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NCLA successfully petitions NOAA to delay warrantless 24/7 surveillance of charter boats in the Gulf
DC – A rule requiring for-hire charter boat captains off the Gulf of Mexico to install vessel monitoring systems (VMS), a kind of GPS tracking device, on their boats to supply 24/7 location information to the U.S. Government has been put on hold, a press release states. -
Insurance group warns hurricane season not over yet
While hurricane season may have officially kicked off June 1, the Insurance Council of Texas is warning gulf coast residents that some of the strongest and most damaging storms struck after August. “We are concerned about the safety of every Texan during hurricane season,” said Mark Hanna, an ICT spokesman, in an Aug. 17 press release. -
Tyler residents file wrongful death lawsuit over deadly Arkansas campsite flood
TYLER - A Tyler couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S government for failing to prevent Albert Pike campgrounds in Arkansas from being built in a historical flood zone and not warning of the potential for flooding. -
Government delays document production in BP litigation; Napolitano lacks email is cited as one reason
Napolitano NEW ORLEANS � Homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano lacks an electronic mail account, the Obama Administration offers as one of many excuses for delays in producing documents about the Deepwater Horizon explosion. -
Lawmakers visit fuel lab at LU
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, center, and U.S. Reps. Ted Poe and Kevin Brady, made a recent visit to the Advanced Fuel Cell Research lab at Lamar University. Lamar University is on the front lines of developing new energy systems for the U.S. military with its Advanced Fuel Cell Research laboratory.