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Office of Finance Publishes the First Quarter 2025 Combined Financial Report of the Federal Home Loan Banks
WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank System's Office of Finance issued the following news release:
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Office of Finance Publishes the First Quarter 2025 Combined Financial Report of the Federal Home Loan Banks
The Office of Finance is announcing the publication of the First Quarter 2025 Combined Financial Report of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks). This report has been prepared from the unaudited financial information of the FHLBanks. Each of the FHLBanks has filed its First Quarter 2025 Form 10-Q with the SEC. Current financial reports and other SEC filings for
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WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank System's Office of Finance issued the following news release:
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Office of Finance Publishes the First Quarter 2025 Combined Financial Report of the Federal Home Loan Banks
The Office of Finance is announcing the publication of the First Quarter 2025 Combined Financial Report of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks). This report has been prepared from the unaudited financial information of the FHLBanks. Each of the FHLBanks has filed its First Quarter 2025 Form 10-Q with the SEC. Current financial reports and other SEC filings forindividual FHLBanks can be obtained by searching the EDGAR database.
The First Quarter 2025 Combined Financial Report for the FHLBanks has been filed with the Federal Housing Finance Agency. A copy of this Combined Financial Report can be obtained on the Office of Finance website at: https://www.fhlb-of.com/ofweb_userWeb/pageBuilder/fhlbank-financial-data-36.
The FHLBanks have delivered innovation and service to the U.S. housing market since 1932, and currently have approximately 6,500 members serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Please contact Tom Heinle at 703-467-3646 or theinle@fhlb-of.com for additional information.
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Original text here: https://fhlb-of.com/ofweb_userWeb/resources/PR2025-0514-Q1CFRAnnouncement.pdf
NASA, French SWOT Satellite Offers Big View of Small Ocean Features
PASADENA, California, May 15 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
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NASA, French SWOT Satellite Offers Big View of Small Ocean Features
Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data from the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite found that ocean features as small as a mile across potentially have a larger impact on the movement of nutrients and heat in marine ecosystems than previously thought.
Too small to see well with previous satellites but too large to see in
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PASADENA, California, May 15 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
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NASA, French SWOT Satellite Offers Big View of Small Ocean Features
Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data from the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite found that ocean features as small as a mile across potentially have a larger impact on the movement of nutrients and heat in marine ecosystems than previously thought.
Too small to see well with previous satellites but too large to see intheir entirety with ship-based instruments, these relatively small ocean features fall into a category known as the submesoscale. The SWOT satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the French space agency CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales), can observe these features and is demonstrating just how important they are, driving much of the vertical transport of things like nutrients, carbon, energy, and heat within the ocean. They also influence the exchange of gases and energy between the ocean and atmosphere.
"The role that submesoscale features play in ocean dynamics is what makes them important," said Matthew Archer, an oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Some of these features are called out in the animation below, which was created using SWOT sea surface height data.
This animation shows small ocean features -- including internal waves and eddies -- derived from SWOT observations in the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. White and lighter blue represent higher ocean surface heights compared to darker blue areas. The purple colors shown in one location represent ocean current speeds.
Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
"Vertical currents move heat between the atmosphere and ocean, and in submesoscale eddies, can actually bring up heat from the deep ocean to the surface, warming the atmosphere," added Archer, who is a coauthor on the submesoscale analysis published in April in the journal Nature. Vertical circulation can also bring up nutrients from the deep sea, supplying marine food webs in surface waters like a steady stream of food trucks supplying festivalgoers.
"Not only can we see the surface of the ocean at 10 times the resolution of before, we can also infer how water and materials are moving at depth," said Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, SWOT program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Fundamental Force
Researchers have known about these smaller eddies, or circular currents, and waves for decades. From space, Apollo astronauts first spotted sunlight glinting off small-scale eddies about 50 years ago. And through the years, satellites have captured images of submesoscale ocean features, providing limited information such as their presence and size. Ship-based sensors or instruments dropped into the ocean have yielded a more detailed view of submesoscale features, but only for relatively small areas of the ocean and for short periods of time.
