PRICE, Utah, Aug. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management and the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council are pleased to announce an upcoming meeting of the Council on Aug. 31, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. MT at the Castle Valley Special Service District Building in Castle Dale, Utah. The meeting will provide an opportunity for stakeholders and community members to come together and discuss  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded the eligibility of WIIN funding to include remediating lead in water that children drink, in addition to testing and compliance monitoring * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 announced $599,000 in grant funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to protect children  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news: LM has posted a report assessing how climate change may affect LM sites in the future. The Climate Change Risk and Resilience Assessment Project for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management is available on the LM website. LM partnered with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to perform the assessment and report in response to a May 2020 U.S. Government Accountability Offic  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56636) involving Canyon Fuel Co. LLC - Sufco Mine, Salina, Utah: * * * Rep Org: Utah Division of Radiation Control Licensee: Canyon Fuel Company LLC - Sufco Mine Region: 4 City: Salina State: UT License #: UT 2100493 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Phillip Goble HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 07/25/2023 Notification Time: 11:04 [ET] Event Date: 07/16/2023 Event Time  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56636) involving Canyon Fuel Co. LLC - Sufco Mine, Salina, Utah: * * * Rep Org: Utah Division of Radiation Control Licensee: Canyon Fuel Company LLC-Sufco Mine Region: 4 City: Salina State: UT License #: UT 2100493 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Phillip Goble HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 07/25/2023 Notification Time: 11:04 [ET] Event Date: 07/16/2023 Event Time:   more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: A study examining protected birds found dead along power lines on public lands in the western U.S. shows that gunshot deaths were three times more common than deaths from other causes. In the Great Basin of the western U.S., power poles and power lines are often the tallest landscape features available to birds for perching and nesting. However, these human-made stru  more