WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris administration's Investing in America Agenda for clean drinking water * * * LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 8, 2024) - Today, the Biden-Harris administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) also req  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA officials will present the Community Involvement Plan and findings from the Technical Assistance Needs Assessment * * * LENEXA, KAN. (OCT. 8, 2024) - Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will host an open house session to provide community members with the opportunity to learn more about EPA's Community Involvement Plan (CIP) and the findings from the  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 8 -- The Kansas Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place Sept. 18, 2024, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work. Statewide - 106 KA-7454-01 - Statewide, Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS), special, Phillips Southern El  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Oct. 8 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Division of Energy is now accepting applications for subgrants under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG). Applications are being accepted through Dec. 12. Missouri's EECBG program is offering $2.36 million for projects that promote energy savings, energy conservation or emissions reductions in communities that w  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Oct. 9 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: As NGA St. Louis looks forward to the grand opening of a new state of the art facility in St. Louis in 2025, let's reflect upon a historical complex that the agency and its predecessors have occupied for seven decades at 3200 South 2nd Street. Locally known as the "St. Louis Arsenal" the complex has housed a defense mapping agency for over seventy years, but the history of the Arsenal and it  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 9 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 8, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 21 attorneys general on an amicus brief in Triumph Foods v. Campbell at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The filing, which was led by the State of Iowa, makes the argument that Massachusetts is unconstitutionally regulating the transportation of pork where the livestock were not raised according to its highly burdensome regulations.  more