THURSDAY: EPA to Announce Nearly $800,000 Grant to Southern University for Pollution Prevention, Environmental Justice

 USEPA News Release:

THURSDAY: EPA to Announce Nearly $800,000 Grant to Southern University for Pollution Prevention, Environmental Justice

(DALLAS – Oct. 18, 2023) On Thursday, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will present Southern University with a grant of nearly $800,000 from the agency’s Pollution Prevention program. The grant will fund a project to reduce water pollution from industrial facility clusters in Louisiana. Funding for the grant comes from the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing In America agenda.  

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WHAT:          Southern University Pollution Prevention Grant Presentation

WHERE:       Valdry Center for Philanthropy, Southern University campus           
                        Baton Rouge, LA

 

WHEN:          Thursday, October 19

                        1:15 pm

 

WHO:             Jennie Romer, Deputy Associate Administrator for U.S. EPA Office of Chemical Safety

                                    Pollution Prevention

                        Stacey Dwyer, Deputy Regional Administrator for U.S. EPA Region 6

                        Dennis J. Shields, President of the Southern University System

Dr. Orlando F. McMeans, Chancellor-Dean of the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center and the College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences