News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


Ames National Laboratory receives $24.5M in funding for key scientific infrastructure


Scientists develop new algorithm that may provide insights into battery corrosion


Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Proposal to Cut Methane Pollution to Protect Communities, Combat Climate Change, and Bolster American Innovation

Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Proposal to Cut Methane Pollution to Protect Communities, Combat Climate Change, and Bolster American Innovation


EPA Penalizes Ampac Fine Chemicals, Resolving Claims of Hazardous Waste Law Violations

EPA Penalizes Ampac Fine Chemicals, Resolving Claims of Hazardous Waste Law Violations


EPA Clean Air Act Settlements Address Illegal Tampering with Diesel Truck Emission Controls, Making Way for Cleaner Air in New England

EPA Clean Air Act Settlements Address Illegal Tampering with Diesel Truck Emission Controls, Making Way for Cleaner Air in New England


EPA Requests Public Comment on Proposed Cleanup at the Pierson's Creek Superfund Site in Newark, New Jersey

EPA Requests Public Comment on Proposed Cleanup at the Pierson's Creek Superfund Site in Newark, New Jersey


EPA Announces Settlement for Groundwater Cleanup at Landfill and Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund Site in N. Smithfield, Rhode Island

EPA Announces Settlement for Groundwater Cleanup at Landfill and Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund Site in N. Smithfield, Rhode Island


EPA Awards $7.7 Million for Research Grants to Improve Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures in the Environment

EPA Awards $7.7 Million for Research Grants to Improve Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures in the Environment


EPA Reaches Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Combustion Residuals Regulations

EPA Reaches Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Combustion Residuals Regulations


EPA Responds to Petitions to Address Harmful Emissions from Locomotives

EPA Responds to Petitions to Address Harmful Emissions from Locomotives


Oklahoma City Used Oil Recyclers Pay Nearly $2 Million for Processing, Transportation, and Storage Violations

Oklahoma City Used Oil Recyclers Pay Nearly $2 Million for Processing, Transportation, and Storage Violations


EPA and PEMEX Announce Collaboration to Reduce Methane Emissions


News Release: HOUSTON - A tax preparer is set to appear in court on charges of preparing a false joint income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


DOS-PRM offers new grant application process starting Nov. 16

2022 Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey Concept Notes grant opened on Nov. 16.


News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - Federal search warrants were executed at 13 locations in Cook and Tift Counties this morning in a joint law enforcement operation involving FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, GBI, Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office, Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, Adel Police Department and Hahira Police Department.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jeffrey Scott Hedges, 51, of Huntington Beach, was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison for committing wire fraud and money laundering in a scheme to defraud customers of his classic car business, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Seattle - A 48-year-old Bremerton, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 9 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour noted that it was Wood’s...


News Release: Natchez, Miss. - A Vidalia, Louisiana man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette, III, to 14 months in federal prison for his participation in an interstate drug trafficking operation distributing kilogram quantities of illegal drugs in the Natchez area from 2016 through 2018, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management plans to release 35 wild mares back into the Twin Peaks herd management area northeast of Susanville on Wednesday, Nov.16, weather and back country road conditions permitting. Earlier this year, the BLM released 46 mules back into the herd management area that had been captured during the summer gather.


Foxx and Allen Ask: Is OLMS Doing Its Job?

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter to U.S. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examine the Office of Labor-Management Standards’ (OLMS) enforcement of worker protection laws as the Biden administration pushes to unionize the entire American workforce.