News published on Federal Newswire in September 2007

News from September 2007


EA for Miners River Dam

News Release: Please refer to the news release issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sea Lamprey Control.


FULL MOON TOUR OF CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE OFFERED BY NPS

News Release: As a very special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of Wednesday, September 26.


News Release: Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 is National Public Lands Day (NPLD) across the country: a day where fees are waived and volunteers participate in special events which beckon “Lend a hand, it’s your land." At Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, it will be free to access the Dune Climb, Pierce Stocking...


WRDA Passage Ends Seven Year Wait: Bill Includes Protection for Sacramento and New Orleans, Unprecedented Reforms of Army Corps of Engineers

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today cheered final passage of the conference report on H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. The bill, which passed the Senate by an overwhelming bipartisan margin ...


No Fee Charged at Wright Brothers NMEM on National Public Lands Day

News Release: Saturday, Sept. 29 is National Public Lands Day, an annual event that provides opportunities for the public to participate in volunteer projects.


News Release: Taking advantage of the cooler and wetter fall weather, North Cascades National Park fire crews are preparing to burn two units within the next two weeks. The exact timing of the prescribed burns will be determined by environmental conditions. The 54 acre Weaver Point unit is located across Lake Chelan...


National Public Lands Day

News Release: On Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, Mojave National Preserve will host several activities in recognition of this National Public Lands Day.


News Release: The Cascade River Road located in North Cascades National Park will close at the Eldorado Creek Parking Area at milepost 20 on Oct. 1, 2007. This closure is due to the removal of six culverts along the North Fork of the Cascade River and the installation of a substantial water bar at Boston Creek.


KENNEDY RESPONDS TO REPORTS THAT ADMINISTRATION WILL DENY TREATMENT TO IMMIGRANTS WITH CANCER

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement inresponse to this morning’s New York Times story detailing Medicaid’s decision to denychemotherapy to illegal immigrants with cancer.


Missing Hiker Found in North Cascades National Park Service Complex

News Release: A missing hiker from Seattle was found on Friday in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex after surviving on wild berries and stream water for six days.


A Park Ranger and Her Partner

News Release: Up until recently, park rangers patrolling here in Johnson City and on the LBJ Ranch could be found on foot and in vehicles only. But when Alison Bullington transferred to the park from Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, she brought with her fifteen years of mounted horse patrol experience and her own horse, Zoe.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Rena J. Comisac, U.S. Attorney Reginald I. Lloyd of the District of South Carolina, and U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Florida health care company has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for Medicare fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Pensacola, Fla., has indicted three men for their role in a large alien smuggling visa fraud scheme that illegally brought more than 200 aliens into the area of Destin, ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice yesterday filed a lawsuit against Barry Davis and Anchor Inn LLC, d/b/a Kokoamos Island Bar & Grill (Kokoamos), alleging that the owners and managers of Kokoamos, ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today sued the town of St. John, Ind., for violating the Fair Housing Act when it denied a petition for a variance based on the disability of a prospective resident. ...


News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement on the Senate Finance Committee 18-3 vote on the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.



The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.