WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Carson City District Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamations, and Nevada Division of Forestry announce the lifting of fire restrictions that have been in place since July 29, 2023. This rescission affects public lands in 11 counties in western Nevada and eastern California. Restricti  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 7 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Case No. 23-08-044) on Sept. 6, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Adopt Biomethane Standards and Requirements, Pipeline Open Access Rules, and Related Enforcement Provisions. DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO SIERRA CLUB FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO DECISION (D.)  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 7 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Case No. 23-08-048) on Sept. 6, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION (U905G) for Authority to Revise its California Gas Tariff to Establish its Move2Zero Program. DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO THE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO DECISION 22-09-  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 7 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following final resolution (No. T-17796) on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * Denying California Broadband & Video Association's Petition for Modification of Resolution T-17775. I. SUMMARY This Resolution denies California Broadband & Video Association's (CalBroadband)/1 Petition for Modification (Petition) of Resolution T-17775 (Resolution or T-17775) submitted on March 21, 2023 requesting the Commission modify T  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 7 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed decision (No. 20-07-008) on Sept. 6, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Application of Southern California Edison Company (U338E) for Authority to Securitize Certain Costs and Expenses Pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 850 et seq. DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO WILD TREE FOUNDATION FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2023, Empacadora Frape, USA LLC, the importer of record located in Houston, Texas, is recalling approximately 20,455 pounds of frozen, not ready to eat (NRTE) pork chicharron and pork carnitas products that were not presented for import reinspection into the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (F  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: YUMA, Ariz. -- Extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities culminated in the extradition of a human smuggler who allegedly operated in Mexicali on the U.S.-Mexico border for several years as part of an international human smuggling conspiracy. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Yuma is investigating t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 7 -- The Judicial Council of California issued the following opinion (No. C095414) on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FERMIN PEREZ-ROBLES, Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County, David W. Reed, Judge. Affirmed in part and reversed in part. Charles M. Bonneau, Jr., Retained Counsel for Defendant and Appellant. R  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 8 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan group of attorneys general from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle one of three major antitrust lawsuits against the company for its anticompetitive conduct in the Google Play Store. The lawsuit was led by Attorney General James and   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Office of Science has selected three Oak Ridge National Laboratory research teams to receive funding through DOE's new Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment, or BRaVE, initiative. BRaVE, announced earlier this year, aims to build on biopreparedness research that delivered high-impact results in the fight against COVID-19. In the hei  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL researchers are demonstrating an automation system for this portable system, currently based in Colorado, for treatment of non-traditional water sources to drinking water standards. Credit: Tzahi Cath/Colorado School of Mines Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing advanced automation techniques for desalination an  more