News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

News from April 2022


EPA Announces Gulf Guardian Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf of Mexico Division announced the Gulf of Mexico and the Seagrass Community of Practice as the winners of the Gulf Guardian Award.


NTSB Opens Public Docket for Investigation of the Seacor Power Capsizing

NTSB Opens Public Docket for Investigation of the Seacor Power Capsizing


FAA Begins Investing $1B of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding into Air Traffic Control System

FAA Begins Investing $1B of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding into Air Traffic Control System



On Earth Day, EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister Tours West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Missouri, with Federal, State and Local Leaders

The visit to the Superfund site followed a meeting at Bridgeton City Hall, where McCollister and the Region 7 site team shared the latest update on the status of work at the site and the release of a new interactive online map that shows sampling results.


DOE Invests $3.5 Million for Programs to Improve Natural Gas Infrastructure and Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $3.5 million for two projects to develop natural gas demand response (NGDR) pilot programs.


FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces the Rural Partners Network to Empower Rural Communities to Access Federal Resources

With today’s launch of the Rural Partners Network, the Department of Energy is committed to ensuring federal resources that can benefit rural America actually reach rural America.



Nigerian National Extradited for Defrauding Elderly Victims and Money Laundering

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Nigerian national, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, has been extradited to the United States, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiring to commit money laundering, stemming from the financial exploitation of elderly victims in the United States.


News Release: Contact: Ron Sams. 4/22/22. Rimrock, AZ- Montezuma Well will be closed Friday, April 29, 2022 for electrical work that will include the removal and replacement of electrical poles within the park. Due to the nature of this work and importance of safety for staff and visitors the park will close for the...


Notice published on April 26 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Request for Information seeking public input on the structure of an approximately $2.3 billion formula grant program to strengthen and modernize America’s power grid against wildfires, extreme...


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Fairfax County, Virginia. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On April 26, 2022, following a six-day trial in United States District Court, Knoxville, Tenn., a jury convicted Bryan Cornelius, 31, of Knoxville, Tennessee, of Conspiracy to Distribute over 50 grams of Methamphetamine, Conspiracy to Distribute over one kilogram of heroin and over...


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JEFFERY DEWAYNE MOSELEY, 32, of El Reno, Oklahoma, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City with theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer and with being a convicted felon in possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.


Biden Administration Announces Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Global Food Aid to Respond to Putin’s Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine

News Release: USDA and USAID Intend to Draw Down Entire Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust to Respond to Global Food Insecurity


News Release: FARMINGTON, N.M. - Due to increased fire danger and prolonged drought, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is implementing fire restrictions on public lands in Colfax, Harding, McKinley, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos, and Union counties. The restrictions are effective immediately and will remain in effect until further notice.


US Department of Labor finds Hearthside Food Solutions violates federal safety procedures for 20th time in 5 years

News Release: ROMEOVILLE, IL - Twenty times in the past five years, federal workplace safety investigators have cited a food manufacturer for exposing workers to amputation and other serious hazards.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gilbert Concepcion, age 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 26, 2022, to 41 months of imprisonment by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani. Concepcion previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic crystal methamphetamine.


Biden-Harris Administration Advances Offshore Wind Energy Leasing on Atlantic and Pacific Coasts

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish two separate Calls for Information and Nominations for possible leasing in areas that are determined to be suitable off the coast of Oregon and in the Central Atlantic.