News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


On Nationwide Building a Better America Tour, FHWA Acting Administrator Announces Funding from President Biden’s Infrastructure Law for Long Branch Trail Extension in Winston-Salem, North Carolina


Consumer Alert: Important Hyundai and Kia Recalls for Fire Risk


Carper Statement on EPA Proposal Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances


Capito Statement on EPA’s Proposed Designation of Two PFAS Chemicals as ‘Hazardous Substances’


DOE-NETL offers new grant application process starting Aug. 29

Request for Information on Collection, Transportation, Sorting, Processing, and Second Life Applications for End of Life Lithium Ion Batteries grant opened on Aug. 29.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The estimated number of youth arrests for violent crime, which includes murder, robbery, and aggravated assault, continued to decline in 2020 and was down 78% from its peak in 1994, according to a new report from the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...


Global Shipping Container Suppliers China International Marine Containers and Maersk Container Industry Abandon Merger after Justice Department Investigation

News Release: China International Marine Containers Group Co. Ltd. (CIMC) confirmed today that it has abandoned its intended acquisition of Maersk Container Industry A/S and Maersk Container Industry Qingdao Ltd. (collectively, MCI) after the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division’s thorough investigation.


Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-381; Big Lake, AK discussed on Aug. 29 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Marine Mammals; File No. 26602 discussed on Aug. 29 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDA Equity Commission discussed on Aug. 29 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today announced an investment of $2.7 million to perform rigorous research that furthers the Department of Justice’s mission to increase knowledge about the connections between race, crime, violence and the administration of justice...


Senators request transparency on Afghan evacuees amid vetting concerns

Members of the Senate Judiciary, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Armed Services committees have requested that the FBI share more information regarding Afghan refugees who have been designated as possible security risks after entering the United States, according to a recent news release.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics will issue a press release and report, Impact of COVID-19 on State and Federal Prisons, March 2020-February 2021,.



There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 30.


News Release: A resident of Birch River, West Virginia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Columbus, Ohio, on charges of receipt, acquisition or purchase of illegally transported protected plants and falsification of records, Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker for the Southern District of Ohio announced.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, a $4.65 million competition to incentivize innovators to use 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, to address the challenges associated with operating sensitive equipment...


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act discussed on Aug. 29 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.