WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * Total of 95 significant and substantial violations, 12 unwarrantable failures found * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in October 2024 at 15 mines in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvan more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Lawsuit alleges USPS, individual managers violated federal whistleblower protections * * * CHARLEROI, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against the U.S. Postal Service and two of its managers for wrongly terminating a contracted employee who raised safety concerns about loading dock equipment at the Charleroi Post Office. Filed in the U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule in the Federal Register on Nov. 29, 2024, entitled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Rubber Tire Manufacturing, as required by the Clean Air Act (CAA). To ensure that all emi more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register on Nov. 29, 2024, entitled "Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (24-1.F)". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). The chemical substances received "not likely to present an unreasonabl more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on Nov. 29, 2024, entitled "Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances (22-1.5e)". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: EPA is issuing this supplemental proposal to update the significant new use rules (SNURs) previously proposed under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for seventeen chemical substances that were the subject of premanufac more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from the Edison Electric Institute: * * * Edison Electric Institute 701 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 * Contact: Kellen Schefter Senior Director, Electric Transportation kschefter@eei.org RE: FHWA-2024-0028: Request for Information on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Charging Technologies and Infrastructure Needs * *  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from the Electrification Coalition: * * * To: Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Re: Document No. FHWA-2024-0028 - Request for Information on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Charging Technologies and Infrastructure Needs * * * Dear Acting Administrator White, more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from Penske Energy LLC, Reading, Pennsylvania: * * * To: Federal Highway Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 RE: Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Charging Technologies and Infrastructure Needs (Docket FHWA-2024-0028) * * * Penske Energy appreciates the opportunity  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from the University of Delaware: * * * Docket No. FHWA-2024-0028 RFI on Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Charging Technologies and Infrastructure Needs Comments from the University of Delaware By Catherine Gilman, John Metz, Willett Kempton, Rodney McGee Note: Questions from the RFI are here answered in order; those not answered are  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following testimony by Martin J. Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, from a Nov. 20, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of Prudential Regulators": * * * Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to appear at today's hearing entitled "Oversight of Prudential Regulators." I appreciate the opportunity to report on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, released the following opening remarks from a Nov. 19, 2024, hearing entitled "In the Eye of the Storm: Oversight of FEMA's Disaster Readiness and Response". FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management Agency. * * * I want to thank our witnesses for being here today to discuss FEMA's response to Hurricane H more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it secured an agreement (https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-12/hcsg.pdf) with Pennsylvania-based HCSG East LLC and its parent company, Healthcare Services Group Inc. (HCSG), a nationwide provider of housekeeping, laundry and food services for healthcare and nursing facilities. The agreement resolves the department's determination that HCSG discriminate more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) this week filed a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The amendment would institute nonrenewable, 18-year terms for new U.S. Supreme Court Justices, with a new term starting every two years. The Senators' amendment aims to restore confidence in the Court, eliminate poli more PR