News from February 2022

By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS“ was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H1129-H1132 on Feb. 18

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2022
The Jonah Interagency Mitigation and Reclamation Office (JIO), created by the Jonah Infill Drilling Project Record of Decision and signed March 2006, provides overall management of monitoring and mitigation activities.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: Defendant Sent Images of Young Child.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to review and comment on an Environmental Assessment for the Bailey Mountain Geothermal Exploration Project. Ormat Nevada, Inc. proposes to construct and operate up to 20 geothermal exploration wells in Beaver County, Utah, approximately four miles north of Milford. The project’s environmental assessment will be open to a 30-day public comment period.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Gamble, of Masontown, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Feb 22, 2022
The Department of the Interior recently started construction of its second offshore wind energy project.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park this spring break can expect long lines and full parking lots. As a result of increased visitation, traffic regularly backs up at all entrance stations, with the longest wait times between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Parking lots, especially near the Grand Canyon Visitor Center, start reaching capacity by 12 p.m. and shuttle bus lines will be long.Please follow these tips as you prepare to visit the South Rim.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
Release: The United States is gravely concerned by the reports of atrocities, including sexual violence, committed by fighters affiliated with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the Amhara region of Ethiopia in late August and early September 2021, as described in a recent Amnesty International report. We...
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement condemning President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two territories in the Donbass region of Ukraine as independent. President Putin’s decrees recognizing the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic (DPR and LPR) is in violation of the Minsk agreement Russia is party to.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA-- U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TIANNA HART, age 32, of LaPlace was charged with making a false statement via a bill of information filed on Feb. 15, 2022, in the Eastern District of Louisiana.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Greenville man was returned to custody after violating the terms of release pending service of his prison sentence.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Holly Berenguer, 39, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder Jr. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, nearly one year after the House’s passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) highlighted the package’s inclusion of transformative tax credits for families and workers. The expanded versions of Child Tax Credit...

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is rescheduling the wild horse and burro adoption event in Corsicana, Texas, at the Rusty Rowel Arena to March 4-5 due to inclement weather.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that XAVIER BRANDON GUINA, 25, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming was charged with assault by strangulation and suffocation. Guina appeared for an arraignment hearing on Feb. 15, 2022, before United States Magistrate Judge Teresa M. McKee.

By Press release submission | Feb 22, 2022
Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.), Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), and other members of Congress in Northern Minnesota to see firsthand the importance of the mining industry to the community and the nation.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2022
Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.