News from June 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics (MATS) rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Glencoe CampResort II L.L.C. of rural Meade County, South Dakota, and Sean Clark from Hacienda Heights, California, pled guilty to and were sentenced for Clean Water Act violations on June 22, 2015, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Dr. Nicole Lurie, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, seeking details regarding the administration’s “emergency preparedness in response to the spread of avian influenza."
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Cleveland Die & Manufacturing Company
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court remanded to a lower court the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) landmark rule limiting harmful mercury and air toxics from coal-fired power plants.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: “The benefits of ensuring that Americans have clean, safe air to breathe far outweigh the costs. Today’s ruling ignores the real costs of poor air quality that are borne by those who breathe in pollutants, especially children. EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants provide critical public...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Recent hot, dry weather in many locations has resulted in increased fire danger.Please follow these simple rules to keep you and others safe as you enjoy your public lands over the Independence Day holiday weekend.The use and possession of fireworks, exploding targets and luminaries with open flame are...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Jensen, UT & Dinosaur, CO -Fire crews at Dinosaur National Monument are responding to a lightning-caused fire in the Ecklund Draw area along the Green River's Lodore Canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Defendant was One of Twenty-Nine Charged in February 2014 with Trafficking Methamphetamine in San Juan County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Agrees to Forfeit Over $3.1 Million in Cash.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Moab, Utah - Due to very dry conditions and increasing fire danger in Southeast Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Dr. Nicole Lurie, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, seeking details regarding the administration’s “emergency preparedness in response to the spread of avian influenza."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Storyteller, musician and performing artist Cory Hills of Thousand Oaks, California will continue to highlight this year's Art in the Park Program at Rocky Mountain National Park with presentations held Wednesdays, July 1 and July 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nevada, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a bank fraud scheme in which she embezzled more than $336,000 from her employer and failed to pay taxes on the stolen money.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Moab, Utah-Due to very dry conditions and increasing fire danger in Southeast Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: “The benefits of ensuring that Americans have clean, safe air to breathe far outweigh the costs. Today’s ruling ignores the real costs of poor air quality that are borne by those who breathe in pollutants, especially children. EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants provide critical public...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: “The benefits of ensuring that Americans have clean, safe air to breathe far outweigh the costs. Today’s ruling ignores the real costs of poor air quality that are borne by those who breathe in pollutants, especially children. EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants provide critical public...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and George C. Jepsen, Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, today announced that GARG CONSULTING SERVICES, INC. (“GARG") has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government and the State of Connecticut...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Have you seen large white bags on Kenai Fjords National Park's remote outer coast? These bags contain 2.66 tons (5,320 pounds) of marine debris. The bags were a collection effort made possible through a partnership with Alaska SeaLife Center, Kenai Fjords National Park, Ocean Alaska Science and Learning...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-Grand Canyon National Park has seen a 20 percent increase in visitation this year, compared to 2014. As a result, traffic regularly backs up at all entrance stations, with the longest wait time between 9 am and 4 pm. Waits during those times can last 30 minutes or more, particularly on weekends. Once in the park, visitors can also expect parking lots, especially at Grand Canyon Visitor Center, to start reaching capacity by 10 am.