The SWOT satellite measures the height of water on nearly all of Earth's surface, including the ocean and freshwater bodies, at least once every 21 days. The satellite gives researchers a multidimensional view of water levels, which they can use to calculate, for instance, the slope of a wave or eddy. This in turn yields information on the amount of pressure, or force, being applied to the water in the feature. From there, researchers can figure out how fast a current is moving, what's driving it and --combined with other types of information -- how much energy, heat, or nutrients those currents are transporting.
"Force is the fundamental quantity driving fluid motion," said study coauthor Jinbo Wang, an oceanographer at Texas A&M University in College Station. Once that quantity is known, a researcher can better understand how the ocean interacts with the atmosphere, as well as how changes in one affect the other.
Prime Numbers
Not only was SWOT able to spot a submesoscale eddy in an offshoot of the Kuroshio Current -- a major current in the western Pacific Ocean that flows past the southeast coast of Japan -- but researchers were also able to estimate the speed of the vertical circulation within that eddy. When SWOT observed the feature, the vertical circulation was likely 20 to 45 feet (6 to 14 meters) per day.
This is a comparatively small amount for vertical transport. However, the ability to make those calculations for eddies around the world, made possible by SWOT, will improve researchers' understanding of how much energy, heat, and nutrients move between surface waters and the deep sea.
Researchers can do similar calculations for such submesoscale features as an internal solitary wave -- a wave driven by forces like the tide sloshing over an underwater plateau. The SWOT satellite spotted an internal wave in the Andaman Sea, located in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean off Myanmar. Archer and colleagues calculated that the energy contained in that solitary wave was at least twice the amount of energy in a typical internal tide in that region.
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This kind of information from SWOT helps researchers refine their models of ocean circulation. A lot of ocean models were trained to show large features, like eddies hundreds of miles across, said Lee Fu, SWOT project scientist at JPL and a study coauthor. "Now they have to learn to model these smaller scale features. That's what SWOT data is helping with."
Researchers have already started to incorporate SWOT ocean data into some models, including NASA's ECCO (Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean). It may take some time until SWOT data is fully a part of models like ECCO. But once it is, the information will help researchers better understand how the ocean ecosystem will react to a changing world.
More About SWOT
The SWOT satellite was jointly developed by NASA and CNES, with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the UK Space Agency. Managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, JPL leads the U.S. component of the project. For the flight system payload, NASA provided the Ka-band radar interferometer (KaRIn) instrument, a GPS science receiver, a laser retroreflector, a two-beam microwave radiometer, and NASA instrument operations. The Doppler Orbitography and Radioposition Integrated by Satellite system, the dual frequency Poseidon altimeter (developed by Thales Alenia Space), the KaRIn radio-frequency subsystem (together with Thales Alenia Space and with support from the UK Space Agency), the satellite platform, and ground operations were provided by CNES. The KaRIn high-power transmitter assembly was provided by CSA.
To learn more about SWOT, visit:
https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Original text here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-french-swot-satellite-offers-big-view-of-small-ocean-features/
Judicial Branch Seeks $9.4 Billion in FY 2026 Budget Request
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Federal Judicial Center issued the following news:
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Judicial Branch Seeks $9.4 Billion in FY 2026 Budget Request
Two federal judges told Congress that the Judiciary has been negatively affected by two straight years of flat funding in most accounts, and they said a 9.3 percent increase in appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year is needed to ensure that the Judiciary can perform its essential constitutional functions.
"More than half of the branch's accounts are operating ... on funding levels that have not been adjusted since FY 2023," said Seventh Circuit
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WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Federal Judicial Center issued the following news:
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Judicial Branch Seeks $9.4 Billion in FY 2026 Budget Request
Two federal judges told Congress that the Judiciary has been negatively affected by two straight years of flat funding in most accounts, and they said a 9.3 percent increase in appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year is needed to ensure that the Judiciary can perform its essential constitutional functions.
