Program will allow the department to evaluate policy and training associated with body-worn camera technology Harrisburg, PA – Acting Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Commissioner Lieutenant Colonel Robert Evanchick announced this week that the department has deployed its first body-worn cameras in three troops as part of a pilot program. Select patrol troopers in Troop B, Uniontown; […]
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania State Police, Computer Crimes Task Force conducted a statewide enforcement detail targeting possession and online distribution of child pornography. The proactive detail resulted in the arrest of six individuals across Pennsylvania. These individuals were charged with a host of serious felonies associated with possession and distribution of child pornography. Jack William […]
WASHINGTON – On Friday, June 22, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it had once again met its yearly statutory requirements under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, which amended the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). On the two-year anniversary of the law, EPA released new guidelines and polices aimed at reducing animal testing, tracking […]
WASHINGTON (June 26, 2018) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program that would set the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2019, as well as the biomass based diesel volume standard for […]
WASHINGTON — Today, in support of the Trump Administration’s efforts to expedite infrastructure projects, EPA’s Smart Sectors program released a video, Best Practices in Permitting, highlighting best practices in environmental permitting. The video, which was developed to encourage replication for other permitting projects, features The Boeing Company, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (S.C. […]
Water Quality Monitoring at Beaches PHILADELPHIA (June 27, 2018) – As peak beach season arrives, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to award approximately $213,000 to Erie County Pennsylvania to develop and implement beach monitoring and notification programs along the shores of Lake Erie. “Enjoying the beach is a quintessential pastime for Americans every summer,” said […]
By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Environmental advocates say the federal courts are serving an increasingly critical role in protecting the air we breathe and the water we drink. Since Scott Pruitt took over as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, he has repealed or delayed more than 30 environmental regulations, including bedrock provisions of the […]
By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania small business owners are concerned that their workers aren’t saving for retirement, according to a new poll by AARP of Pennsylvania. And the poll shows, the business owners think the state should help. Nationally, only 1 in 20 workers opens a private retirement account, and the poll shows that […]