TOMORROW: EPA to Recognize Choctaw Nation for Nearly $2M in Cleanup and Climate Grants

 USEPA Media Advisory:

TOMORROW: EPA to Recognize Choctaw Nation for Nearly $2M in Cleanup and Climate Grants

(DALLAS – Oct. 30, 2023) Tomorrow, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Dr. Earthea Nance will present Chief Gary Batton and other Choctaw Nation representatives with two grants totaling nearly $2 million. The Nation will receive $1.57 million for Brownfields funding to assess and cleanup abandoned properties and a $400,000 Climate Pollution Reduction Grant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Both grants are funded from historic legislation under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in American agenda.

Members of the media should RSVP to R6Press@epa.gov. Please include your name, media affiliation and contact information.

 

WHAT:          Choctaw Nation Grant Celebration
 

WHERE:       Choctaw Nation Headquarters
                      1802 Chukka Hina
                      Durant, OK 74701
 

WHEN:          Tuesday, October 31
                      2 pm
 

WHO:             U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Dr. Earthea Nance
                       Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton

                       

 

                         

 

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