"More than half of the branch's accounts are operating ... on funding levels that have not been adjusted since FY 2023," said Seventh CircuitJudge Amy J. St. Eve, chair of the Budget Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. "An effective and efficient Judiciary is foundational to the system of government envisioned by our founders. ... Adequate and consistent funding is absolutely critical to the conduct of those responsibilities."
St. Eve testified (pdf) before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. Also testifying (pdf) was Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr., director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and secretary of the Judicial Conference.
The federal Judiciary is seeking $9.4 billion in discretionary funding from Congress for fiscal year 2026, according to the Judiciary's budget request, which was made public on April 25. An additional $872 million in mandatory funding covers judicial salaries and retirement costs.
In written submissions that accompanied their oral testimony, Judges St. Eve and Conrad said funding is needed to maintain existing services, protect judges and courthouses, and bolster IT security.
St. Eve said the funding shortages are especially critical for defender services. Federal defender organizations are under a hiring freeze until at least Oct. 1. And due to insufficient funding this year, voucher payments to court-appointed private lawyers will be suspended in late July, two months before the end of the 2025 fiscal year. That will delay an estimated $93 million in payments until Oct. 1, when the new fiscal year starts.
"These disruptions in panel attorney payments negatively affect our panel attorneys," St. Eve said, "potentially reducing their willingness to accept future appointments and jeopardizing the ability to provide necessary and timely representation."
The Judiciary is requesting $1.8 billion for defender services, an increase of $315 million (22 percent) over the FY 2025 hard-freeze level. This includes funding to cover the deferred payments to attorneys in the current fiscal year, St. Eve said. The request will also enable federal defender organizations to hire staff to address workload needs.
"Fewer than 10 percent of federal defendants have the financial means to afford an attorney, and so the Judiciary's Defender Services program provides representation in the overwhelming majority of cases," St. Eve said. "In doing so, we not only protect that constitutional and statutory right for the accused, but we also improve the overall operation of the federal court system."
The judges noted that security funding has remained flat for two years, creating a growing safety threat to both judges and courthouses. For the Court Security account, the Judiciary is requesting $892 million, an increase of $142 million (19 percent) over the FY 2025 enacted level.
Conrad cited the growing incidence of physical threats and public attacks on judges for decisions they make in the courtroom.
"The independence of the Judicial Branch is jeopardized when judges are threatened with harm or impeachment for their rulings," Conrad said. "Our constitutional system depends on judges who can make decisions free from threats and intimidation. This is essential not just for the safety of judges and their families, but also to protect our democracy."
The judges noted that courts have deferred significant amounts of critically needed new security systems and equipment spending in order to avoid reducing Court Security Officer staffing or the funds dedicated to protecting judges from threats and attacks.
"This is one of the Judiciary's accounts that is now operating at a hard freeze level for the second year in a row despite a dynamic and very active threat environment," St. Eve said. "At a time when dozens of individuals have been criminally charged in connection with threats against judges and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is taking extraordinary security measures to ensure judges' safety, these reductions in security capabilities are extremely worrying."
Specific requests for security funding include:
* $91 million in increases for critical systems and equipment needs. This includes emergency management equipment, vehicle barriers and mobile guard booths, radios, screening equipment, as well as video management systems that enable visual monitoring of all areas of a courthouse and systems that restrict access to non-public areas like judges' chambers.
* An additional $4 million for the Judiciary's Vulnerability Management Program, which serves as a resource to judges to enhance their personal security and that of their court facilities. A key function is helping judges remove personally identifiable information on the internet that can make judges vulnerable to attack.
* $ 7 million in new courthouse hardening funds to protect courthouses from external attacks, such as during public disturbances.
* An additional $2 million to add a targeted number of Court Security Office (CSO) positions to those circuits and districts that have been identified as short on CSOs relative to the approved staffing standard.
