U.S. EPA Pacific Southwest Region

📢 For our friends in the Pacific Islands and Hawaii.

⛑️Prepare your emergency kits for this year’s hurricane season!

⚠️ Key safety tip: Always use portable generators OUTSIDE and as far away from the building as possible. Do not put them near doors, vents or windows near where people sleep. Carbon monoxide buildup can be lethal ☠️ in minutes!!

📈 Check out the Central Pacific Outlook to see what the National Weather Service is forecasting in 2026. https://www.weather.gov/hfo/hurricaneOutlook2026

🙌 EPA has announced a settlement with the Wilbur-Ellis company related to federal safety regulations – the company’s facilities in California and Washington are now back in compliance with chemical reporting requirements!

📋 The company paid a penalty and submitted revised chemical data reporting that better protects facility workers and nearby communities.

➡️Click here to learn more: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-returns-chemical-company-compliance-toxic-substances-control-act

🐝 most native bees in the Western United States 🏜️ nest underground? These solitary species often work in cooler temperatures earlier in the day.

On World Bee Day, we here in the Pacific Southwest honor all our pollinators from ground nesting bees to Hawaiian yellow faced bees found only in the Pacific Islands 🌺. Protecting pollinators means protecting our future🌍.

➡️Click here to learn more: https://www.epa.gov/pollinator-protection

🥳 Congrats to Amador Water Agency Financing Corporation on their $58M EPA loan! 👏

This investment will improve several drinking water treatment plants 🚰, increasing the capacity and reliability of drinking water for Amador County, while protecting nearby waterways, including the Mokelumne River watershed. 🌊

EPA’s flexible financing will reduce the project’s costs (to the tune of ~$3.8M! 💰) The project will also create around 248 local jobs during and post-construction. 💪

👉 Learn more here: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-58-million-wifia-loan-upgrade-aging-drinking-water-infrastructure-0

Amador County California

⏩ From to green spaces! 🌲 A new park is coming to South San Francisco!

Recently, EPA joined The City of South San Francisco – Government to break ground on a project that will transform a former auto shop + parking lot into 🔁 a vibrant community gathering space. 💚

🤝 Thanks to EPA Brownfields funding, this property was assessed and deemed safe for reuse – unlocking additional investment for a new playground, plaza, trees, and additional green space. 👏

EPA’s Brownfields program helps communities transform underutilized spaces into places where Americans can safely live, work and play. 🙌

We are proud to showcase the environmental stewardship of our nation’s children and educators! Join us in congratulating our awardees – including, here in the Pacific Southwest, a student-founder of Growing Green and a teacher at Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary School, both based in Arizona -- for the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) and our President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA)! For more information on our Arizona winners, visit: https://www.epa.gov/education/presidential-innovation-award-environmental-educators-piaee-winners and https://www.epa.gov/education/presidents-environmental-youth-award-peya-winners

Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE) Winners | US EPA Summaries of winners of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators, and links to winners of past years.

What do sea turtles 🐢, monk seals 🦭, corals 🪸 and condors 🦅 have in common? They are all unique endangered and threatened species in EPA’s Pacific Southwest region!

On this Endangered Species Day, peek into EPA’s strategy to protect these vital resources.

➡️ Follow the link to participate: https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/epa-seeks-public-comment-draft-strategy-better-protect-endangered-species

Cleaning up the past, building Navajo futures. 💪

Recently, EPA Pacific Southwest joined Navajo Nation EPA 🤝 in Gallup, NM, to celebrate the 35 Navajo community members who graduated 🎓 from EPA’s Superfund Job Training Initiative held on Navajo Nation! 👏

⏩ After an intense two weeks of training, graduates earned the skills and certifications to fill upcoming jobs at abandoned uranium mine cleanups across Navajo Nation (as soon as June 2026)!

EPA remains committed to leveraging our contracting authorities to create safe jobs and business opportunities on Navajo. 💚

25th Navajo Nation Council
U.S. EPA South Central Region

🚑 First responders 🚒 take charge!

EPA recently led trainings across Nevada for first responders on the ⚠️hazards⚠️of lithium-ion battery fires.

: 🔋Battery fires 🔥 can burn without oxygen?!

🦺 The sessions in Reno, Carson City and Las Vegas gave a foundation on battery fundamentals, safety considerations and how to respond to a battery fire.

➡️ Follow the link 🔗 to learn more about how EPA supports preparing for emergencies and strengthening community resilience 💪: https://www.epa.gov/emergency-response