WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46615) on Jan. 12, 2022, entitled "Clean Water Act Section 401: Overview and Recent Developments": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 3) Policy Issues and the 2020 Final Rule Certification Timeframes Section 401 requires that certifying authorities act on a certification request "within a reasonable period of time (which shall not exceed one year) after receipt of such request."/37 If a certifying aut  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46615) on Jan. 12, 2022, entitled "Clean Water Act Section 401: Overview and Recent Developments": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Actions Under the Biden Administration President Biden's actions immediately upon taking office affected the reconsideration of the 2020 Final Rule. On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order (E.O. 13990) which directed the heads of all agencies to "  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 19 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2022: The Florida State Parks Foundation today announced a new collaboration with Duke Energy Florida and the Duke Energy Foundation that will fund three park projects totaling $150,000. "We are delighted to be partnering with Duke Energy and its foundation on three separate park projects that will have enormous benefit," Foundation President Tammy Gustafson said. "It is thanks to our corporate part  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2022: The Department of the Interior announced an interagency initiative today to implement a new federal program for addressing orphaned wells, a key initiative of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The law includes $4.7 billion for orphaned well site plugging, remediation, and restoration activities. A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/orphan-w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSPol)(TNSCapV) -- The Sierra Club issued the following joint news release with 16 organizations on Jan. 18, 2022: In a brief filed today with the Supreme Court, environmental, public health and clean energy industry groups urge the Court to reject the coal industry's radical attempt to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its ability to confront the climate crisis. The coalition urges the Court to affirm the authority, and duty, the Clean Air Act confers upon the   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following joint news release with 16 organizations on Jan. 18, 2022: In a brief filed today with the Supreme Court, environmental, public health and clean energy industry groups urge the Court to reject the coal industry's radical attempt to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its ability to confront the climate crisis. The coalition urges the Court to affirm the authority, and duty, the Clean Air Act confers upon   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: * WINTER 2021 THE GILDED AGE (Drama Series) * Synopsis: The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new. Against this backdrop of change, the story begins in 1882 - introducing young Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a Union general, who moves into the New York City home of her thorough  more