News published on Federal Newswire in May 2022

News from May 2022


The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pallone and Schakowsky Applaud Enactment of Bill to Protect Babies from Dangerous Sleeping Products

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after President Biden signed H.R. 3182, the Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021, introduced by Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), into law...



Community Boat Launch and Gypsum Campground to open after Duck Pond Fire

Community Boat Launch and Gypsum Campground to open after Duck Pond Fire


USDA Extends Deadline for Public Input to Identify Competition Challenges in Seed, Fertilizer, Other Agricultural Inputs, and Retail Markets

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces a 30-day extension to the public comment period to identify the impacts of concentration and competition challenges in seed, fertilizer, other agricultural inputs, and retail markets


USDA Food and Nutrition Service Awards Approximately $1 Million Training Grant to Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service Western Region announced today the award of a $999,887 grant to the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) which administers the National School Lunch Program in Washington.


USDA Accepting Applications to Help Cover Costs of Organic, Transitioning Producers

Agricultural producers and handlers who are certified organic, along with producers and handlers who are transitioning to organic production, can now apply for the U.S.




Three Utah organizations to receive nearly $6 million to advance environmental cleanups

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing three Utah organizations will receive nearly $6 million to advance environmental cleanups.


EPA Announces $441 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Los Angeles County, California

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $441 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (Sanitation Districts) to support the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant Effluent Outfall Tunnel Project (“Clearwater Project”).


EM continued a decade-long trend in reducing its energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2021.


Hanford Capsule Transfer Project Making Solid Progress

In the blink of an eye, as this time-lapse video shows, crews with EM Richland Operations Office contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company last month completed pouring 11 truckloads — or about 120 cubic yards — of concrete


Dave Traub Retires After More Than 43 Years Contracting to DOE

A random finger on a map in 1978 started Dave Traub on a long career and a new hometown.


Readout of Bilateral Meeting between Secretary Granholm and Minister of Natural Resources Canada Jonathan Wilkinson

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson met in Washington, DC on May 11, 2022, to discuss a number of key issues of mutual interest and importance.


Remarks at the UN General Assembly Following the Adoption of a Resolution on the UN Security Council Veto

The United States knows that the veto is controversial. It was controversial from the very beginning, with heated debates on the veto when the UN Charter was negotiated in San Francisco in 1945


BLM issues temporary public land closure in Cibola County for abandoned vehicle removal from Bluewater Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern

BLM issues temporary public land closure in Cibola County for abandoned vehicle removal from Bluewater Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern



Vandalia Man Sentenced To 60 Months Imprisonment For Distributing Child Pornography

Vandalia Man Sentenced To 60 Months Imprisonment For Distributing Child Pornography


Jury Convicts Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Professor of Concealing Foreign Bank Account from the Internal Revenue Service

Jury Convicts Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Professor of Concealing Foreign Bank Account from the Internal Revenue Service