The Jan. 9-10 event includes a regulatory/compliance panel discussion and seven other presentations on specific topics.
This will be the sixth meeting of the year-old Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee. BSEE also is accepting proposals for oil spill response research projects.
The new year begins with the American population having grown by 2.272,462 people since one year earlier, the Commerce Department agency reported.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said it will produce "a flexible, effective animal disease traceability system for livestock moving interstate, without undue burdens for ranchers and U.S. livestock businesses."
The Spanish power company Iberdrola SA is selling a renewable energy unit in France to a group of investors.
New Year's Day tops the list of most deadly day for alcohol-related fatalities.
The new $9.19 per hour minimum in Washington state applies to workers in all industries, but 14- and 15-year-olds legally may be paid just 85 percent of it.
It will rise to $242,000 effective Jan. 28, and the maximum penalty for failing to provide timely notification of an accident will increase to $65,000.
Infrastructure projects that slowed or halted during the economic downturn are now being completed, and the construction sector is growing along with the population of the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council, according to a new analysis.
Ten thousand typical homes on the island can be powered by the eight wind turbines installed on a ridge of the Haleakala volcano.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 249th Prime Power Battalion non-commissioned officers conducted the training on safety fundamentals, power line maintenance, operating bucket trucks, and operating augur trucks used to drill and place utility poles.
Sirturo is the first drug approved to treat multi-drug resistant TB. It works by inhibiting an enzyme needed by M. tuberculosis to replicate and spread throughout the body.
The New Year's holiday brings a spike in DUI arrests and, in many states, in alcohol-related crashes.
The drilling ship is being investigated for worker safety concerns and issues with pollution control equipment.
Honeywell recently announced it has been awarded the $4.8 million contract to install the health and usage monitoring systems in all 42 of the U.S. Coast Guard's MH-60T helicopters.
More Americans abuse prescription drugs than use cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to the agency.
Six states and the District of Columbia were awarded funds that can help provide insurance for the unemployed.