WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on April 16, 2021: U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced 11 tentative selections for new reimbursable services agreements today that will enhance security, promote cross-border trade, and facilitate essential travel to the United States. These public-private partnerships will allow approved private sector and state and local government entities to reimburse   more

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: Contracting Officer Len Hatton was recently named the new Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services "Culture Champion." The appointment was announced in a recent email to the workforce by Army Col. Franyate Taylor, DLA Disposition Services' acting director. Hatton has been with DLA for three years and is currently serving in J-72 Acquisition Operations. "I am responsib  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 12, 2021: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy today began the last phase of in-place thermal treatment of contaminated soil at the Velsicol Chemical Corp. Superfund site at 500 N. Bankson St. in St. Louis. EPA anticipates this work will be completed in late 2021. Special equipment is being used to heat the soil and th  more

VANDENBERG AFB, California, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Peterson Air Force Base (21st Space Wing) issued the following news: Stephen Ramirez, 21st Space Operations Squadron mission assurance officer, has been serving his country for over three decades, beginning with his U.S. Air Force enlistment in 1987. Ramirez began his career in the Air Force with job security and stability in mind. Employment in his hometown of Muskegon Heights, Michigan, was low in the late '80s, and he was looking to  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today assessed a $15 million civil penalty against Boyce Hydro Power LLC for numerous dam safety violations at three of the company's hydroelectric projects in Michigan--the Secord, Smallwood and Sanford projects. The violations followed significant flooding and a dam breach in May 2020 that resulted in   more

GLADSTONE, Michigan, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Hiawatha National Forest - issued the following news release: The Hiawatha, Ottawa, and Huron-Manistee National Forests are pursuing a Section 106 Programmatic Agreement with Michigan's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), and interested federally recognized Tribes. The purpose of this agreement would be to improve the process of consultat  more

CADILLAC, Michigan, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Huron-Manistee National Forests - issued the following news release: The Hiawatha, Ottawa, and Huron-Manistee National Forests are pursuing a Section 106 Programmatic Agreement with Michigan's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), and interested federally recognized Tribes. The purpose of this agreement would be to improve the process of con  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Great Lakes Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Potato Stocks in Michigan on Apr 1, 2021, were estimated at 3.3 million hundredweight (cwt), down 15 percent from last year's 3.9 million cwt. April's stocks represent 18 percent of the total production. Stocks include potatoes stored by both processors and growers. Potato States held 133 million cwt in storage   more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2021, entitled "American Jobs Plan: Need for Action in Michigan": * * * For decades, infrastructure in Michigan has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The need for action is clear: Michigan's infrastructure received a D+ grade on its Infrastructure Report Card. The American Jobs Plan will make a historic investment in our nation's infrastructure. * ROADS AND BRIDGES: In Michigan there are 1,219 b  more