PABLO, Montana, Sept. 24 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Chairman Aimee Jorjani entered into an agreement with Salish Kootenai College (SKC) in Pablo, Montana, and the ACHP Foundation on September 23, 2019 to provide educational, personal development, and professional growth opportunities to students in the Tribal Historic Preservation and Tribal Governance and Administration degree programs. As one of  more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Kurt G. Alme, issued the following news release: Attorney General Tim Fox and U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced their offices, together with the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will co-sponsor a second missing persons training for the public and law enforcement. The event will take place at the First Interstate Bank Operations Center in Billings on October 16. The first joint missing persons training was held in   more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) presented its 2019 Rangeland Stewardship Awards today, which are given in recognition of an individual or group's commitment to the stewardship of public rangelands and sagebrush steppes under BLM management. This year's recipients include the Garfield County Conservation District in Montana, the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commis  more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * - Water quality and fish tissue results show elevated levels of selenium and nitrates associated with upstream sources * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), released the results of a water quality study indicating elevated levels of selenium in water and fish, and elevated nitrates in water, in the Kootenai Riv  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following notice: Notice 2019-47 This Notice provides penalty relief related to taxpayer reliance on Revenue Procedure 2018-38, which was set aside by an order issued on July 30, 2019, by the United States District Court for the District of Montana in the case of Bullock v. IRS, 2019 WL 3423485 (D. Mont. Jul. 30, 2019). Revenue Procedure 2018-38, 2018-31 IRB 280, provided information reporting re  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Kurt G. Alme, issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Cobell has been appointed as the office's representative on the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force met today at the DoubleTree hotel in Billings. The task force was created by the Looping in Native Communities Act or LINC Act, which was passed by the 2019 Montana Le  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Kurt G. Alme, issued the following news release: After a five day trial, a jury today convicted the former president and director of Custom Carbon Processing, Inc. of multiple violations of the federal Clean Air Act after a 2012 explosion at the company's oil processing plant in Wibaux injured three employees and caused extensive damage to the plant, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. The jury found Peter Margiotta, 62, o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54285) involving Acuren Inspection, Duluth, Minnesota: RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA LOST DURING SHIPPING "On 9/11/2019 [Acuren Inspection in Billings Montana] shipped a camera to QSA Global for disposal, the exposure device serial number is D3869 source serial number 83052G. "Acuren has not received the receiving report from QSA. The (RSO) contacted the common carrier on Monday September 16, 2019, the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54285) involving Acuren Inspection, Duluth: RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA LOST DURING SHIPPING "On 9/11/2019 [Acuren Inspection in Billings Montana] shipped a camera to QSA Global for disposal, the exposure device serial number is D3869 source serial number 83052G. "Acuren has not received the receiving report from QSA. The (RSO) contacted the common carrier on Monday September 16, 2019, the common car  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation is hosting a public meeting on October 9, 2019 in Chester, MT to update the public on recreation and resource management issues around Lake Elwell (Tiber Reservoir). Topics of discussion will include information on fisheries and wildlife management, aquatic invasive species, recreation improvements, and use of Reclamation lands. "Reclamation co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * - Disability Investigations Program Expands * * * The Social Security Administration and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced the expansion of its successful anti-fraud initiative, the Cooperative Disability Investigations (CDI) Program. CDI Units identify, investigate, and prevent Social Security disability fraud. Three new statewide offices recently opened across the country,   more