News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
The Bureau of Reclamation’s 111-year-old East Park Dam recently received inspections and modernization of the dam gates.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management Arizona Strip Field Office issued a decision that would allow wind testing facilities to move forward on public lands located near Yellowstone Mesa, southeast of Colorado City, Arizona, on the Arizona Strip.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations to the Idaho Resource Advisory Council (RAC). This citizen-based council advises the Secretary of the Interior concerning the issues related to land use planning or the management of the public land resources within the state of Idaho.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management will host a roundtable-style webinar focused on the new program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that provides $250 million to identify and remediate orphaned wells on federal lands.
By Press release submission | Dec 27, 2021
With colder weather approaching, people may start thinking about gathering firewood.
By Andy Nghiem | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently awarded $5 million in grant funds to help combat forced labor and child labor in the Malaysian palm oil and garment industries.
By Bob Martin | Dec 27, 2021
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Interior Department to share research in support of the Federal Indian Board School Initiative.
By David Beasley | Dec 27, 2021
George Prepared Foods and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached a settlement over allegations that the company violated the Clean Air Act at its facility in Caryville, Tenn.
By Emily Bevard | Dec 27, 2021
A Fortune 500 manufacturer based in Pennsylvania has recently settled with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allegedly violating the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The deadline for organic agricultural producers to file for 2020 and 2021 pandemic assistance has recently been extended to Feb. 4 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to stakeholders’ requests for additional time to complete the application.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Joseph A. Foistner, 67, of Mont Vernon, was found guilty on Thursday of four counts of bank fraud, as well as charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making misrepresentations during bankruptcy proceedings. The verdict was returned by Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Barbadoro on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, following a two-week bench trial.
By David Beasley | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a proposed settlement with Synagro Northeast LLC and the City of Woonsocket, R.I. over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is classifying Canada as Level I for both bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis. APHIS prepared evaluations for both diseases and found that Canada fully meets the APHIS requirements for classification as Level 1. Bovine ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms of cocaine in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today announced nearly $126 million in funding to advance school safety under the STOP School Violence Act. The grants, awarded by the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing...
By Emily Bevard | Dec 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to develop new partnerships and increase voluntary conservation efforts with the agriculture industry and private landowners, by investing in additional staff and loosening the rules of a matching-funds requirement.
By Art Benavidez | Dec 27, 2021
The use of soybean oil in jet biofuel may be significantly improved after scientists with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Peoria, Illinois recently developed a procedure for improving soy’s interaction with petroleum.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: A Dubuque man who conspired with his daughter to distribute crack cocaine was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
Release: Secretary Blinken has appointed Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat as his Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues. He is a former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Ambassador to the European Union, and is ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2021
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the appointment of Nicholas V. Biase as the Office’s Chief Public Information Officer, effective Jan. 1, 2022.
