News published on Federal Newswire in July 2022

News from July 2022


EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan to Address Contaminated Groundwater in the Olean Well Field Superfund Site in Cattaraugus County, New York


EPA Provides $5.5 Million in Infrastructure Funds to Clean up Bucks and Montgomery County Superfund Sites


EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for operable unit 3 of the Velsicol Chemical Corp. Superfund site in St. Louis, Michigan


Settlement with PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer to Require Treatment of More Than a Billion Pounds of Hazardous Waste and Closure of Huge Phosphogypsum Waste Stacks and Impoundments


EPA Orders Construction Site Operator in Puerto Rico to Comply with Clean Water Regulations at Commercial Development in Aguadilla


U.S. EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for the Little Scioto River Superfund site in Marion County, Ohio



Notice published on July 19 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Convenes Supply Chain Ministerial Forum

Release: The Biden Administration is working with our partners and diverse stakeholders domestically and overseas to address supply chain disruptions.


Notice published by Commerce Department on July 19

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: A search is currently underway for a climber reported missing late in the evening on July 18. Sean Allen is a 38-year-old male, 5’10" tall, 145 pounds with brown hair. Allen had a wilderness permit for July 16-18 and was travelling solo with an intended route from Royal Basin to Home Lake. Allen’s itinerary...


News Release: The Dragon Fire, located on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is approximately 85 acres in size. The lightning-caused fire began July 17 and is being allowed to fulfill its natural role in a fire-dependent ecosystem.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $3.2 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Business Growth in Huntingburg, Indiana

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.2 million grant to the city of Huntingburg, Indiana, to upgrade its wastewater treatment facility to provide enhanced capacity for regional business growth. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA’s $300 million Coal Communities Commitment.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments for three new proposed research projects focused on developing better, longer-lasting fertility control methods for managing and protecting wild horse herds on public lands.


There was activity on two bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on July 19.


Portman Presses Administration Officials on Efforts to Safeguard Homeland from Biological Threats

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed administration officials on their efforts to safeguard the homeland from biological threats at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine weapons of mass destruction, or WMDs, and health security threats posed to our nation.


Meeks, McGovern Urge Support for Financial Services and General Government Amendment #137 Expanding Agricultural Trade with Cuba

News Release: Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the Rules Committee, issued the following statement in support of Amendment #137 to H.R. 8294, which funds the Treasury Department and its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), that would suspend enforcement of the prohibition on financing of agricultural sales to Cuba.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing with senior government officials on the risks posed by chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological weapons, as well as on how the Department of Homeland Security’s...


State Department set to publish a new notice on July 21

There is one release scheduled to be published on July 21.