WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved amendments to Delaware's air quality standards. These amendments bring Delaware's standards into closer alignment with current federal regulations. Specifically, the amendments update Delaware's standards for ozone and remove outdated standards for sulfur dioxide. The EPA says that the changes will help to ensure that Delaware residents have healthy air to breathe. Ozone: The amendments update Delaware's ozon  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 19, 2024, from the National Partnership for Women & Families: * * * To: Secretary Xavier Becerra U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 * To: Secretary Janet Yellen U.S. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20220 * To: Acting Secretary Julie Su U  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 19, 2024, from Reproductive Equity Now: * * * To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20201 * To: The Honorable Julie Su Acting Secretary, Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20210 * To: The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed cost recovery settlement agreement with U.S. Home, LLC, d/b/a Lennar, and B&J Excavating, Inc. (Settling Parties) to address contamination at the A.I.W. Frank/Mid-County Mustang Superfund Site located in Exton, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the Settling Parties will pay the EPA $178,818.46, plus accrued interest, to cover the EPA's past response costs ass  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a request from Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC to conduct a small-scale pilot project using phosphogypsum in road construction on private land in Florida. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive waste product generated from phosphoric acid production. The EPA's approval, which was announced in a recent Federal Register notice, is specific to the pilot project proposed by Mosaic and does not authorize any broader use of phosphog  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided not to move forward with a regulation to ban lead in wheel weights. This decision comes after a petition was filed in 2009 requesting the EPA to regulate lead wheel weights due to concerns about lead exposure risks. The EPA stated that after reviewing information submitted in response to a 2024 request for public comment, their technical analysis showed risks to children from lead wheel weights are significantl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 16, 2024, from the New Jersey Transit Corp., Newark: * * * To: Federal Transit Administration East Building 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 RE: Public Comment on Docket No. FTA 2024-0011 Agency Information Collection Activity Under the Office of Management and Budget Review: Transit COVID-19 Response Program * * * Dear Do  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 20, 2024, from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy: * * * To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 * To: The Honorable Julie Su Acting Secretary of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20210 * To: The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 20, 2024, from AHIP: * * * To: The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 * To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 * The Honorable Julie Su Acting Secretary of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 20, 2024, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: * * * To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 * To: The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary of Department of the Treasury U.S. Department of  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 23, 2024, from James L. Madara, CEO of the American Medical Association: * * * To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 * To: The Honorable Julie Su Acting Secretary U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20210   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has released the following public communication dated Dec. 21, 2024, from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association: * * * To: The Honorable Julie Su Secretary of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20210 * To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 * To: The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary of t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Dec. 17, 2024, from ASTM International: * * * To: Ms. Sara del Fierro Climate Mitigation Lead, NRCS Climate Office Office of the Chief, NRCS U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Avenue, South Building, Room 4613 Washington, DC 20250 RE: Request for Public Input - Implementation of Conservation Practices to Support Climate Chang  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Dec. 20, 2024, from Robert S. Priestas, administrator of division of sewerage and drainage at Columbus (Ohio) Department of Public Utilities: * * * To: Ms. Sara del Fierro Climate Mitigation Lead NRCS Climate Office, Office of the Chief, NRCS, USDA 1400 Independence Avenue South Building, Room 4613 Washington, DC 20250 RE: Request for Publ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released the following public communication dated Dec. 18, 2024, from Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: * * * To: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Washington, DC 20555-0001 Subject: Transmittal of Westinghouse Electric Company Comments on Proposed Rule, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Licensing of New Nuclear Reactors" [Docket ID NRC2020-0101] * * * W  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Dec. 28 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on Dec. 27, 2024: Auditor General Timothy DeFoor today announced the release of audit reports for 33 volunteer firefighters' relief associations (VFRAs) in Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Blair, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, McKean, Mercer, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Potter, Schuylkill, Venango, Washington, Westmoreland  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Dec. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Dec. 26, 2024: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Gerard M. Karam announced today that he has submitted his resignation to President Biden effective January 10, 2025. The Middle District of Pennsylvania consists of 33 counties in northeastern and central Pennsylvania and is home to over 3.1 million people. There are offices i  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Dec. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James P. Cullen V, age 30, and Michelle L. Ferranti, age 31, both of Bartonsville, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury on various fentanyl and heroin trafficking charges, including for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the deaths of three indivi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the following written testimony by Louis DeJoy, postmaster general and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service, from a Dec. 5, 2024, hearing entitled "Oversight of the United States Postal Service: Understanding Proposed Service Changes": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Growth and cost reduction are at the heart of the DFA plan. Simply put, the DFA plan is not about contraction or only cost reduction. Th  more