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BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $2,770,750 low-interest drinking water construction loan to the city of Grand View in Owyhee County.

BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of $500,000 in drinking water construction assistance to the city of St. Maries in Benewah County.

BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $5,320,000 low-interest drinking water construction loan to Laclede Water District in Bonner County.

KELLOGG – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Panhandle Health District (PHD), and Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission (BEIPC) Citizen Coordinating Council (CCC) are hosting two townhall meetings on proposed changes to the regulatory framework for the Institutional Controls Program (ICP) at the Bunker Hill Superfund Site.

BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $6,857,000 low-interest drinking water construction loan to Kidd Island/Harbor View Joint Sewer Board in Kootenai County.

BOISE —The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking project proposals that enhance or support innovative waste reduction or prevention.

BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks comment on a draft wastewater reuse permit for Avimor Water Reclamation Company.

TWIN FALLS—The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) invites the public to join for an open house event focused on cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins, and water quality monitoring.

BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of $37,916 in drinking water construction assistance to Little Blacktail Ranch Water District in Kootenai County.

BOISE—The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking grant applicants for the 2023 nonpoint source management §319 funding cycle.

BOISE — On April 7, 2022, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) filed complaints in Ada, Gooding, Jerome, Owyhee, Power, Twin Falls, and Valley counties against Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power) for violations of the Clean Water Act at 15 hydroelectric projects located on the Snake River or its tributaries.

BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of $37,289 in drinking water construction assistance to Arrowhead Ranch Water Association, Inc. in Bonner County, Idaho.

BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a public meeting to discuss the proposed city of Boise Idaho Pollution Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) Lander Street Water Renewal Facility Permit (ID0020443) and West Boise Water Renewal Facility Permit (ID002023981).

BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of  $300,000 in drinking water construction assistance to Oden View Estates Improvement Association, Inc. in Bonner County.

BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks grant applicants for the 2022 agricultural best management practices (BMP) program.

BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is releasing Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) preliminary draft permits to the city of Boise for preliminary review.

BOISE — Due to an anticipated increase in funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is extending the deadline for project submissions for the previously announced Sustainable Materials Management Grant application.

BOISE —The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking project proposals that enhance or support innovative waste reduction or prevention.

COEUR D’ALENE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks representatives from various interest groups to serve on the new Kootenai Bay Watershed Advisory Group (WAG).

BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award of a $73,200 grant to Boise State University (BSU) to purchase a food waste digester for the Southfork Dining Hall on the school’s Boise campus.

TWIN FALLS — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking an irrigated agriculture representative to serve as a voting member on the Upper Snake Basin Advisory Group (BAG).

TWIN FALLS — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking a livestock and grazing representative to serve as a voting member on the Middle Snake Watershed Advisory Group (WAG).

LEWISTON – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold a public informational meeting on a variance from a hazardous waste treatment storage or disposal facility permit for P. Kay Metal Lewiston, LLC.

December 7, 2021 Contact: MaryAnna Peavey, Grants and Loans Bureau Chief, MaryAnna.Peavey@deq.idaho.gov BOISE — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced the award

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is releasing an IPDES preliminary draft permit to the city of Moyie Springs for preliminary review. The facility has 10 days to review the preliminary draft permit and fact sheet for any errors and omissions that should be addressed before the public participation period.

BOISE—The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Idaho Department of Lands (IDL), and Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) remind the public to refrain from nonessential residential open burning activities as Idaho continues to make progress to rebound from the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

GARDEN VALLEY – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks comment on a draft Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) permit for The Edge Resort.

COEUR D’ALENE—The Coeur d’Alene Lake Advisory committee made its final recommendation yesterday, ranking a list of 22 pollutant-reduction projects that are eligible for funding under Governor Little’s Leading Idaho initiative.

WEST SILVER VALLEY —North Idaho’s West Silver Valley has been redesignated as “attainment” for the 2012 annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).