NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release: As required by Congressional direction in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 259, which generated $263,801,783 in high bids for 313 tracts covering 1.6 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A total of 32 companies participated in the lease sale, submitting $3  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Louisiana Superfund site Capitol Lakes to the National Priorities List. The NPL is a roster of the nation's most contaminated sites that threaten human health or the environment. By adding this site to the NPL, the EPA can prioritize funding for cleanup and necessary enforcement action. "When we add a site to the National Priorities   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-131) on March 31, 2023: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 1 -- The U.S. Air Force F.E. Warren Air Force Base (90th Missile Wing) issued the following news: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Air Force has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that analyzes the potential environmental consequences associated with the proposal to deploy the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile weapon system, formerly the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, and decommissioning and disposal of  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: The Department of the Interior announced the distribution of over $353 million in fiscal year 2022 energy revenues to the four offshore Gulf oil and gas producing states - Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, and their coastal political subdivisions (CPS), such as counties and parishes. The funds, disbursed annually based on offshore oil and gas production revenue, support coas  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: * * * Distribution Company Fired Employee Because She Turned 65, Federal Agency Charges * * * J&M Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company based in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her age after she refused to retire when she turned 65 years old, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charge  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: A Honduran national pleaded guilty today to his role in a scheme to illegally bring Honduran nationals to, and to distribute cocaine in, the United States. According to court documents, beginning in as early as January 2021, Josue Flores-Villeda, 36, and six co-conspirators schemed to bring Honduran nationals and cocaine from Honduras  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: GRANT C. MENARD, age 36 and a resident of Kaplan, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering before U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche-Milazzo, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans of the Eastern District of Louisiana. As according to cour  more

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, March 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Daniel Aikens, 40, of Alexandria, Louisiana, was sentenced March 28, 2023, to 16 years in prison for 8 counts of illegal explosive related charges by United States Senior District Judge Dee D. Drell announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. On November 18, 2022, the jury found Aikens guilty of 3 counts of Making a Destructive  more

OPELOUSAS, Louisiana, March 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release: Elijah Jones, 31 has been sentenced by United States District Court Judge David Joseph to 51 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, as a result of a conviction for violation of one (1) count of 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 841(a)(l) punishable by 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 841(b)(l)(C) - Distribution of Fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Bra  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Habitat Conservation issued the following news: * * * With more than 1,070 acres of the massive project complete, the marsh creation project is well ahead of schedule. * * * NOAA's largest wetland restoration project ever is ahead of schedule, and is on track to be completed months earlier than anticipated. When finished, the Upper Barataria Marsh Creation project in coastal Louisiana will create  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56427) involving Nondestructive and Visual Inspection, Louisiana: * * * Rep Org: Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Licensee: Nondestructive & Visual Inspection Region: 4 State: LA County: Red River Parish License #: LA-56015-L01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: James Pate HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 03/23/2023 Notification Time: 15:27 [ET] Event Date: 03/21/2023  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56427) involving Nondestructive & Visual Inspection, Louisiana: * * * Rep Org: Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Licensee: Nondestructive & Visual Inspection Region: 4 State: LA County: Red River Parish License #: LA-56015-L01 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: James Pate HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 03/23/2023 Notification Time: 15:27 [ET] Event Date: 03/21/2023 E  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56422) involving Versa Integrity Group Inc., Geismar, Louisiana: * * * Rep Org: Louisiana Radiation Protection Div Licensee: Versa Integrity Group, Inc. Region: 4 City: Geismar State: LA License #: LA-11235-L01, 68A Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: James Pate HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 03/19/2023 Notification Time: 18:12 [ET] Event Date: 03/19/2023 Event Time: 00:  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on March 27, 2023, on the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1), which was introduced by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, and 43 cosponsors: * * * This Administration is making unprecedented progress in protecting America's energy security and reducing energy costs for Americans - in their homes and at the pump. H.R. 1 would do just the opposite, replacing pro-consumer poli  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 30, 2023: * * * Extreme MAGA House Republicans' Reckless Plan Would Have Devastating Impacts for Hard-Working Families Across Louisiana Cuts would endanger public safety and worsen public health, raise costs for families and students, and harm seniors and veterans in Louisiana--while multi-millionaires and big corporations would get massive tax cuts Today, the White House released a new analysis highl  more