Conrad said protecting courts from cyber-attacks also requires funding support.
"These attacks pose risks to our entire justice system, including civil and criminal court proceedings, law enforcement and national security investigations planned or underway, and trade secrets for businesses involved in bankruptcy proceedings or patent and trademark litigation," Conrad said. "The Judiciary has been modernizing its cybersecurity operations and is continually strengthening its cybersecurity posture. Sustaining these efforts and implementing additional security-related initiatives continues to require significant resources."
St. Eve closed by stressing the Judiciary's commitment to containing costs.
"The Judiciary takes very seriously its commitment to the responsible stewardship of its funds. We have had a formal and active cost containment program in place for more than twenty years," St. Eve said. "This cost containment mindset has become thoroughly ingrained into the Judiciary's governance practices, and we are proud of our successes."
She added, "I understand that the FY 2026 budget we have put forward is a large one that requires serious investment. That is because such an investment is necessary to carry out our constitutional and statutory missions, and to support the fair, efficient, and secure administration of justice in this country."
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Original text here: https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judiciary-news/2025/05/14/judicial-branch-seeks-94-billion-fy-2026-budget-request
IDB Lab and Madrid City Council Champion Latin American Entrepreneurs in New Cohort of Talent Bridges Program
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:
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IDB Lab and Madrid City Council Champion Latin American Entrepreneurs in New Cohort of Talent Bridges Program
The program benefits 15 startup founders from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru.
IDB Lab, the innovation and venture-capital laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Madrid City Council have launched the fifth edition of the Talent Bridges program, which connects young tech entrepreneurs from Latin America and the Caribbean with innovation
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WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:
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IDB Lab and Madrid City Council Champion Latin American Entrepreneurs in New Cohort of Talent Bridges Program
The program benefits 15 startup founders from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru.
IDB Lab, the innovation and venture-capital laboratory of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Madrid City Council have launched the fifth edition of the Talent Bridges program, which connects young tech entrepreneurs from Latin America and the Caribbean with innovationecosystems in Europe, using Madrid as a strategic bridge.
The new edition of Talent Bridges was launched on May 13 in Madrid. The program includes an eight-week, in-person stage that immerses founders in the city's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, followed by four months of remote mentoring.
As part of the program, entrepreneurs will have the chance to attend 26 face-to-face meetings with key players in five main areas of Madrid's entrepreneurial ecosystem: accelerators and venture-capital funds, large corporations and banks, organizations that connect Spain and Latin America, public-support infrastructures, and universities and research centers. They will also receive advanced training in soft landings and entrepreneurship from IE Business School, along with a mentoring program.
After completing Talent Bridges, participants will join the community of program alumni, which currently includes 40 ambassadors in 12 Latin American countries. These leaders drive innovative projects in strategic sectors, including education, health, climate, agribusiness, the circular economy, infrastructure, biotechnology, logistics, and tourism.
For this cohort, Talent Bridges selected 15 founders, ages 23 to 35, from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru. These seven women and eight men all bring innovative proposals that stand out for their social and environmental impact, capacity for growth, and level of business development.
The selected startups are:
* Dendro (Argentina): tech platform for waste traceability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) certification
* Edison (Argentina): educational technology (edtech) platform for creating online courses and academies
* Satellites on Fire (Argentina): AI-driven system for preventing forest fires
* MedETechni (Chile): medical devices with AI and ultraviolet therapy for treating wounds and infections without antibiotics
* PROPIO Latam (Chile): platform that facilitates access to housing through technology and financial education
* Escappy Travel (Colombia): smart tourism platform that uses AI to personalize sustainable experiences
* Propel People (Colombia): human-resources platform that connects Latin American talent with global companies
* Xerti (Colombia): solution for automating paperwork and electronic payments
* Altempo (El Salvador): smart platform connecting musicians with training and earning opportunities
* Alfi (Mexico): edtech and fintech platform that promotes financial education through gamification
* Kigui (Mexico): food-technology solution to reduce food waste in the supply chain
* BioleatherLab (Peru): initiative producing sustainable bioleathers from agro-industrial waste
* CivilSig (Peru): government-technology platform that transforms satellite data into disaster-risk management tools
* Cognita Conecta (Peru): Spanish-language edtech platform for biotechnology and life sciences
* Paqta (Peru): initiative to develop customized biofertilizers to optimize soil health.
