WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated March 3, 2025, from GreenLatinos: * * * To: Marcy Card Existing Chemicals Risk Management Division Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460-000195812 Re: Comments on the Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for Vinyl Chloride; Docket Number: EPA-HQ-O  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The National Park Service has announced a call for public comments on properties nominated for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places. These nominations, submitted before March 1, 2025, span 14 states and Puerto Rico, representing a broad spectrum of historically significant buildings, districts, and archaeological sites. In California, notable nominations include Alf's Blacksmith Shop in San Bernardino County, Fisk's Mill Landing   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The National Park Service is seeking public input on the significance of multiple historic properties nominated for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places. These nominations, submitted before February 22, 2025, span 15 states and include a diverse array of buildings, districts, and sites reflecting cultural and architectural heritage. California features prominent nominations such as Bob Hope Patriotic Hall in Los Angeles, a struct  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSFR) -- The Illinois State Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and has determined a cultural affiliation between the remains and multiple tribal nations. The remains of at least ten individuals, along with 85 associated funerary objects, were removed from the Fisher Site in Will County, Illinois, between 1912 and 1941 by George Langford and the Univers  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Cassidy's Bill to Combat Illegal Fentanyl WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today celebrated the passage of the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) Fentanyl Act, which makes permanent the temporary classification of fentanyl-related substances as a Schedule I drug of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Cassidy's bill passed the U.S. Senate  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service has released the following public communication dated March 4, 2025, from the California Welfare Fraud Investigators Association, Mentone: * * * To: Mr. John McCleskey, Branch Chief Quality Control Branch Program Administration and Nutrition Division Food and Nutrition Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor Alexandria, VA 22314 RE: FNS Proposed Rulemaking # 2024-30578 *   more