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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the cooperation between West Virginia and Form Energy Inc., to site Form Energy’s first iron-air battery manufacturing plant in Weirton, West Virginia.
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Manchin, Murkowski Introduce North American Transatlantic Resource Security Partnership Act of 2023
U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan North American Transatlantic Resource Security Partnership Act of 2023 (NATRSPA).
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American Energy, Minerals Essential to Secure Our Future
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of the Transparency and Production of American Energy (TAP American Energy) Act and H.R. 209, the Permitting for Mining Needs Act. Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) issued the following statement in response:
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Republicans Advance Solutions to Ongoing Permitting Challenges
House Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee hearing on a discussion draft of the Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act of 2023.
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New restoration and monitoring plan will help imperiled fish in Klamath Basin
After seven years of robust discussion and collaboration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized the Klamath Basin Integrated Fisheries Restoration and Monitoring Plan, which will serve as a living roadmap describing the highest priority watershed restoration and monitoring actions to help reverse the declines of multiple native Klamath Basin fish populations and ecosystems and communities.
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Service lists rare south Texas milkweed as endangered
Following a review of the best available scientific information, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is listing prostrate milkweed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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BOEM Publishes Final Notice of Sale for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale
As required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it will hold an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on March 29, 2023.
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Interior Department Proposes First-Ever Offshore Wind Sale in Gulf of Mexico
In another step by the Biden-Harris administration to grow America’s clean energy economy, the Department of the Interior today is proposing the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Reclamation seeks public comment on Glen Canyon Dam/Smallmouth Bass Flow Options Environmental Assessment
The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on the draft Glen Canyon Dam/Smallmouth Bass Flow Options Environmental Assessment that presents four potential operational flow options aimed at preventing smallmouth bass from successfully spawning and establishing downstream of Glen Canyon Dam.
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Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2023 Civil Works Appropriations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program Feb. 27, 2023.
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Norfork and Bull Shoals Lakes automate day use fee collection
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mountain Home Project Office would like to remind visitors that many of their parks and day use areas have transitioned to automated fee collection machines.
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Hatchie-Loosahatchie Restoration Study public meeting scheduled for March 6, seeking public comment
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District (CEMVM), and their non-Federal Sponsor, the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee (LMRCC), scheduled a hybrid in-person/virtual public meeting for its Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Draft Environmental Assessment (DIFR-EA) of the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study.
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Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2023 Civil Works Appropriations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program Feb. 27.
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USACE Vicksburg District signs Planning Assistance to States agreement with City of Clinton
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District entered a Planning Assistance to States (PAS) agreement with the City of Clinton, Mississippi, Feb. 28 as part of the Water Resources Development Act (Section 22).
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USACE monitors blue-green algae conditions and adjusts releases at Port Mayaca Lock and Dam
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is closely monitoring, in coordination with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), blue-green algae conditions at Port Mayaca Lock and Dam (S-308) after receiving aerial imagery showing a thin ribbon of algal mass moving towards the gate yesterday.
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South Atlantic Division Becomes an EWN Proving Ground
South Atlantic Division (SAD) commander Brig. Gen. Daniel Hibner signed a Commander's Memo on Feb. 27th, 2023 establishing the division as an Engineering With Nature Proving Ground.
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Nashville Corps first job fair offers tentative jobs on the spot
Nashville District Corps of Engineers hosted the first Nashville District job fair. Six qualified applicants received tentative job offers by the end of their interview.
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Black History Month spotlight: Ernest Burford
Ernest Burford was joking around with an attorney while working at Ford Motor Company when the idea of becoming a lawyer first sprouted.
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Burnsville Lake, Riffle Run Day Use Area Launch will be CLOSED for Dredging
Starting, Monday, March 6, 2023, the Boat Launch Ramp located in the Riffle Run Day Use Area will be closed to begin dredging, once the job is completed we will announce the reopening.
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IWR's Risk Management Center is hiring for a Civil Engineer (Geotechnical)
USACE's Institute for Water Resources (IWR), Risk Management Center is seeking for a Civil Engineer (Geotechnical) with the responsibility for planning, programming, scheduling, directing, coordinating, advising, and reviewing the work of technicians and geotechnical engineers.
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