Ottawa River Legacy Act Cleanup (MI, OH)
WHO: Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator (Great Lakes). Ohio State Rep. Matt Szollosi. Chris Korleski, Director, Ohio EPA. Charlie Wooley, Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Midwest Region. WHAT: Announcement of the completion of the Ottawa River cleanup. WHEN: Monday, Dec. 13, at 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Ottawa River Yacht Club, 5844 Edgewater Drive, Toledo, Ohio. ...
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EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson to announce Great Lakes grants in Green Bay today
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce EPA’s first Great Lakes Restoration Initiative competitive grants at an event today in Green Bay, Wis. She will be joined in Green Bay by Sen. Russ Feingold, Rep. Steve Kagan, and Jeff Skelding, Director, Healing Our Waters Coalition. The first of the Wisconsin Great Lakes Restoration Grants (totalling ...
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Up To $13.9 Million Available From EPA for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a Request for Applications soliciting proposals for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants to fund new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Up to $13.9 million will be available during the 2015 funding cycle for grants to state, tribal, interstate and local governmental agencies, institutions of higher learning and other ...
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Up To $9.5 Million Available From EPA for 2013 Great Lakes Restoration Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a Request for Applications soliciting proposals from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants to fund new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Up to $9.5 million will be available during the current funding cycle. Grants will be awarded on a competitive ...
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Media advisory: Great Lakes advisor to Keynote Michigan workshop; discusses future of GLRI (MI)
WHO: Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator (Great Lakes). WHAT: Keynote remarks at the Restoring Michigan’s Great Lakes Workshop. WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 13, at 9:00 a.m. WHERE: Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Mich. BACKGROUND: Cameron Davis will discuss progress under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and challenges for moving forward over the coming ...
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EPA announces partnership for first-ever great lakes week
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other participating organizations today announced details of the first-ever Great Lakes Week scheduled for October 2011 in Detroit, Michigan. The theme of Great Lakes Week is “Working Together, Taking Action” and will bring representatives of the U.S. and Canadian governments together with a broad coalition of public and private groups to ...
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Follow EPA on Facebook and Twitter during Great Lakes Week in Cleveland, Sept. 10-13
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites the public to interact with the Agency during Great Lakes Week (from Monday, Sept. 10 – Thursday, Sept. 14). EPA and other sponsors have organized a week of events to highlight Great Lakes protection and restoration activities. The public can participate through a variety of social media tools. All meetings are at the Renaissance Cleveland ...
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EPA seeks candidates for advisory board on great lakes issues
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it is seeking candidates for the first advisory board to support federal agencies with the implementation of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the updated Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The Great Lakes Advisory Board will provide advice and recommendations to EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson in her capacity as federal ...
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EPA and U.S. Steel Provide $3.5 Million for Spirit Lake Cleanup Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that an additional $3.5 million has been made available for work in the Spirit Lake portion of the St. Louis River Area of Concern on Lake Superior near Duluth, Minnesota. EPA will provide $2.275 million through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and U.S. Steel will provide $1.225 million to study options for cleaning up contaminated ...
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Up To $20 million available from EPA for 2012 great lakes restoration projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it is requesting applications from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. EPA will distribute approximately $20 million through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant program during Fiscal Year 2012. "These grants will support critical ...
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Media advisory: Great Lakes restoration initiative grants for Michigan (MI)
WHO: Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator. U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Donna Stine, Michigan Governor’s Office. Jacqueline Pilette, Wetland Specialist/GLRI Project Coordinator, Little Traverse Bands of Odawa. Lou Anna Simon, President, Michigan State University. Dr. Ian Gray, Vice President of Research, Michigan State University. Tom Hickner, County Executive, Bay ...
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Great Lakes Restoration initiative funding improves water quality at Rochester area beaches
Great Lakes beaches were open 94 percent of the time last summer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 BEACH report. “The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is improving water quality so that people can enjoy more days at Rochester area beaches,” said Susan Hedman, EPA’s Regional Administrator / Great Lakes National Program Manager. “Great ...
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Great Lakes Restoration initiative funding improves water quality at Northwest Indiana Beaches
Great Lakes beaches were open 94 percent of the time last summer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 BEACH report. “The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is improving water quality so that people can enjoy more days at Northwest Indiana beaches,” said Susan Hedman, EPA’s Regional Administrator / Great Lakes National Program Manager. “Great ...
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Great Lakes Restoration initiative funding improves water quality at Milwaukee area beaches
Great Lakes beaches were open 94 percent of the time last summer, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 BEACH report. “The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is improving water quality so that people can enjoy more days at Milwaukee area beaches,” said Susan Hedman, EPA’s Regional Administrator / Great Lakes National Program Manager. “Great ...
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EPA and City of Ishpeming Complete Work in Deer Lake Area of Concern
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator / Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman joined Mayor Mike Tall today in Ishpeming, Michigan, to announce the completion of an $8 million project funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to prevent mercury contamination from reaching the Deer Lake “Area of Concern” on Lake Superior. “This Great Lakes ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: great lakes restoration initiative grants For Northeastern Minnesota announced in Duluth, Minn. (MN)
WHO: Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator (Great Lakes). U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar. Suzanne Hanson, Regional Manager, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Lucinda Johnson, Director, Center for Water and the Environment, University of Minnesota. Angie Miller, Executive Director, Community Action Duluth. WHAT: Announcement of three federal grants, totaling about $1.2 ...
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EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson to announce Great Lakes Grants in Toledo today
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce EPA’s first Great Lakes Restoration Initiative competitive grants at an event today in Toledo, Ohio. She will be joined in Toledo by Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, Ohio EPA Director Chris Korleski, Mayor Michael Bell, City Councilman Mike Craig and Tim Eder, Executive Director, Great Lakes Commission. The ...
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EPA Awards New Great Lakes Restoration Funding for Projects in the Clinton River Area of Concern
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of new funding for major Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects in the Clinton River Area of Concern totaling nearly $20 million. Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator Cameron Davis was joined by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, Clinton River Public Advisory Council Chair Lynne ...
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EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants awarded
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun to award its competitive grants under President Barack Obama’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is targeting the most significant environmental problems in the region. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson traveled to Toledo, Ohio and Green Bay, Wisconsin today to highlight several local projects that received funding in the first ...
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