EPA Celebrates Another 100 Days with 100 More Pro-Environmental Actions

August 7, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 100 additional environmental actions EPA has taken in the last 100 days to recognize 200 Days of providing clean air, land, and water for all Americans under President Donald Trump’s leadership. This includes funding to address lead in drinking water in schools across the nation, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with actions that will be taken to implement a permanent, 100% solution to end the Tijuana sewage crisis, releasing funding to help reduce PFAS in drinking water, reducing the backlog of State Implementation Plans (SIPs), and so much more. These 100 actions build on to Administrator Zeldin’s list of 100 environmental actions taken by the agency during President Trump’s First 100 Days in office. 

“We are proud to highlight another 100 actions taken over the course of the last 100 days to fulfill our statutory obligations and safeguard human health and the environment. The Trump EPA is proving that we can protect the environment and Power the Great American Comeback,” said EPA Administrator Zeldin. “200 days, 200 top environmental actions. This is the pace that motivates us. We will continue to do everything in our power to rack up environmental win after environmental win for the American people.” 

While not exhaustive, this is representative of a snapshot of the great work done by the agency on a daily basis as EPA continues to fulfill its core mission of protecting human health and the environment, while committing to commonsense policies that drive down prices, unleash American energy, advance permitting reform and cooperative federalism, make America the AI capital of the world, and revitalize the auto industry.  

Read on to learn about 100 Environmental Actions taken by EPA in the last 100 Days:  

1. Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Mexico to address and solve the decades-long Tijuana River sewage crisis, outlining specific actions that will be taken to implement a permanent, 100% solution to end this crisis. 
2. Lifted 2016 emergency order on drinking water in Flint, Michigan, after the city completed all requirements of EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) emergency order. 
3. Since January 20th, EPA has acted on at least 91 SIP submittals. 
4. Added three sites to the National Priorities List Superfund list: Historic Potteries (Trenton, New Jersey), Carlisle Village Cleaners (Albuquerque, New Mexico), and J.H. Baxter (Eugene, Oregon). 
5. Provided $267 Million in Brownfields grants to cleanup communities across the country through the selection of the FY25 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grant applications. 
6. Made selections for the FY25 Brownfields Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 128(a) State/Tribal response grants. 
7. Completed Superfund Job Training Initiative project in Navajo Nation where graduates will have an opportunity to be hired by cleanup contractors at the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District Superfund site. 
8. Supported interagency response to Central/Eastern U.S. severe weather at National Response Coordination Center focusing on oil and hazardous material response. 
9. Hosted a large format Battery Recycling Webinar with approximately 1200 registrants to increase battery collection for recycling.   
10. Published the Preparedness and Prevention Module of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Model Permit as a guide to help permit writers review RCRA permit conditions for drafting RCRA hazardous waste permits. 
11. Published the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Update 47 in the Federal Register comprised of federal facilities where there has been a reported release of a hazardous substance or the generation of a hazardous waste.   
12. Civil enforcement program concluded 822 enforcement cases, which will reduce, treat, or eliminate over 21.5 million pounds of air, chemical, and water pollution.   
13. Superfund enforcement program concluded 11 enforcement cases totaling more than $286 million for past and future cleanup work.  
14. Superfund enforcement cases will address more than 700,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and water at private and federal facilities.   
15. Inspectors have conducted 3,307 inspections and 1,949 offsite compliance monitoring activities. 
16. Awarded grants totaling $1,749,700 to 5 tribal and 3 state governments under the Transboundary Watershed Grant Program to monitor, assess, and reduce transboundary mining pollution.  
17. Reaffirmed the EPA Policy for the Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations. 
18. Launched 41 Tribal consultations on key national and regional environmental topics, and enhanced transparency through the EPA Tribal Consultation Opportunities Tracking System. 
19. Distributed $72.1 million to support Tribal environmental capacity and solid waste management through the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program. 
