News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


EPA Selects Recipients of More Than $9 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants

EPA Selects Recipients of More Than $9 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants


Labor Department discusses Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH): Notice of Meeting on Oct. 18

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Leader Rodgers on Biden’s Plans to Keep Draining the SPR: “The SPR is meant for emergencies – not political bailout.”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Biden’s reported plans to further drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in order to bail out Democrats for their failed “rush-to-green" agenda.


News Release: CHICAGO - A man who failed to appear in federal court in Chicago before his 2009 drug trial has been arrested in Panama and returned to the United States.


EPA to Hold Open House Meeting in Ardmore, Oklahoma on Health Risks from Ethylene Oxide Emissions


EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Oregon Reservations


EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Washington Reservations


EPA proposes revisions to Federal Air Rules for Reservations, seeks public comment


EPA Issues Air Quality Advisory for Kootenai Reservation


Department of Justice Awards Almost $190 Million in Grants to Support School Safety

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced nearly $190 million in funding to improve the safety of schools across the country. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), will help institute safety measures...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHARLES HARRISON, 34, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to escaping from the custody of the Attorney General.


EPA Fines Midwest Motors in Eureka, Missouri, for Alleged Automobile ‘Defeat Device’ Violations


FEMA Administrator Emphasizes Adaptability and Partnership During National Emergency Management Association Annual Forum Keynote

News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell addressed the 2022 National Emergency Management Association Annual Forum in Stowe, Vermont, and stressed the importance of strong partnerships with fellow emergency managers nationwide. She also acknowledged both new challenges and ongoing successes across the nation and urged the need for an adaptative emergency management posture as disaster frequency increases.


BLM plans prescribed burns in NE California, NW Nevada, to prevent wildfire risk

News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management Applegate Field Office will conduct prescribed burns to reduce hazardous fuels near Fall River Mills in Shasta County, starting as early as October 20. Carefully managed broadcast burns will be conducted on no more than 800 acres of BLM-managed...


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Seven Men from Ohio and Pennsylvania Charged with Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Eliot Gentry, Daivahn Brown, Donald Jeter, William McCree, Teqwan Scott, Donald Snowden, and Kailin Stewart have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Fighting Cancer on Earth and in Space Using High-Energy Protons


Department of Energy Announces $47 Million for Research at Tokamak and Spherical Tokamak Facilities


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Ghasan Awad (60, Safety Harbor) to 27 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud and to make false statements to the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA"). The court also ordered Awad to make restitution to the USDA in the amount of $654,502.28.