News published on Federal Newswire in September 2006

News from September 2006


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park is distributing $67,600 in federal funding this year to assist four local volunteer fire departments - Allenspark, Estes Park, Glen Haven and Grand Lake. The Rural Fire Assistance and Community Fire Assistance programs are part of the National Fire Plan approved by Congress six years ago.


Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Schedule for the Week of September 25

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee hearing next week.


News Release: Bryce Canyon, UT - Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, is the thirteenth annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD). NPLD is an annual event that provides opportunities for the public to participate in volunteer projects that accomplish much needed work on public lands. NPLD is organized by the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation supported by nine federal land management agencies, and sponsored by Toyota and other businesses.


Lieberman Calls Chemical Security Agreement Far From Complete

News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., issued the following statement in reaction to the agreement reached between House and Senate Republicans on chemical security. “Committees in both the House and the Senate separately crafted bipartisan and comprehensive...


News Release: This year Lassen Volcanic National Park will celebrate the annual interagency Fee Free Day on Saturday, September 30. National Public Lands Day is scheduled for the last Saturday in September each year. “This interagency fee free day is a partnership effort by all federal public land agencies to encourage...


News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park report that the alpine portion of the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) remains temporarily closed due to winter weather. The temporary closure is currently from Big Bend to Jackson Glacier Overlook. Visitors can still travel 28 miles from West Glacier to Big Bend and 13.5 miles from St. Mary to Jackson Glacier Overlook.


News Release: Superintendent Sheridan Steele announced today that the National Association for Interpretation (NAI), based in Fort Collins, Colorado, has selected Passamaquoddy History and Culture: A Traveling Teaching Kit for Grades 5-8 as a finalist in the curriculum category of their annual competition for media awards.


SE Utah National Parks celebrate National Public Lands Day by waiving entrance fees

News Release: Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, is the thirteenth annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD). NPLD is an annual event that provides opportunities for the public to participate in volunteer projects that accomplish much needed work on public lands. NPLD is organized by the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation supported by nine federal land management agencies, and sponsored by Toyota and other businesses.


NPS Celebrates National Public Lands Day

News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006 the National Park Service Outer Banks Group will be celebrating National Public Lands Day. Entrance fees at Wright Brothers National Memorial and user fees at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse are waived for that day.


ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH TAKES PLACE AT FORT RALEIGH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

News Release: The search for the settlement site of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Roanoke colonies of the 1580s, including the mysterious "Lost Colony," will enter a new phase as First Colony Foundation archaeologists begin testing and limited excavation at the National Park Service’s Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. Work...