20. Announced intent to extend compliance deadlines for PFOA and PFOS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, establish a federal exemption framework, and initiate enhanced outreach to water systems, especially in rural and small communities, through EPA’s new PFAS OUTreach Initiative (PFAS OUT). 
21. Issued proposal to approve Arizona’s request to oversee Safe Drinking Water Act permitting for all underground injection wells in the state. 
22. Issued Fiscal Year 2025 Allotments for the State Revolving Fund Provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Base Program Funding. 
23. Announced $30.7 million in grant funding to provide training and technical assistance that will improve water quality in small and rural communities across the country. 
24. Announced $9.7 million in BEACH Act grant funding that states, Tribes, and territories will use to monitor water quality at coastal and Great Lakes beaches and to notify the public if elevated levels of illness-causing bacteria make swimming unsafe. 
25. Issued proposal to approve the State of Texas' request to oversee Safe Drinking Water Act permitting for Class VI underground injection wells in the state. 
26. Announced $26 million in funding for states and territories to address lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities.  
27. Alongside Army Corps, completed a robust series of listening sessions intended to seek input from stakeholders on real-world and practical experience with Clean Water Act programs and requirements that rely on the definition of “waters of the United States”. 
28. Released $945 million to reduce exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. 
29. Announced over $9 million in grant funding for midsize and large water systems to help protect drinking water from cybersecurity threats and improve resiliency for extreme weather events. 
30. Announced over $12 million in grant funding for states and Tribes to develop underground injection control (UIC) programs that protect sources of drinking water while supporting industry and energy projects. 
31. Announced availability of up to $14 million in funding for Brownfields job training program grants. 
32. Released new online resources to address public questions and concerns about two topics: geoengineering and contrails.   
33. Initiated a removal action at Webster Mills Site in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, to remove building materials containing asbestos after an emergency demolition. 
34. Worked with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to issue a permit for emergency disposal of a large whale carcass that had washed ashore in Massachusetts. 
35. Deployed water quality monitoring buoys in the Charles River and Mystic River in Boston, Massachusetts, to provide information for recreational users of the rivers. 
36. Approved 5 revisions to Connecticut’s State Implementation Plan that strengthen the ozone nonattainment provision. 
37. After Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste cleanup at Upjohn site in North Haven, Connecticut, approximately 17 acres have been made available for future commercial or light industrial use and 57 acres restored. 
38. Finalized the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the Long Island Sound. 
39. Issued at least 157 administrative orders to systems in New York and New Jersey detailing how systems can comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act. 
40. Acted on two State Implementation Plans in Region 2 to ensure that the states are protecting people from air pollution. 
41. Worked with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to issue 18 notices refusing entry for illegal pesticides.  
42. Removal of mercury from the Waldwick Superfund Site in Wall Township, New Jersey. 
43. Removal of 2,700 tons of toxic acid from the American Cyanamid site in New Jersey. 
44. Began excavating radiologically contaminated soil at the Wolff-Alport Superfund Site in New York.  
45. Used authorities under emergency provisions of the Superfund law to start to remove asbestos-contaminated structures from the ATP site in Paterson, New Jersey, continue to address PFAS contamination at the Rt 31 site in Washington Township, New Jersey. 
46. Began an emergency action at the Cooper Chemical site in Long Valley, New Jersey.  
47. Completed five-year reviews to assess cleanups at ten superfund NPL sites in Region 2.  
48. Issued more than 10 approvals of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) cleanup plans in New Jersey and New York. 
49.  Awarded nearly $45 million to 25 communities in New York and New Jersey to ensure safe drinking water and improve wastewater and stormwater treatment. 
50. Partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin the process to designate a new site to received material dredged from New York Harbor to keep the ports running.  
51. Opened public comment period to elicit feedback for the Chesapeake Bay Program's revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.   
52. Completed final phase of hazardous waste removal at the Reading Drum site in Pennsylvania, categorizing and removing more than 550 containers of hazardous materials. 
