News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CAPE MAY, NJ – On the cusp of the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today toured restoration projects at Reed's Beach and Cape May National Wildlife Refuge to repair and strengthen beaches and tidal marsh habitat in New Jersey and the Delaware Bay as part of the Obama Administration's efforts to improve coastal resiliency on the Atlantic Coast.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that the National Park Service will receive public input on two possible national monument designations in Kentucky, Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park in Jessamine County and Mill Springs Battlefield in Pulaski County.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, CT – A Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer did not take required steps to identify potential exposures and protect employees from hexavalent chromium and cadmium – both known carcinogens – at its Bloomfield facility, a U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety inspection has found.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced $50 million in funding for water infrastructure projects in the West – including $30 million in funding for rural water construction projects. The funding will support a variety of efforts – providing financial assistance and construction ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the approval of two renewable energy projects that further advance President Obama's initiative for a rapid and responsible move to utility-scale production of renewable energy. The projects – a solar plant in California and a wind ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OMAHA, NEB. – The U.S. Department of the Interior is leading First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Outside initiative ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior today announced changes to regulations enabling the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to better monitor and address the long-term impacts of renewable energy projects and other activities on federally-protected eagles. In addition to these immediate changes, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Continuing his pledge for an open and transparent department, US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the department will be launching two new resources to allow the public to view government data about America's hydropower resources on a monthly basis and data about wildland fires from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) on-line.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named Marcilynn Burke to serve as Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management at the Department of the Interior. Burke, who currently serves as Deputy Director for Policy of the Bureau of Land Management, will take over for Wilma Lewis, who is being commissioned as Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: LAKE SAMMAMISH, WA – On Friday, April 25, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join King County Executive Dow Constantine, local mayors and officials, and community conservation groups to announce a new partnership connecting Seattle-area communities and young people to efforts to restore kokanee in the Lake Sammamish watershed.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Interior is temporarily postponing public meetings on potential offshore energy development activities so that information from the ongoing review of Outer Continental Shelf safety issues that the President has directed can be appropriately considered in those meetings. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – With a transfer of nearly $1 million, the Department of the Interior today announced that total contributions to the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund have surpassed $5 million for 2014. The Scholarship Fund was authorized by the historic Cobell Settlement and is funded in part by the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As part of President Obama's commitment to help strengthen Native American communities, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn today announced cooperative agreements with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) of the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, November 4, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael Connor and Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will hold a press conference call to discuss this year’s accomplishments and important new opportunities for engagement for the continued implementation of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's commitment to help strengthen Indian communities, and following nation-to-nation consultations with tribal leaders, the Department of the Interior is expanding the implementation strategy for the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today released the 2015 Status Report for the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Program), which summarizes its implementation to date and significant economic impact in Indian Country. Since 2013, the Buy-Back Program has paid nearly $715 million to landowners and restored the equivalent of approximately 1.5 million acres of land to tribal governments.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation took the first step today toward implementing a high priority action from the Dec. 22, 2009, Interim Federal Action Plan for the California Bay-Delta. Don Glaser, Mid-Pacific Regional Director with the Bureau of Reclamation, signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC)/California Aqueduct (CA) Intertie (Intertie), completing the Federal environmental documentation process.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Commerce Department issued advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in relation to Executive Order 13984 of Jan. 19, 2021, Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (E.O. 13984). The ANPRM seeks public comments on issues pertinent to the development of regulations to implement E.O. 13984.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – At the request of the State of Tennessee, the Department of the Interior has agreed to designate approximately 75,000 acres of mountain ridgelines as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations. Today’s action helps protect a spectacular area of eastern Tennessee that is critical to the region’s tourism and outdoor recreation economy, provides valuable fish and wildlife habitat and supports a healthy watershed.