WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news on Dec. 12, 2024: This week, ACHP Office of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples Director Ashley Fry attended the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The Tribal Nations Summit, established by Executive Order 13647, is the flagship annual convening of the federal government and Indian Country, and reflects the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Architect of the Capitol issued the following public notice: * * * Cannon (1857-1932) was a physician, women's suffrage leader and orator, public health advocate, and first woman elected to a state senate in the United States. * * * Utah gave this statue of Dr. Martha Maria "Mattie" Hughes Cannon to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 2024. The statue depicts Cannon as she appeared during her term as Utah state senator in the late 1890s, around age 40. Cannon more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, delivered remarks at a Budget Committee hearing on the nation's fiscal health. At the hearing, Boyle discussed how Republican economic proposals will explode the deficit. In particular, he highlighted that according to the nonpartisan Congressio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Dec. 10, 2024, by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Burden Walker at the Food and Drug Law Institute's Enforcement, Litigation and Compliance Conference: * * * Thank you, Maya, for that introduction and to the Food and Drug Law Institute for inviting me to open the Enforcement, Litigation and Compliance conference today. It's an honor to be here with colleagues, from both government and industry, to discuss t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register on Dec. 2, 2024, entitled "Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances". 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) and are also subject to an Order issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. The SNURs requi more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 27, 2024, from the American Gas Association and American Public Gas Association. Here are excerpts: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center Air and Radiation Docket Mail Code 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: AGA and APGA's Comments on "Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 27, 2024, from the American Petroleum Institute. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Sharon Lie, Director, Climate Change Division U.S Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Re: Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program; Docket No. E more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 25, 2024, from the American Sugarbeet Growers Association, Beet Sugar Development Foundation and U.S. Beet Sugar Association: * * * To: OPP Docket Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: Benzovindiflupyr: Draft Biological Evaluation with Effects Determinations and Jeopardy/Adverse Modification Predict more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication on Dec. 6, 2024, from Communities for a Better Environment, Oakland, California: * * * To: Michael S. Regan EPA Administrator US Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center Superfund Docket EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0376 Mail Code 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 RE: Addition of Exide-Vernon Facility to Superfund National Priorities List * * * Dear Admi more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 27, 2024, from the Environmental Research and Education Foundation: * * * To: Mr. Vasco Roma U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation, Atmospheric Protection - Climate Change Division 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 ATTN: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0350 RE: Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annu more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 27, 2024, from the FLIR Systems Inc., Wilsonville, Oregon: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center, Air and Radiation Docket Attn: EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0350 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20460 RE: Teledyne FLIR Comments on EPA's Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under th more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 28, 2024, from IonKraft GmbH, Aachen, Germany: * * * To: Mr. Thomas Groeneveld Existing Chemical Risk Management Division (7404M) Office Of Pollution Prevention And Toxics U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Response to TSCA Section 21 Petition: PFOA, PFNA and PFDA Formed During Plastic Fluorination: Comment to  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Dec. 2, 2024, from Luminant Generation Co. LLC, Birmingham, Alabama: * * * To: Michael Thrift Air and Radiation Law Office, Office of General Counsel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 2310A 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 Re: Comments of Luminant Generation Company LLC on EPA's Proposed Consent Decree (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2024-0490) * * more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * GAO Recommendations Align with Ranking Member Boyle's Debt Ceiling Reform Act * * * The current debt ceiling process "exposes the country to an unnecessary risk of default," concluded a new report published today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Because spending and revenue decisions are separated from Treasury's borr more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL recently published an interactive map showing data on gas turbines installed in the United States from 2010-2023 that tracks trends in installation and annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, demonstrating that the Lab's research and development of revolutionary, near-zero-emissions advanced turbine technology is helping to change the way the nation generates p more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a notice in the Federal Register on Dec. 2, 2024, entitled "Sol Gel Alumina-Based Ceramic Abrasive Grains From China; Notice of Institution of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations and Scheduling of Preliminary Phase Investigations". