News from February 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Brownfields" program.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Vern Buchanan...
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a series of public listening sessions on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy), so communities and stakeholders can provide their comments on the Agency's plan.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
Earlier this week, at a virtual roundtable with state and community representatives, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored 49 water infrastructure projects for excellence and innovation within the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) and Drinking Water SRF programs.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has penalized SGL Composites $139,100 for repeated failures to immediately report releases of hydrogen cyanide from its facility, SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, in Moses Lake, Washington.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today visited several communities and sites in Mississippi to honor individuals and events that advanced the Civil Rights Movement. Secretary Haaland, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, and Congressman Bennie Thompson ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has rejected Edward Brown’s appeal of his 300-month prison sentence.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
Today, President Biden and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan will announce that as a direct result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA will make significant progress in the clean-up and restoration of the Great Lakes’ most environmentally degraded sites, securing clean water and a better environment for millions of Americans in the Great Lakes region.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Zachery McCuen, age 29, of Carter Lake, was sentenced on Feb. 14, 2022, to 96 months in prison for Accessing Child Pornography. McCuen’s term of imprisonment will be followed by five years of supervised release. According to court documents, McCuen pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 1, 2021.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
Disrupting Malign State Behavior grant opened on Feb. 17.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
DRL Strengthen Independent Media and/or Credible Transitional Justice Efforts in Yemen grant opened on Feb. 17.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announced the 2021 Pollution Prevention (P2) Recognition Award Winners. Region 4 recognized companies in Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Frank Hunter, 37, of Utica, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve 121 months in federal prison for his role in a drug conspiracy that trafficked cocaine, fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl in Utica from July 2018 through July 2019, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) violated the Clean Water Act-related permit issued for its Williams Creek National Fish Hatchery Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Howard Jones, 50, of Craven County was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of 100 grams or more of heroin, distribution of a quantity of heroin, possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and possession of a firearm by a felon.
