News from April 2022

By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [April 15, 2021] -The weather is changing, wildlife is emerging, and Glacier National Park staff is gearing up for the season. While full park operations are still a couple of months off, visitors will see increasing recreational opportunities throughout the months of April and May.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Texas metal fabricator for repeatedly exposing employees to fall, machine and other safety hazards. OSHA’s most recent inspection of Kyoei Steel LTD - operating as Vinton Steel LLC - found 19 violations. The agency proposed penalties of $364,078.

By Press Release | Apr 15, 2022
Miami, FL — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement following reports that McKinsey & Company “repeatedly allowed employees who served pharmaceutical companies, including opioid makers, to also consult for the F.D.A., the drug industry’s primary government regulator.”
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Humberto Felipe Mancinas, age 22, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced today in federal court to 162 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. His term of imprisonment will be followed by five years of supervised release. According to court documents, Mancinas pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 22, 2021.

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D- NJ), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), founders and co-chairs of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s release of Equity Action Plans by more than 90 federal agencies that lay out strategies to advance equity and address the systemic barriers harming underserved communities. The Equity Action Plans include vital commitments to environmental justice.

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Luis Miguel Mejia-Lugo, age 30, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to 42 months’ imprisonment to be followed by one year of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, for aggravated identity theft and illegal reentry of a removed alien offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on April 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of the Interior announced that 40 fish passage projects in 23 states and Puerto Rico will receive a total of nearly $38 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. With a total of $200 million in investments in the National ...

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Federal Aviation Administration has opened the application process for Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to modernize air traffic control towers at many small town and municipal airports. The FAA will fund projects that sustain, construct, repair, improve, modernize, replace or relocate airport-owned towers and install communications equipment.

By Caleb Lombardo | Apr 15, 2022
The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced funding will be made available to fund the advancement of the development of ceramic-based materials which will improve the efficiency of hydrogen-fueled turbines.

By Karen Kidd | Apr 15, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service announced internal guidance about future e-bike use that will be helpful to rangers and forest supervisors.

By Karen Kidd | Apr 15, 2022
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums announced more the $1.6 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to help protect endangered species.