🌍Draft Environmental Assessment for Migrant Protection Protocols Released
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces the availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed resumption of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) Program along the southern border of the United States (U.S.) as directed by the Executive Order entitled, Securing Our Borders (the Proposed Action). The Draft PEA programmatically evaluates reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts that may occur because of the Proposed Action and identifies standard best management practices (BMPs) by which DHS can reduce such impacts.
Learn More🌊Proposed Consent Decree on Clean Water Act Violations in Virginia
The Department of Justice has lodged a proposed Consent Decree addressing Clean Water Act violations by Boyd, et al. This decree mandates the restoration of impacted areas and imposes civil penalties for discharging pollutants without a permit. Public comments on the decree will be accepted for thirty days, allowing stakeholders to engage in the process.
Learn More🌊OPALCO Hydrokinetic Project License Application Notice
The Department of Energy announces Orcas Power & Light Cooperative's notice of intent to file a license application for the Rosario Strait Tidal Energy Project. This includes requests for waivers of regulations and solicits public comments on the draft application and associated plans, highlighting the project's potential and regulatory framework necessary for progress.
Learn More💵NIH Environmental Health Sciences Closed Meeting Notice
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences announces a closed meeting to review grant applications under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The session aims to evaluate funding proposals related to time-sensitive environmental health research, with discussions conducted virtually to protect confidential information.
Learn More🌎EPA's Partial Stay on Emission Standards for Iron and Steel Facilities
By a letter dated August 14, 2024, and supplemented by a letter dated March 5, 2025, the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation announced the convening of a proceeding for reconsideration of certain requirements in the final rule, "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities Technology Review," published on April 3, 2024. In this action, the EPA is staying provisions establishing compliance deadlines in 2025 for requirements that were added or revised by the April 3, 2024, final rule for 90 days pending reconsideration.
Learn More🏞️Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board Meeting Notice
The Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The board is authorized under the Charter for the Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the board is to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on means of promoting public participation for the land and resource management plan for the Recreation Area, environmental education, an annual work plan for recreation and environmental education areas in the Recreation Area. This includes the heritage program (with the non- appropriated amounts in the Land Between the Lakes Management Fund), an annual forest management and harvest plan for the Recreation Area and the Land Between the Lakes Management Fund.
Learn More🏥NIEHS Notice
The Department of Health and Human Services announces a public meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The meeting will cover evaluations of grant applications and include various open sessions for public participation, providing stakeholders a chance to engage with NIH processes.
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