News published on Federal Newswire in May 2010

News from May 2010


News Release: WASHINGTON – The city of Kansas City, Mo., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed $2.5 billion over 25 years, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to reduce pollution levels in urban storm water, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON – American Municipal Power (AMP), an Ohio non-profit utility, will permanently retire its Richard H. Gorsuch Station coal-fired power plant near Marietta under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. As part of the settlement, AMP will also spend $15 million on an environmental mitigation project and pay a civil penalty of $850,000.


News Release: An immigration judge in Philadelphia has ordered the removal of Anton Geiser, a resident of Sharon, Pa., who served as an armed SS guard at three Nazi concentration camps in Germany during World War II, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.


Written agreement with Gulf State Bancorp

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Gulf State Bancorp, Carrabelle, Florida, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.


Board begins 2010 Census of Finance Companies

News Release: The Federal Reserve System in May will begin its 2010 Census of Finance Companies. The census is a key part of a larger effort to paint a complete and continuing picture of this important sector of the U.S. economy in the aftermath of the financial crisis.


News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Completes First Leg of Clean Energy Business Development Mission HONG KONG – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and a delegation of 24 American companies completed the first leg of their trade mission in Hong Kong today. The clean energy business development mission aims to promote U.S. technologies related to clean energy, energy efficiency, and electric energy storage, transmission and distribution in Asia.


News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Brings Clean Energy Trade Mission to Shanghai SHANGHAI – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arrived in Shanghai today with representatives from 24 American clean energy companies for the second stop on a business development trade mission promoting exports of leading U.S. technologies related to clean energy, energy efficiency, and electric energy storage, transmission and distribution.


News Release: Statement fro Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on New Residential Construction in April 2010 Report -PDF WASHINGTON – The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released new residential construction data for April 2010. Permits for new housing units fell 11.5 percent in April, but housing starts rose 5.8 percent. Permits have grown 15.9 percent over the last 12 months, and starts have risen 40.9 percent.


MSHA outlines hearing process in investigation of Upper Big Branch Mine explosion

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today further defined its plans for a series of public hearings in the investigation of the April 5 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va. The public hearings will commence after the initial witness interviews are completed.


The US State Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.