The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new website intended to help the public understand and participate in the agency’s rulemaking process. According to EPA, the new Rulemaking Gateway portal will provide “earlier and more concise information” about the agency’s priority rulemakings under development. The website also allows users to search for EPA rules on specific interests, such as environmental justice or state, local, and tribal government. The portal also provides brief overviews of rulemakings that have not yet been proposed and includes links to more comprehensive information on the federal interagency Regulations.gov website.

President Harry S Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946
President Harry S Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 establishing the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Behind the President, left to right: Senators Tom Connally, Eugene D. Millikin, Edwin C. Johnson, Thomas C. Hart, Brien McMahon, Warren R. Austin, and Richard B. Russell. (August 1, 1946.)

I wasn’t driving yet!

President Gerald R. Ford signs the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 at the White House. This legislation abolished the Atomic Energy Commission and established in its place the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). (October 11, 1974)

President Jimmy Carter signs the Department of Energy Organization Act in the White House Rose Garden, (August 4, 1977).

President Bush signs the Energy Policy Act of 1992 in a ceremony at Maurice, Louisiana, while Admiral Watkins and oil rig workers look on, (October 24, 1992).

Defendants charged with environmental crimes or violations of the U.S. Federal Criminal Code sometimes flee the court’s jurisdiction and/or the USA rather than face prosecution or to serve a sentence. When these circumstances occur, the defendants become fugitives from justice.

The following wanted posters identify fugitives sought by the EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division. Each one provides a brief case summary and instructions on how to report information related to their identity and/or current location. You may also report the information to your local police or if you are outside the United States, to the nearest U.S. Embassy.

4.35 BILLION barrels imported in 2009. Over $500,000 dollars spent per MINUTE on foreign oil.
That’s another $265 BILLION siphoned out of America’s struggling economy, and we still haven’t adopted a real energy plan to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

T. Boone Pickens