News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
“Take advantage of fee-free days and experience the wonder of urban national parks with the Tram Ride to the Top and the Documentary Movie at Gateway Arch National Park!” said Pam Sanfilippo, Program Manager, Museum Services and Interpretation.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The Department of the Interior today announced that $25 million in funding made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will accelerate critical investments in a long-term solution to address the Pretty Rocks landslide in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning man who admitted to dealing methamphetamine on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 68 months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The Department of the Interior announced today that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is extending the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund program through 2034 and making other changes to the program, as directed by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Oscar Marsiglia Barrios (54, Colombia) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States. Marsiglia Barrios faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $955,000 grant to the city of Moscow, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Nixa, Missouri, woman who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase at night with no headlights pleaded guilty in federal court today to trafficking methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Rock Island, Illinois, man, Roman Thomas Lloyd, 34, of the 400 block of 19th Avenue, was sentenced on Jan. 11, 2021, to a total of 72 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for credit union robbery and interstate transportation of stolen money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Awaiting Sentencing For A Child Pornography Conviction, Defendant Trafficked A 15 Year Old Girl On Oakland Streets.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Defense, Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Memorandum of Understanding to improve federal agency coordination and streamline reviews for clean energy projects located on public lands managed by the Interior and Agriculture Departments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: ALBUQERQUE, N.M. - Hassan Alqahtani, 29, of Saudi Arabia, was sentenced in federal court on Jan. 6 to two years and six months in prison for being an alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition. A jury convicted Alqahtani on May 14, 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and NOAA signed an interagency memorandum in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious offshore wind energy goals to advance wind energy responsibly while protecting biodiversity and promoting cooperative ocean use.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it is preparing a draft environmental assessment (EA) to consider the impacts of potential offshore wind leasing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Baldwin County man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for methamphetamine distribution.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the release of its draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the potential impacts from future commercial leasing and related site characterization and assessment activities within the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
Notice of Funding Opportunity for NRCS's Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) &- RCPP Alternative Funding Arrangements for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 grant opened on Jan. 13.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind auction next month for more than 480,000 acres offshore New York and New Jersey, in the area known as the New York Bight.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-mandated Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.
By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The Department of the Interior announced today that it is seeking nominations for members of the new Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint eight U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including five Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and three Rural Development (RD) State Directors.
