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Federal Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday November 10, 2019 ( 5 items )  

$300,000 Funding Available for Environmental Education in EPA Region Eight
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for environmental education in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $300,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Environmental Education Loca  more

Justice Department Welcomes Arkansas Joining T-Mobile/Sprint Settlement
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division issued the following news release: * * * - Arkansas Becomes Ninth State to Join the Justice Department's Remedy * * * The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed an amended complaint that adds Arkansas as a plaintiff in the suit and proposed settlement relating to the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. Arkansas joins Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Dakota in  more

NRC Receives Event Notification Involving Schmucker, Paul, Nohr & Associates
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54354) involving Schmucker, Paul, Nohr and Associates, Mitchell, South Dakota: DAMAGED MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE While in use on a job site with the source extended, a Troxler Model 3430 moisture density gauge was damaged by a skid loader. The source was able to be retracted into the shielded area of the gauge but the shield cannot be closed due to damage to the bottom shield plate. The licensee   more

S.D. Residents Will Need REAL ID-Compliant Driver License, Other Acceptable Form of Identification to Fly Starting October 2020
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded South Dakota residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, all travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license, identification card or another acceptable form of identification to board a commercial flight. To determine if a South Dakota driver license or identification card is RE  more

TSA Provides Local Thanksgiving Travel Outlook for Sioux Falls Regional Airport
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Thursday that it is prepared for an increase in travelers departing Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) in the days leading up to and immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday. For the past few years, TSA nationally has noticed a marked change in Thanksgiving travel patterns and t  more