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Mississippi Phosphates Corp. Pleads Guilty to Clean Water Act Violation and Agrees to Transfer...
Mississippi Phosphates Corp. (MPC), a Mississippi corporation which owned and operated a fertilizer manufacturing facility located on Bayou Casotte in Pascagoula, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today to a felony information charging the company with a cri...
HUD AWARDS MORE THAN $26 MILLION TO ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH...
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro announced Wednesday the allocation of more than $26 million from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for St. Louis County, Missouri. St. Louis County recei...
City of Jackson and MDOT host public meeting to discuss two-conversion in downtown Jackson
The City of Jackson and Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will host a public open house to discuss the proposed two-way conversion on I-94 Business Loop (BL), Louis Glick Highway and Washington Avenue, in downtown Jackson. The public is invi...
AG Healey Sues Mortgage Broker and Insurance Agent for Taking Advantage of Elderly Homeowners
A Norwell-based mortgage broker, one of its loan originators, and an outside insurance agent have been sued for sales tactics that convinced elderly homeowners to apply for reverse mortgages and invest their proceeds in risky financial products, includ...
Cummings Lauds EPA Announcement of Grants to Help Baltimore Revitalize Properties
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) lauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it has awarded a $200,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to the City of Baltimore’s Sustainability Office to help revitalize properties
Attorney General Conway Announces Guilty Verdict and Life Sentence in Muhlenberg County Murder Trial
Attorney General Jack Conway today announced the guilty verdict for a Muhlenberg County woman charged with murder. Following its verdict last night, a Muhlenberg County Circuit Court jury recommended 62-year-old Brenda Hardin serve the maximum sentenc...
Agreement Ensures Groundwater Study at No. Smithfield, R.I. Superfund Site
The owner/operators and parties responsible for hazardous substance disposal at the Landfill & Resource Recovery Superfund Site in North Smithfield, R.I., have agreed to perform and pay for an investigation and study to evaluate the extent of, and...
Settlement Requires Milford, Mass. Glass Manufacturer to Improve Stormwater Treatment
Wastewater discharged by a glass manufacturing company in Milford, Mass. into wetlands adjacent to the Charles River will be cleaner as a result of a recent settlement between the manufacturer and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Ardagh Glass In...
Florida CFO Jeff Atwater Secures Multi-Million Dollar Settlement in Large-Scale State Contract Investigation
Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today announced that a $15.5 million settlement has been secured as a result of a contract investigation involving U.S. Foods, Inc. The investigation conducted by the Department of Financial Services’ Office of Fi...
REP. NAPOLITANO ATTENDS ROSE HILLS RECYCLED WATER PROJECT GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
Rep. Napolitano (D-El Monte) attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the final phase of the Recycled Water Project at Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary, calling for more investment in recycling projects across the region.
DNR encourages rural homeowners to be ‘Firewise’
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is encouraging rural homeowners to become “Firewise” to reduce the risks of wildfires to their homes. “Now is an excellent time to evaluate and take home wildfire prevention steps while homeowners are...
GOVERNOR CUOMO DEPLOYING DFS TO OFFER CONSUMER ASSISTANCE TO HOMEOWNERS AND STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is deploying Department of Financial Services’ Mobile Command Center to four Mohawk Valley locations to offer advice and assistance to New York consumers, as part of his “Capital for a Day” initiat...
Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Collection Day Set for Sept. 12
Mark Sept. 12 on your calendar as the day to get rid of all of your unwanted hazardous household products and old electronic equipment that has been accumulating in your basement or garage. Saturday, Sept. 12 is the date for the Morris County Municipal...
Governor McAuliffe Announces More Than $8.2 Million in Community Development Block Grants
Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced more than $8.2 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for 12 projects in Virginia. Since 1982, the federally-funded CDBG program has been administered by the Virginia Department of Housing a...
New York Department of State to Hold Public Hearing and Meeting of Real Estate...
