WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced its first proposed fines under the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act (PIRATE Act) against three pirate radio operators. First, the Commission proposed the maximum penalty allowable, $2,316,034, against Cesar Ayora and Luis Angel Ayora for pirate radio broadcasting in Queens, New York. Second, the Commission   more

OREGON, Ohio, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Gas production plant lacked adequate training, process controls for leaks * * * A federal investigation into two workers' fatal burns at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery's crude unit has found its operator, BP Products North America Inc. violated the U.S. Department of Labor's process safety procedures for highly hazardous materials and failed to adequately   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Idaho's 2022 honey production, at 2.73 million pounds, was 9 percent lower than 2021. There were 94,000 honey producing colonies, 6,000 lower than the previous year. The yield per colony averaged 29.0 pounds compared with 30.0 pounds per colony in 2021. Idaho's value of honey production, at $7.25 million, was 4 percen  more

OREGON, Ohio, March 17 -- The U.S. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 5 issued the following news release: A federal investigation into two workers' fatal burns at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery's crude unit has found its operator, BP Products North America Inc. violated the U.S. Department of Labor's process safety procedures for highly hazardous materials and failed to adequately train the workers. As the workers attempted to correct rising liquid   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) anticipates steady passenger volumes through its security checkpoints at Portland International Airport (PDX) during an extended spring break travel season. Nationally, the spring break travel season began in late February with higher than normal travel volumes at airports across the country. The spri  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The White House Council on Environmental Quality posted the following news release: * * * Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration launched the first-ever Federal-State Buy Clean Partnership with commitments from 12 leading states: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. These states have committed to supporting the procurement of lower-carbon infrastructure materials, such as conc  more