News from January 2022

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
EM and cleanup contractor CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) have replaced six railroad ties along nearly 8,000 feet of track within the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) following an annual inspection.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently activated a specially designed crane system to practice bringing empty stainless-steel containers inside the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. -Bolivar Anibal Cordova, Jr. (42, Windermere) and Luis Manuel Cordero (40, Orlando) were sentenced to 12 years and 7 months and 8 years and 6 months in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin. Cordova and Cordero had pleaded guilty...

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
Since the mid-1990s, a type of steel column that commonly features slender cross-sectional elements has become more prevalent in buildings along the West Coast of the United States and in other seismically active regions.

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Join the National Park Service and Longwood University at the annual free Civil War Seminar on Feb. 12, 2022, located in the Jarman Auditorium at Longwood University, Farmville, VA. Noted scholars will present on topics ranging from “The Bahamas to Camp Nelson.".

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to King and Queen County, Virginia.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today convened a virtual hearing on the nominations of Margaret Burnham, Gabrielle Dudley, Henry Klibanoff, and Brenda Stevenson to serve on the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued opinions on President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Energy Department published a three page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today launched the “Building a Better Grid” Initiative to catalyze the nationwide development of new and upgraded high-capacity electric transmission lines, as enabled by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Building a Better Grid will work with community and industry stakeholders to identify national transmission needs and support the buildout of long-distance, high voltage transmission facilities that are critical to reaching President Biden’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035 and a zero emissions economy by 2050.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
A new high-tech railcar developed by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently en route from Oregon to a site near Pueblo, Colorado for multiple-car testing.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved a fourth exchange of 870,000 barrels of crude oil for release to Shell Trading (US) Company from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Press release submission | Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Navy Occupation during World War I
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Winner, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.