The New York Department of State will hold a public meeting followed immediately by a public hearing on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 10:30a.m., regarding the profession of real estate salespersons and brokers. The meeting will take place at the follow...
DEM and Arbor Day Foundation Announce New RI Energy Saving Trees Program
The Department of Environmental Management, through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the RI Tree Council and the RI Nursery and Landscape Association, will be providing 1,000 free trees to Rhode Island homeowners this fall.
PHFA’s Brian Hudson honored with NeighborWorks award
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Executive Director and CEO Brian A. Hudson Sr. was recognized last evening by NeighborWorks America as a “visionary leader in community development.” The honor came during NeighborWorks’ opening reception for i...
SCHUMER ANNOUNCES, FOLLOWING HIS PUSH, FEMA HAS AGREED TO FULLY FUND THE LAST 5...
Village of Penn Yan Applied to FEMA for $2.5M for Repairs, But More Than $410,000 Needed for Most Visible Repairs Had Yet to Be Approved By FEMA – In July, Schumer Urged FEMA to Expedite Requests & Approve Final 5 Projects Desperately Needed in ...
Vermont Awarded $330,000 to Protect Habitat of Endangered Bulrush
Vermont Fish & Wildlife has received a $330,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to purchase 459 acres of property that serves as habitat for the federally endangered Northeastern bulrush. The land to be purchased extends the Turner H...
Guinta Visits Families in Transition’s Resource Center and Shelter in Manchester
On Tuesday August, 18, 2015, Congressman Guinta (NH-01) visited Families in Transition’s newest housing development facility on Lake Avenue in Manchester, NH. The Family Place Resource Center and Shelter will provide transitional housing to homeles...
Udall, Heinrich Announce $3.3 Million in FAA Grants for New Mexico Airports
Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced more than $3.3 million in grants to support runway expansion, rehabilitation and other improvements at nine airports across New Mexico. Clovis, Grants, Alamogordo, Colfax County, Lea County, ...
Akron Takes on Two Projects to Improve Wastewater Treatment with Ohio EPA Funds
The city of Akron will increase sewer capacity and construct a basin to capture sewer overflows while improving water quality Mud Run and the Little Cuyahoga River, thanks to a low-interest loan from Ohio EPA.
DiNapoli: Statewide Foreclosure Activity Still Well Above Prerecession levels
New York state continues to have high levels of foreclosure activity with new foreclosure filings remaining significantly higher than prerecession levels, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
Public Meeting to Discuss Reissuance of Water Quality Permit for Mine and Quarry Discharges
The DNR will hold a public stakeholder meeting Aug. 25 to collect public comments on the proposed reissuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit #5.
EPA Reaches Settlement with Coastal Energy of Willow Springs, Mo., for Clean Water Act,...
EPA Region 7 and Coastal Energy Corporation, Willow Springs, Mo., recently reached a proposed settlement valued at more than $200,000 to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). The s...
Stabenow, Peters Announce Nearly $4 Million Grant for University of Michigan
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters today announced that the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor will receive $3,978,545 for research into the conservation of estuaries and the potential impacts water quality degradation, habitat loss, and cl...
Urban and Community Forestry Program grants available
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced the availability of applications for the 2015 DNR Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program. The grants are funded through the U.S. Forest Service’s State and Private Forestry Program.
Survivors of Kentucky’s July Storms May Register by Phone or Internet for Disaster Assistance
Kentuckians whose home, apartment or business was affected by the July severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in Carter, Johnson, Rowan and Trimble counties must register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to see if they are eligible for disas...
Straight River Groundwater Management Area public meetings slated for Aug. 25
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hosting two public meetings in August to present and take comments on the Straight River Groundwater Management Area draft plan. The plan describes actions the DNR will take over the next five years in t...
At a public hearing on increasing national fuel-efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks,...
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett has issued an order to seal the property identified as Advanced Asymmetrics, Inc., located at 109 South Kossuth, in Millstadt, St. Clair County, from public access due to health and safety ...
