News from August 2009
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: Timber Creek Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park will be closed from noon on Tuesday, Aug. 11, through noon on Friday, Aug. 21, for resurfacing of the roads in the campground. No resurfacing has been done in the campground since it was first paved in the mid 1960s, over forty years ago. This...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: The first evaluation of alternative farming practices-based on changes in soil microbes-in the Texas High Plains has been done by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued the following statement concerning a story in today’s Wall Street Journal...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: Effective immediately, Denali National Park and Preserve officials are prohibiting the use of open fires in the park’s backcountry areas, including the new park additions and preserve, due to the very high fire danger. Open fires are still allowed in established fire grates in the Riley Creek, Savage River, and Teklanika River Campgrounds. This order will be in effect until the weather and fire conditions change.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Terry Savage Retires. Superintendent Terry Savage retired on August 1st after having served in the National Park Service for 42 years and as the superintendent of Boston National Historical Park and Boston African American National Historic Site since November, 2000. “I want to let you...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: Today, Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson (MN) issued the following statement in reaction to the Environmental Protection Agency’s release of a peer review of the lifecycle analysis issues included in the RFS2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: In the spring of 2007, tree and flower buds withered and died as temperatures fell below freezing and snow carpeted the landscape. Shortly after this late freeze, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (NHP) rangers received a call that a black bear was in the park campground, looking for easy food...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today repeated his call for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee to move forward with a subpoena of critical Countrywide VIP documents following the decision of the Senate Ethics Committee to dismiss complaints against Sen. Chris Dodd and Sen. Kent Conrad...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’sreport that the U.S. economy lost 247,000 jobs in July and the Congressional Budget Office’s that the federal deficit topped $1.3 trillion in July for the first time in the history of our country.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: From August 19 to the 25th, Salem Maritime will welcome the 400 ton barquentine Peacemaker to historic Central Wharf. “We are committed to having a lively visiting vessel program at Salem Maritime National Historic Site," said site Superintendent Patricia Trap, “and Peacemaker is a beautiful modern example of the traditional shipbuilder’s art.".
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Friday hailed the confirmation of four committee nominees by the Senate. Kelvin Cochran, nominated as Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration; Anthony...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Assessment of Effect (FEIS/AEF) to update the park’s Fire Management Plan. The park’s current Fire Management Plan was approved in 1992 and was last revised in 2008. The National Park Service (NPS) prepared the FEIS/AEF under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: MARINA OPERATORS UNSUNG HEROES ON THE LAKE.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service cordially invites everyone to be our guest at Colorado National Monument on Saturday, August 15 and Sunday, August 16.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2009
News Release: Colorado National Monument is asking for the public's help in identifying individuals who appeared on the monument’s surveillance video cameras late on Monday night, August 3. These individuals may be connected to the vandalism that occurred at the Historic Devil’s Kitchen Picnic Area.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today joined with U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate to announce a new arbitration ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Aggregate Industries - Northeast Region Inc., will pay a $2.75 million civil penalty and implement a regional evaluation and compliance program to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Water Act at 23 facilities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Dennis Beetham and his company, D.B. Western Inc., have been indicted on both federal and state charges alleging that he illegally dumped hazardous and other industrial waste in Crook County, Ore., the Justice Department announced. The defendants are scheduled to be arraigned on the federal charges today, Aug. 6, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. PT, at the U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Ore.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Nevada by restoring 122 acres of mountain-desert streams and wetlands, implementing storm water controls at its construction sites, and paying a civil penalty, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 6, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among, Sterling Banks, Inc., a registered bank holding company, Sterling Bank, a state member bank, both of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.
