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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday February 23, 2020 ( 6 items )  

$29.2 Million Funding Available for All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness in FEMA Region 2
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to five discretionary grants for all-hazards emergency preparedness in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $29,183,271. The funding is open to state or territorial governments; state administrative agencies; or state emergency management agencies. The agency description of t  more

Coast Guard: Drawbridge Operation Regulation of Hackensack River, Little Snake Hill, New Jersey
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- The Homeland Security Department's Coast Guard has issued a rule, published in the Federal Register on Feb. 18, entitled: "Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Hackensack River, Little Snake Hill, NJ". The rule was issued by Coast Guard Rear Adm. A.J. Tiongson, Commander, First Coast Guard District. For more information, contact: Judy Leung-Yee, Project Officer, 212/514-4336, Judy.K.Leung-Yee@uscg.mil. * * * The Coast Guard is modifying the operating schedule tha  more

EPA Orders Cleanup of New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp. Site in DePue, Illinois
DEPUE, Illinois, Feb. 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a unilateral administrative order to two potentially responsible parties (PRPs) to clean up contaminated soil in a portion of the New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp. Site in the Village of DePue. EPA estimates the cleanup cost will cost TCI Pacific Communications and CBS/Westinghouse of PA, Inc. about $10 million. The order requires the PRPs t  more

From Tuskegee Airman to Civil Air Patrol Wing Commander: Col. George Boyd
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: * * * - CAP recognizes Black History Month by honoring the late Col. George Boyd, Tuskegee Airman and former Kansas Wing commander. * * * The year was 1943, gas was 15 cents a gallon, the Pentagon building had just been completed and World War II was in full stride. In Teaneck, New Jersey, an African-American teenager named George Boyd joined Civil Air Patrol's North Bergen County Squadron, start  more

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst IT Specialist Receives 'Modern Day Technology Leader' Award
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: An information technology specialist from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst received a 2020 Modern-Day Technology Leader award at the 34th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) conference Feb. 14 in Washington, D.C. BEYA recognized Richard 'Ricky' Moore, an IT specialist supporting t  more

USDA Offers New Crop Insurance Pilot Program for Nursery Crops in 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced a new crop insurance pilot program, Nursery Value Select (NVS), for crop year 2021. NVS is another crop insurance option for nursery crop producers, including those growing hemp, in addition to the Nursery crop insurance program. NVS is available in select counties in Alabama, Colorado, Flor  more