Talent Bridges was created in 2023. It is supported and financed by the Madrid City Council, which partners with the IDB and IDB Lab to recruit candidates and promote and publicize the program.
Cohort members are chosen based on business-model maturity, technological innovation, social and environmental impact, scalability, and recognition within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Original text here: https://www.iadb.org/en/news/idb-lab-and-madrid-city-council-champion-latin-american-entrepreneurs-new-cohort-talent-bridges
FHLBank System Announces 2025 First Quarter Combined Financial Report
TOPEKA, Kansas, May 15 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news:
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FHLBank System Announces 2025 First Quarter Combined Financial Report
May 14, 2025 - The Office of Finance is announcing the publication of the 2025 First Quarter Combined Financial Report of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks). This report has been prepared from the financial information of the FHLBanks. Each of the FHLBanks has filed its First Quarter 2025 Form 10-Q with the SEC. Current financial reports and other SEC filings for
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TOPEKA, Kansas, May 15 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news:
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FHLBank System Announces 2025 First Quarter Combined Financial Report
May 14, 2025 - The Office of Finance is announcing the publication of the 2025 First Quarter Combined Financial Report of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks). This report has been prepared from the financial information of the FHLBanks. Each of the FHLBanks has filed its First Quarter 2025 Form 10-Q with the SEC. Current financial reports and other SEC filings forindividual FHLBanks can be obtained by searching the EDGAR database.
Click here to read the Office of Finance report in its entirety (https://marketing.fhlbtopeka.com/acton/ct/3202/s-14b9-2505/Bct/l-04ee/l-04ee:0/ct1_0/1/lu?sid=TV2%3AsNvSfFGnx).
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Original text here: https://www.fhlbtopeka.com/resource-center/news/2025-05-14/fhlbank-system-announces-2025-first-quarter-combined-financi
EPA IG: Audit Follow-Up: Changes to Grant Information in the EPA's Grants Management System
WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General issued the following 5-page report (No. 25-N-0029) on May 7, 2025 entitled "Audit Follow-Up: Changes to Grant Information in the EPA's Grants Management System."
Here is the memorandum:
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SUBJECT: Audit Follow-Up: Changes to Grant Information in the EPA's Grants, Management System, Report No. 25-N-0029
FROM: Nicole N. Murley, Acting Inspector General
TO: Michael Molina, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Mission Support
This is our report describing an issue that the U.S. Environmental
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WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General issued the following 5-page report (No. 25-N-0029) on May 7, 2025 entitled "Audit Follow-Up: Changes to Grant Information in the EPA's Grants Management System."
Here is the memorandum:
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SUBJECT: Audit Follow-Up: Changes to Grant Information in the EPA's Grants, Management System, Report No. 25-N-0029
FROM: Nicole N. Murley, Acting Inspector General
TO: Michael Molina, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Mission Support
This is our report describing an issue that the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency Office of Inspector General identified during our audit of the EPA's fiscal year 2022 reporting of financial and award data in USAspending.gov. The project number for that audit was OA-FY23-0046, and we issued The EPA Needs to Improve the Completeness and Accuracy of the Obligation and Outlay Information That It Reports in USAspending.gov, EPA OIG Report No. 24-P-0014, on January 9, 2024. Final determinations on matters in this report will be made by EPA managers in accordance with established audit resolution procedures.
Your office provided technical comments, which we took under consideration. Those comments indicated that your office has taken some action to make improvements to the EPA's grants management system. You are not required to respond to this report because this report contains no formal recommendations. However, if you decide that it is appropriate for your office to take or plan to take additional action to address the issue that we identified, we would appreciate notification of that action.
