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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will formally reopen the public comment period on a federal review of designations and expansions of national marine sanctuaries and marine national monuments. The public comment period will open for an additional 15 days, starting Monday, July 31, 2017.
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Monterey >> The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this week it would formally reopen the public comment period on a federal review of 11 marine sanctuaries and monuments, including Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, that could open the areas to oil and gas exploration.
WASHINGTON –Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), announced that Castroville's North County Fire Protection District has been awarded a federal grant totaling $284,864 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), announced that the Monterey Regional Airport has been awarded a federal grant totaling $1,814,764 from the Department of Transportation.
"Our local economy relies heavily on tourism and local business travel," said Congressman Panetta. "This federal grant will provide our regional airport with the necessary funds needed to keep travelers safe."
WASHINGTON - The oil derricks off Santa Barbara can be seen from the beach, the scene of one of the nation's worst oil spills in 1969 that inspired the first Earth Day.
If you couldn't find the time to speak up on behalf of protecting our local coastal waters, you get a second chance.
On July 26—the day public comment on the matter was slated to close—the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it would reopen the comment period, from July 31-Aug. 14, on Trump's Executive Order 13795.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif.said Salinas Valley growers and marketers were not under assault by NAFTA but were benefiting from it.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., challenged Brown’s concerns about Mexican imports, noting that there are farmers in the Salinas Valley in his district who have established farms in Mexico and use the profits from those farms to modernize their facilities in California.
But Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) challenged Brown's statement that specialty crops are "an industry under assault." He argued that produce growers in California's Salinas Valley are benefiting from NAFTA because it allows them to easily start additional businesses in Mexico.
"There are family farms that continue to be successful during the winter months because they have farms in Mexico," Panetta said. "It turns out to be a complementary relationship. They make money and invest in their farms in the United States, including in mechanization, to help with the lack of labor situation they're facing."