BOONE, North Carolina, Dec. 23 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- Early this morning, Congress passed a stopgap funding measure that includes $100 billion in disaster relief and will keep the federal government open through March 2025. President Joe Biden will sign the funding package into law, along with the bipartisan Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 passed by Congress this week, which invests in the nation's water infrastructu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the following public communication dated Dec. 9, 2024, from Darlene Espinosa, drug and alcohol testing specialist at the Southern California Gas Co., Los Angeles: * * * To: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance Mike Huntley 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140 Washington, DC 20590-0001 RE: Public Comments from S  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Dec. 6, 2024, from Consumer Energy Alliance: * * * To: Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center WJC West Building, Room 3334 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 RE: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0357 * * * To whom it may concern: On behalf of Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) and our membership, we are writing in support of the proposed application revision  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Dec. 2, 2024, from Earthjustice. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Carmen Guerrero Director, Caribbean Environmental Protection Division City View Plaza II - Suite 7000 #48 Rd. 165 km 1.2 Guaynabo, PR 00968-8069 guerrero.carmen@epa.gov * Andres Febres Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Caribbean Environmental Protection Division Office City View Plaza II #48 RD. 16  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication on Dec. 2, 2024, from the Ferraiuoli LLC on behalf of Genera PR LLC, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Here are excerpts: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Docket ID No. EPA-R02-OAR-2024-0083 Re: Genera PR LLC - Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule - Finding of Failure to Attain the Primary 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Standard for the San Juan and Guayama-Salinas Nonattainment A  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication on Dec. 10, 2024, from the Ohio River Valley Institute: * * * To: Michelle Price-Fay, Acting Director Water Division, Region 3 Price-Fay.Michelle@epa.gov * Michael Gordon, Acting Deputy Director Water Division, Region 3 Gordon.Mike@epa.gov * Environmental Protection Agency Four Penn Center 1600 JFK Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 Re: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2024-0357 Reque  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The General Services Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 6, 2024, from the Building Owners and Managers Association International: * * * General Services Administration: Thank you for providing the opportunity to comment on GSA's request for comments on the impacts of advanced sustainability requirements. Please see our responses below: 1. Please provide an estimate of the impact, if any, that electrification of building equipment   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Dec. 5, 2024, from Alliant Energy, Madison, Wisconsin: * * * To: Internal Revenue Service CC:PA:LPD:PR (Notice 2022-58), Room 5203 P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044. To Whom it May Concern: Alliant Energy writes in response to Notice 2022-58, Request for Comments on Credits for Clean Fuel (45Z) Production. We appreciate the opport  more