If you decide to submit a response, it may be posted on the OIG's website, along with our memorandum commenting on your response. The response should be provided as an Adobe PDF file that complies with the requirements of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The response should not contain data that you do not want to be released to the public; if your response contains such data, you should identify the data for redaction or removal along with corresponding justification.
We will post this report to our website at www.epaoig.gov.
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The report is posted at: https://www.epaoig.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2025-05/_epaoig_20250507-25-n-0029_cert.pdf
Administrator Zeldin Proposes to Approve Arizona's Primacy Application for All Underground Injection Wells
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
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Administrator Zeldin Proposes to Approve Arizona's Primacy Application for All Underground Injection Wells
Keeping promise to fast track, expand cooperative federalism and bolster energy dominance
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to approve the State of Arizona's request to oversee Safe Drinking Water Act permitting for all underground injection wells in the state. Administrator Zeldin was joined by U.S. Congressmen Andy
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WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
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Administrator Zeldin Proposes to Approve Arizona's Primacy Application for All Underground Injection Wells
Keeping promise to fast track, expand cooperative federalism and bolster energy dominance
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to approve the State of Arizona's request to oversee Safe Drinking Water Act permitting for all underground injection wells in the state. Administrator Zeldin was joined by U.S. Congressmen AndyBiggs (R-AZ-05), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ-09) for a signing ceremony. This action recognizes that Arizona is best positioned to protect its underground sources of drinking water while bolstering economic growth and energy dominance.
"Advancing economic growth and energy production in the United States, while safeguarding water resources, are common sense priorities to Power the Great American Comeback," said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. "With this proposal, we are advancing cooperative federalism and supporting energy dominance as Arizona becomes the primary regulator of underground injection wells within their state."
"Achieving true American Energy Dominance begins with producing more domestic energy right here in America," said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. "Today's announcement marks a major win for the state's energy independence and furthers President Trump's mission to unleash America's untapped energy potential!"
"Arizona has long prioritized securing authority over underground injection wells, and I'm encouraged to see the EPA take this important step forward. Giving the state direct oversight is critical to protecting the integrity of our groundwater resources while supporting responsible economic growth and clean energy development. This decision strengthens Arizona's ability to manage our future and gives us the tools to lead on sustainable resource management and innovation," said Governor Katie Hobbs (D-AZ).
"Under the Trump Administration, the EPA has moved quickly to review and approve projects long delayed by Joe Biden. The approval of this project in Arizona will provide much-needed certainty to the fast-growing carbon capture industry and will maintain America's leadership in deploying these technologies. President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin are advancing conservation and environmental stewardship while promoting economic growth for families in Arizona and all across America. Today's approval is yet another example of the Trump Administration's promise of "Powering the Great American Comeback," said Congressman Gosar.
This effort is part of EPA's Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative, which prioritizes providing clean and safe water for every American, restoring American energy dominance, and advancing cooperative federalism. EPA's Underground Injection Control (UIC) program plays a key role in our nation's economic future by protecting underground water supplies and ensuring that materials from industrial and energy projects are safely stored underground. EPA's proposed approval includes state permitting for Class VI wells for underground storage of carbon dioxide--a focus of American energy companies. Once final, this will mark the fifth time a state receives primacy for Class VI wells since 2018 and the fourth approval under President Trump's leadership.
After conducting a comprehensive technical and legal review, EPA has preliminarily determined that Arizona's UIC program meets all requirements for approval and the state will implement and enforce a UIC program consistent with the Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA is requesting public comments on the Agency's proposed decision within 45 days after date of publication in the Federal Register.
EPA will hold a virtual public hearing on June 25, 2025, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST). Register for the hearing.
Visit EPA's Underground Injection Control (UIC) website for more information.
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Original text here: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/administrator-zeldin-proposes-approve-arizonas-primacy-application-all-underground
