Public Comment Sought On Proposed Pipeline For Snow Making At Pajarito Ski Area
SFNF News:
Santa Fe National Forest invites public comment by Aug. 22 on a proposed temporary pipeline for snow making purposes at Pajarito Ski Area.
Water sources being considered are the Los Alamos Reservoir and Los Alamos County’s potable water tank. The proposal would authorize for less than one year the installation of a temporary water pipeline and pumps to move 5 million gallons from Los Alamos Reservoir and another 5 million gallons from County’s potable water tank at the base of Camp May Road to the parking area at Pajarito Mountain. From there, existing permanent infrastructure Read More
NMDOT: Crews Clearing Debris & Unplugging Culverts
NMDOT News:
The New Mexico Department of Transportation has maintenance personnel monitoring roadways and clearing those affected by recent rainfall.
With more monsoon storms in the forecast, the NMDOT wants to assure the public that it is working around the clock to keep the roadways safe. This includes clearing debris on roads and unplugging culverts to prevent water from running onto roadways.
The NMDOT posts traffic updates as they are reported on its road advisory website at www.nmroads.com. That information can also be retrieved by calling the NMDOT road condition hotline at 511 or Read More
NIST: Hazard Lurks Beneath Many Gas Stations
Optical micrographs of severe corrosion on steel alloy samples exposed to ethanol and acetic acid vapors – conditions typical of underground gas storage tanks – after 355 hours, 643 hours and 932 hours. Courtesy/NIST
NIST News:
A hidden hazard lurks beneath many of the roughly 156,000 gas stations across the United States.
The hazard is corrosion in parts of underground gas storage tanks—corrosion that could result in failures, leaks and contamination of groundwater, a source of drinking water. In recent years, field inspectors in nine states have reported many rapidly corroding Read More
Heinrich On Failure To Pass Bill To Protect Jobs
Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. released the following statement Wednesday after S. 2569, the Bring Jobs Home Act, failed to overcome a procedural hurdle that requires 60 votes, with a vote of 54 to 42.
The bill, supported by Heinrich, would protect and promote U.S. job growth by ending a tax incentive for moving jobs overseas and creating a new tax incentive for bringing jobs back to the U.S.
“We shouldn’t reward companies that ship jobs overseas with special tax breaks. To most people, that’s just common sense. What we should Read More
Heinrich on Confirmed CIA Spying on Senate Panel
CIA Director John Brennan apologized today for the actions of some agents. Courtesy/wikipedia.com
U.S. SENATE News:
“The Senate Intelligence Committee oversees the CIA, not the other way around.” —U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement today after receiving a briefing on the results of a CIA Inspector General investigation, which confirmed that the agency improperly searched computers used by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff Read More
Today Starts World Breastfeeding Week: Aug. 1-7
LAC/NMBTF News:
During World Breastfeeding Week, Aug. 1-7, the Los Alamos Chapter of the New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force will join the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and breastfeeding advocates in more than 175 countries worldwide in celebrating the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) theme ‘BREASTFEEDING: A Winning Goal – for Life!’
The Los Alamos Daily Post will run a series of stories highlighting not only breastfeeding, but the breastfeeding support available in our community. The Task Force, in conjunction with Los Alamos Medical Center, Read More
Los Alamos Laser Selected For 2020 Mars Mission
Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- New ‘SuperCam’ instrument adds capabilities to successful ChemCam
NASA announced Thursday that laser technology originally developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been selected for its new Mars mission in 2020.
“We are extremely excited to be going to Mars again,” said Los Alamos National Laboratory planetary scientist Roger Wiens, Principal Investigator of the newly selected SuperCam team and current principal investigator of the Curiosity Rover’s ChemCam Team. “More importantly for the mission, I know SuperCam is the very best remote sensor that Read More
Energy Department Conditionally Authorizes Oregon LNG to Export Liquefied Natural Gas
DOE News:
The Energy Department announced Thursday that it has conditionally authorized LNG Development Co., LLC (Oregon LNG) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, from the Oregon LNG Terminal in Warrenton, Ore.
The Oregon LNG application was next in the order of precedence and review of the application was initiated before the Department issued the recent proposed procedural change. Subject to environmental review and final regulatory approval, the facility is conditionally authorized Read More
Heinrich Calls For Action: Central American Refugee Crisis, Broken Immigration System
Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., delivered remarks on the Senate Floor Wednesday calling for action on the current Central American Refugee Crisis and the bipartisan Senate immigration reform bill that passed more than a year ago.
In his speech, Heinrich emphasized the need to pass the Senate’s Emergency Supplemental Funding Bill, a proposal introduced by Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., that includes $2.73 billion to help stem the current Central American refugee crisis.
Heinrich also called for action on the Read More
USDA Extends Deadline for Livestock, Honeybees, Farm-Raised Fish Program Emergency Assistance
USDA News:
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced today that the enrollment deadline for the 2012 and 2013 Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) has been extended to Aug. 15.
Originally, program sign-up was scheduled to end Aug. 1.
The new deadline gives livestock, honeybee, and farm-raised fish producers who experienced losses because of disease, adverse weather, wildfires or colony collapse disorder between Oct. 1, 2011 and Sept. 30, 2013, an additional two weeks to Read More