53. Executed a loan for $1 million to the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania for cleanup, including abatement and disposal of asbestos, of the 70-acre New Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park.  
54. Deployed on-scene coordinators to Pocono NASCAR Race in support of Monroe County Office of Emergency Management during the Great American Getaway 400 NASCAR Race at Pocono Raceway to conduct air monitoring. 
55. Approved Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) exception for the Big Creek Lake Dam project in Mobile, Alabama, to prevent failure due to internal erosion so the dam can continue to serve 79,000 homes and 8,800 businesses. 
56. Partnered with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a pilot at ABC Cleaners Superfund Site in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to streamline Design and Engineering Services, reducing procurement lead times by approximately 50%. 
57. Worked with North Carolina Department of Water Infrastructure to support utilities affected by Hurricanes Helene by helping them apply for funding from Supplemental Appropriation for disaster response. 
58. Proposed a federal implementation plan to relax nitrogen oxide limits at the United States Steel Co.'s Keetac taconite facility in Minnesota after EPA determined 2013 limits infeasible. 
59. Determined Illinois and Michigan corrected deficiencies in their ozone air quality plans, permanently halting Clean Air Act sanctions for areas in Chicago, Metro East St. Louis, and three counties in western Michigan. 
60. Announced four grant recipients in Michigan and Ohio to receive $3,712,124 to provide nutrient management technical assistance in the Western Lake Erie Basin to help prevent harmful algal blooms. 
61. Completed a time-critical removal action to remove 10,000 tons of building debris contaminated with friable asbestos at the former Illinois Cabinet Co. site. 
62. Approved final permits for Michigan Potash Operating LLC for the underground injection of fluids from a proposed potash mining and processing facility. 
63. Completed a time-critical removal action of radium-contaminated soil at the former Silbert Watch Co. site in Illinois. 
64. Signed a memorandum of agreement with the Ohio EPA to delegate the municipal solid waste landfill federal plan under Clean Air Act Section 111(d) to the state, allowing Ohio EPA to implement and enforce the rule on EPA's behalf.  
65. Issued final SIP approval for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana SO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).  
66. Drafted Minor New Source Review (NSR) permit for Midstream Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port. 
67. Completed joint EPA-U.S. Army sampling of private drinking water wells for PFAS near McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma.  
68. Completed removal cleanups at the Waxahachie Train Derailment, Blanchard Refining Fire, Star Base Explosion, and Pearland Water Facility in Texas.  
69. Deployed Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Emergency Support Function Officers (ESFs) to Central Texas to aid in the disaster recovery from devastating July 4 flooding. 
70. Deployed SME to FEMA to aid in the disaster recovery from devastating Ruidoso, New Mexico flooding.  
71. Issued 10 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for public notice and issued 7 permits, of which 4 were in backlog. All completed ahead of FY25 schedule.  
72. Issued Notice of Noncompliance letters to 285 Drinking Water systems in Louisiana and New Mexico for not submitting their lead service line inventories to the states as required by the Lead and Copper Rule. 
73. Streamlined process improvements for projects resulting in a 42% reduction of backlogged community involvement plans for Region 7 since the beginning of the year. Forty-three of the initial 103 backlogged plans have been updated, and 45 plans are in the process of being updated. 
74. Completed soil samples of coal ash at the Davis School in Henry County, Missouri, to aid state agencies in decision making purposes on reopening the school. 
75. Emergency response team coordinated with local and state responders related to a 4,000 gallon diesel fuel spill west of Des Moines, Iowa. 
76. Cleaned up a 16 ounce (14 pound) release of elemental mercury at a residential property in St. Louis, Missouri. 
77. Deployed staff to evaluate a sulfur storage and processing operation near Peru, Kansas. 
78. Provided air monitoring support after a tornado at the request of the state and local partners in St. Louis, Missouri.  