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing dut more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3094) on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * In Re: Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAs) Products Liability Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiff in the Wolfe action listed on Schedule A moves under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407(c) to transfer Wolfe to the District of South Carolina for inclusion in MDL No. 3094. Defendants Novo Nordisk Inc. and Novo Nordisk A/S support transfer. more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3014) on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * In Re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level PAP, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Liability Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiff in the King action listed on Schedule A moves under Panel Rule 7.1 to vacate our order that conditionally transferred King to the Western District of Pennsylvania for inclusion in MDL No. 3014. Defendants Philips RS N more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Settlement Will Result in Annual Reductions of Over 8,350 Tons of Pollution * * * Today, the Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) announced a proposed settlement with PennEnergy Resources LLC (PennEnergy) resolving alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: CHESTER, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment against a home healthcare agency and its owner, Teajan Kamara, who had deliberately failed to pay employees their legally earned overtime wages. Following a filing by the department's Office of the Solicitor in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the judgment confirms more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Repeated failures add RRC Home Improvement to OSHA's 'Severe Violator' list * * * NEWARK, NJ - Federal workplace safety officials have again cited a Newark construction contractor for repeatedly violating U.S. Department of Labor safety requirements at three North Jersey worksites, exposing employees to falls from elevations, the construction industry's l more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has released the following public communication dated Dec. 6, 2024, from the American Federation of Government Employees: * * * To: The Honorable Rob Shriver, Director U.S. Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Washington, DC 20415 Dear Director Shriver: What follows are the comments of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFLCIO (AFGE) regarding the Proposed Rule: Prevailing Rate Systems: Change in Crite more ST

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Both Settlements Enable New Investments in Critical Infrastructure, Enhance Safety and Reliability, and Bolster Customer Assistance Programs * * * The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today approved smaller than requested rate changes by PECO Energy Company (PECO) for both electric and natural gas distribution services. The rate reques more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Eight Member Commission Will Now Study Transfer of Weitzman Museum to the Smithsonian Institution * * * Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02) announced that his bipartisan bill to create a commission studying the potential transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution was signed into law by President Biden. This law marks a c more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) continued his remarks on the House Floor in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. Congressman Meuser said, "Supporting our servicemembers and their families is essential to maintaining the world's strongest military. That's why I expressed my support for the FY25 NDAA, which improves housing, healthcare, and childcare  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Navy and Iraq War veteran and House Armed Services Committee member Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) voted against the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Following the vote, he released the following statement: "I love this country. I am so proud I wore the uniform and led Americans at sea and in Iraq. Where I'm from, we think service is sacred, and I beli more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Deluzio successfully included several provisions in the Water Resources Development Act that passed the House this week * * * This week, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) joined with his U.S. House colleagues to pass S. 4367, the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (otherwise known as WRDA). Previously, this biennial, bipartisan legislation successfully pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Yesterday, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) and the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump released their bipartisan final report of findings and recommendations following the assassination attempts on President Trump on July 13th and September 15th. In July, Speaker Mike Johnson selected Congressman Joyce to serve on the Task Force. "I am honored Speaker Johnson tr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) delivered remarks on the House Floor in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. Congressman Meuser said, "The United States military is not a social engineering experiment--it's a fighting force designed to protect our nation and ensure global stability. The FY25 NDAA prioritizes what truly matters--military readiness, m more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Announcement follows push from Scanlon, Pressley, Clyburn urging Biden to use his clemency power * * * Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the statement below following the announcement that President Biden is pardoning 39 individuals, and granting clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans who have demonstrated successful rehabilitation as well as a strong commit more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025. Upon passage, Rep. Thompson released the following statement: "This year's National Defense Authorization Act makes a substantial investment in personnel, equipping warfighters with the tools and resources necessary to counter rapidly developing global  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the last Vietnam veteran serving in the Senate, delivered a farewell address on the Senate floor commemorating a lifetime of public service to the nation. After serving as a Senator for Delaware for 23 years, his term will end on Jan. 3, 2025. You can watch a video of Senator Carper's full  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * At hearing, Casey touted his record of fighting and delivering for people with disabilities, and presented his vision of the future of disability rights Witnesses at hearing thanked Casey for his leadership on disability rights in PA and nationally * * * Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Spe more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: Here are excerpts: * * * Fast Facts The Army Corps of Engineers takes on water infrastructure-related civil works projects like dams and locks. The Corps can award types of contracts known as "other transaction agreements" that aren't procurement contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants. In early 2024, the Corps revised its policy to allow these agreements to be used for research prototypes more PR