News from February 2022
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Below are Ranking Member Comer’s remarks as prepared for delivery.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Washington - USDA has extended the deadline to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) and Supplemental Dairy Margin Coverage (SDMC) for program year 2022. The deadline to apply for 2022 coverage is now March 25, 2022. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing efforts to support dairy farmers...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Kott, 44, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to an 18-month federal prison term for willfully failing to pay over income tax and...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2022
News Release: Kula, Maui -The National Park Service is requesting assistance in identifying those responsible for poaching trees at Lelekea Beach in the Kῑpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park. The incident took place overnight between February 3 and 4, 2022. Park rangers report one Milo tree was cut down and another tree was damaged when large limbs were cut from it. It is illegal to possess, destroy, injure or cut down trees within a national park.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Today, EPA issued a final registration review decision requiring the cancellation of pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative used primarily on utility poles.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a new and improved Framework for the Assessment of Environmental Performance Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing under its Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program, and a webpage highlighting ecolabel criteria that address perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the extension of the public comment period for the proposed Screening Level Approach for Assessing Ambient Air and Water Exposures to Fenceline Communities Version 1.0 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
On January 25th, EPA resumed publishing notices of substantial risks provided by companies under section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to its ChemView database.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing two grant funding opportunities for states and Tribes to develop and provide businesses with information, training, and tools to help them adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices. Approximately $14 million in grants with no cost share/match requirement are made possible by the $100 million investment in the P2 program provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing two grant funding opportunities for states and Tribes to develop and provide businesses with information, training, and tools to help them adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices. Approximately $14 million in grants with no cost share/match requirement are made possible by the $100 million investment in the P2 program provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
This week, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell traveled to Florida where she toured recovery projects and met with local and state emergency managers.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
FEMA has provided over $1.78 billion to more than 273,000 people to assist with COVID-19-related funeral costs for deaths occurring on or after Jan. 20, 2020.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released a request for information (RFI) seeking effective respiratory protection for wildland firefighters to be considered for inclusion in a market survey being conducted by S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) in collaboration with the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is seeking information on technologies that can detect trapped survivors in collapsed buildings and voids.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
United States Secret Service agents arrested Tempe Home Depot employee Adrian Jean Pineda for passing $387,500 in counterfeit U.S. currency.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N.
By Press release submission | Feb 8, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge apprehended Dionisio Perez Campos, a male United States citizen from Mission, Texas who had an arrest warrant associated with child-related sex crimes.
