News published on Federal Newswire in March 2022

News from March 2022


BLM plans prescribed burn activities in Chaves and Lincoln counties

News Release: ROSWELL, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct prescribed fire operations beginning this week and lasting through May. The agency plans to burn approximately 1,400 acres throughout Chaves and eastern Lincoln counties.


News Release: Grand Canyon National Park is beginning civic engagement to seek comments on implementing a three-year pilot advance day-use reservation system to manage day-use visitation to the Tuweep Visitor Use Area including all park areas within Toroweap Valley and the Kanab Plateau. A $2 ticket fee per vehicle is proposed for visitors to get to Tuweep.


Proposed Establishment of United States Area Navigation (RNAV) Route T-377; Sitka, AK discussed on March 24 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Former Paraguayan Congresswoman Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Role in International Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former member of Paraguay’s Congress was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for her role in an international money laundering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Public Health Legislative Hearing

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Future of Medicine: Legislation to Encourage Innovation and Improve Oversight:”


Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 8 Weekly Data Release

News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from Phase 8 of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which measures the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events such as hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses. The SBPS complements existing Census Bureau data by providing detailed, near real-time information on the challenges that small businesses face.


Temporary fluctuation of North Platte River flow to improve trout reproduction

The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a series of fluctuating flows in the North Platte River downstream of Gray Reef Dam beginning March 31.


Pallone Asks Oil Company Executives to Testify and Answer for Rising Gas Prices on April 6

E&C Chairman Expresses Concern Oil Industry Is Exploiting the War in Ukraine for Its Own Economic Gain


Notice published on March 22 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a four page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


New Web-Based Dashboard Enhances Access to Critical Safety Data

A new web-based dashboard for advancing safety in oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf is now available to industry and the public as part of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Bureau of Transportation Statistics SafeOCS Reporting System.



Congressman Jeff Fortenberry Found Guilty of Concealing Facts and Lying to Investigators Probing Illegal Campaign Contributions

News Release: LOS ANGELES - U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry, who represents Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District, was found guilty by a federal jury this evening of concealing information and making false statements to federal authorities who were investigating illegal contributions made by a foreign national to the congressman’s 2016 re-election campaign.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


USDOJ-OJP-NIJ grant application closes on May 9

NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Desistance from Crime grant opened on March 24.


The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page proposed rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



E&C Announces Health Legislative Hearing on MDUFA Reauthorization

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, March 30, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee Act (MDUFA). The hearing is entitled, “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Medical Devices."


News Release: BRONX, N.Y. - Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, New York City Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell, Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Tim Foley, and Homeland Security Investigations New York Acting Special Agent in Charge Ricky J. Patel today announced that two Bronx men have been indicted for selling 33 weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices to an undercover NYPD officer.


Airworthiness Directives; British Aerospace (Operations) Limited and British Aerospace Regional Aircraft Airplanes discussed on March 22 by Transportation Department

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


NOAA: Compounds found in sponge target and kill 'pancreatic and ovarian tumor cells'

A National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration scientist discovered an ocean sponge that produces chemicals that can kill cancerous cells in the pancreas and ovaries, NOAA reported March 17.