News from July 2010
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office today announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vegetation Treatments Using Herbicides on BLM Lands in Oregon. This action expands herbicide use beyond noxious weed treatments to include: the treatment of all...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials are seeking preliminary scoping comments as the National Park Service (NPS) begins preparation of a plan and environmental assessment (EA) to explore alternatives for the management of cabins and other structures owned by the NPS around the shores...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has released four Final Environmental Assessments and Findings of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) for drought assistance projects on Indian Reservations located in Modoc, Shasta and Plumas Counties in California. Reclamation will provide funding under Title IV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to California Indian Tribes who are experiencing effects due to the prolonged drought in California.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Statement of Republican Policy.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: July 26, 2010 - Seattle WA: Drug smuggler linked to Hells Angels sentenced to 14 years in prison
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, confirmed today that Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) officials will hold a public informational meeting with residents of Harpswell regarding a review of proposed flood maps for that coastal community.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Republicans in the House of Representatives today defeated legislation that would have provided nearly $20 billion in tax relief to small businesses and closed loopholes that encourage companies to ship jobs overseas. The measure, H.R. 5982, would have eliminated an information reporting...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Members Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA) issued the following statements concerning today’s announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) that Peru will fail to implement its obligations under the U.S. - Peru Free Trade Agreement Annex on Forest Sector Governance by the August 1st deadline.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has released four Final Environmental Assessments and Findings of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) for drought assistance projects on Indian Reservations in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties in California. Reclamation will provide funding under Title IV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to California Indian Tribes who are experiencing effects due to the prolonged drought.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2010 - Today during floor debate on the CLEAR Act, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) emphasized the lost jobs, increased spending and higher taxes that would result from passage of the bill. He also questioned why an “oil spill response bill" would include a $22 billion energy tax and $30 billion in spending if BP is 100% accountable for paying for the cleanup and damages.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following comment today welcoming U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk’s announcement that the United States will file a case against Guatemala under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) for Guatemala’s inadequate enforcement of labor laws. From Chairman Baucus...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today regarding the Democrats’ CLEAR Act- a bill that would kill jobs, raise taxes and increase spending.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: Residential Youth Education Programs in Yosemite National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: Northern Michigan and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is "bear country" and seeing one of these magnificent creatures may be a highlight of a visit to the park, particularly this summer, as there have been numerous bear sightings within the National Lakeshore near the Platte River Campground.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement today regarding the Obama Administration’s latest act of propaganda claiming a correlation between jobs “funded" and jobs “created":
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park report that a 30-year-old Browning resident died Thursday in the park’s Two Medicine Valley.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman John S. Tanner (D-TN) issued the following statement concerning today’s announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) that the United States is initiating consultations with Guatemala under the CAFTA-DR Labor Chapter to address concerns about Guatemala’s failure to enforce its labor laws...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: The event starts at 8:00 a.m. and continues through 1:00 p.m., when the public is invited to walk, stroll, jog, or bicycle along 14 miles of Rim Rock Drive without motorized traffic. Canine friends will be welcome, but must stay on a short leash at all times and remain on paved areas. Pet waste must be cleaned up by owners. No dogs are allowed on the monument’s trails. Rollerblades, skateboards, and scooters are not permitted.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the following statement after President Obama signed her bipartisan legislation (S. 3372) to extend the current moratorium on a permit requirement for commercial and charter ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) introduced H.R. 5987, The Seniors Protection Act of 2010. The bill would assist 57 million American seniors, retired and disabled veterans, and disabled individuals with a one-time $250 payment that they deserve in the event that no inflation adjustment is announced this Fall.