79. Signed 4 SIP actions in Region 7, reducing the backlog to ensure the Region is on target with end of year goals.  
80. Continued work to recover costs for CERCLA work in Region 7 with a cost recovery of $2,400,000 on a fund-lead removal of hazardous materials and approved an expedited agreement for over $30,000 for work performed in response to a release in 2023.   
81. Began work on a cleanup project to remediate lead and mining-related contaminants at 600 residential properties in Washington County, Missouri.  
82. Collected and tested samples at Chemical Commodities, Inc. National Priorities List (NPL) site in Kansas and hosted an open house with a bi-lingual human health risk assessor.  
83. Issued an emergency permit to the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Des Moines County within 5 days to address possible buried and unexploded ordnances outside the existing permitted boundaries. 
84. Signed Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs) with four tribes to create national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting efficiencies for Clean Water Act Section 401 process. 
85. Signed, issued, and provided notice of two final preconstruction permits for the Deseret Bonanza Power Plant on the Uintah & Ouray Reservations in Utah. The permitting actions authorize the addition of approximately 51 megawatts of additional peaking power generation and the addition of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emission control technology to the coal-fired boiler. The operation of SCR will reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by over 4,000 tons per year which is approximately 80% of their current nitrogen oxide emissions. 
86. Granted reconsideration requests for regional haze round 2 SIP final actions in Utah, North Dakota, and Wyoming. 
87. Superfund Emergency Management Branch showcased inter-agency coordination during an oil spill response exercise at the HF Sinclair Oil Refinery in Utah, meeting objectives to prevent impacts to the Great Salt Lake and enhance local capacity.  
88. Libby Asbestos Superfund Site team resolved a longstanding disagreement between the potentially responsible party of the Libby Ground Water Superfund Site (International Paper) and the City of Libby, Montana, by signing a new incentive agreement to pave the way for additional institutional controls to be considered which would protect residents located outside the city limits from exposure to contaminated ground water. 
89. Conducted three Safe Drinking Water Act workshops in Jackson, Lander and Cheyenne, Wyoming, to provide regulatory compliance training to water operators from Wyoming and Region 8 Indian country. 
90. Conditionally approved the Navy’s pipeline removal workplans and continues oversight of the ongoing Navy effort to safely close and clean up the Red Hill facility in Hawaii.  
91. Awarded a grant to increase the availability of clean drinking water in California’s Solano District by replacing a well. 
92. Signed an Administrative Order on Consent with Radius Recycling in West Oakland, California, to protect the San Francisco Bay and Oakland residents through ensuring Clean Water Act compliance. 
93. Finalized an agreement with the owner of a San Diego battery facility, Gateway Energy, that had experienced a fire to direct the post-fire cleanup, requiring environmental monitoring and other steps to ensure protection of cleanup workers and the neighboring community. 
94. Skagit Public Utility District in Washington received $2,000,000 to implement their drinking water infrastructure project to construct a new waterline and fiber conduit to ensure safe, reliable access to drinking water. 
95. Released the final Insecticide Strategy identifying practical protections for federally endangered and threatened species, while providing flexibility for pesticide users and growers. 
96. Decreased the backlog of pesticide submissions under review by over 4,300 from the start of the Administration to June 30.  
97. Finalized significant new use rules (SNURs) under TSCA for 69 chemicals that were approved in the new chemicals program and subject to an order requiring certain use restrictions. These SNURs ensure that chemicals do not pose an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment.  
98. Withdrew a proposed significant new use rule (SNUR) released in June 2023 for 18 chemicals derived from plastic waste for use in producing products such as transportation fuels.
99. Completed risk assessments for 106 Low Volume Exemptions (LVEs) in just two months, an increase from an average of 15 per month to 53 per month.
100. Decreased backlogged Low Volume Exemption requests by more than 25% in three months. This progress brings new chemistries to market to support growth of the domestic manufacturing sector.