News from August 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: ANCHORAGE, AK - Seven men and one woman were arrested on Aug. 30, 2012, during a joint federal and state takedown in Anchorage, Alaska; Atlanta, Georgia; and Rochester, New York. Eleven individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage on Aug. 22, 2012, on charges of conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: MADISON, WI. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Madison returned a 14-count indictment on Aug. 22, 2012, ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: NPS, CDC Urge Early Detection, Medical Attention for Individuals who Exhibit Symptoms; Health Officials Continue to Monitor New Cases, Protect Public Health.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a request yesterday from Marathon Petroleum Company, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that the Energy Department has agreed to lend 1 million barrels of sweet crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s (SPR) Bayou Choctaw site in Louisiana to address the short term impact on the company’s refining capacity caused by Hurricane Isaac, which is resulting in limited crude oil shortages.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, in conjunction with the Big South Fork Scenic Railway, is planning a special event on Saturday, September 8, at the Blue Heron Mining Community. The event will feature local storytellers presenting frightening tales in the evening hours at Blue Heron.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: Twelve U.S. organizations have reached the next step on the road to a possible silver anniversary Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence. The Baldrige Panel of Judges has selected one organization in the manufacturing category, ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After enduring nearly six years of opposition and an unnecessarily grueling permitting process, Shell is poised to begin energy exploration in Alaska’s Arctic waters as early as next week. The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that preliminary work may commence on a single...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: PORTLAND, OR - This year marks the 75th anniversary of the O&C Act of 1937. The Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands, known as the O&C Lands, lie in a checkerboard pattern through eighteen counties of western Oregon. Most of the O&C lands are administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM.)...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - The Energy Department today announced the selection of 14 new research projects across 11 states that will be a part of an expanding portfolio of projects designed to increase our understanding of methane hydrates’ potential as a future energy supply. Methane hydrates are 3D ice-lattice...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Now that Hurricane Isaac has relaxed its destructive grip on the Gulf Coast, the damage assessment and recovery phase will begin. Due to worries that 1 million barrels of oil spilled from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster from 2010 still persist in the sediments and elsewhere near the Gulf coast, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today asked two U.S. government agencies about their plans to detect and clean up BP’s spilled oil.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After enduring nearly six years of opposition and an unnecessarily grueling permitting process, Shell is poised to begin energy exploration in Alaska’s Arctic waters as early as next week. The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that preliminary work may commence on a single...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After enduring nearly six years of opposition and an unnecessarily grueling permitting process, Shell is poised to begin energy exploration in Alaska’s Arctic waters as early as next week. The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that preliminary work may commence on a single...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: BOISE, ID - Two Boise men pled guilty this week to charges of offering drug paraphernalia for sale at their business locations. Yoke Fee Chan, 31, and Bradley Berquist, 30, were indicted separately by a federal grand jury in Boise on May 9.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Rangers at Wind Cave National Park will be leading programs this September to listen for the bugle of the Rocky Mountain elk. The elk's high-pitched whistle heralds the arrival of fall and the mating season of the.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA - The National Park Service announced today that the Susquehanna to Roseland Transmission Line Right-of-Way and Special Use Permit Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is now available. The Final EIS reviews the proposal of PPL Electric Utilities and Public Service Electric and Gas to construct a new 500 kV transmission line, replacing an existing 230 kV line.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2012
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 55, one of the alleged members of the Arellano-Felix (AFO), was extradited today by the government of Mexico to the United States to face racketeering, money laundering, and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, CA - Five defendants were charged today in two separate indictments for their involvement in marijuana cultivation operations in Kern County, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released the following statement today on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's export forecast for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, which shows a level of U.S. agricultural exports unmatched in our nation's history.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: New, Expanded Efforts Underscore USDA's Commitment to Young, Beginning and Socially-Disadvantaged Farmers BOONE, Iowa, Aug. 30, 2012-Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $18 million in grants to organizations across 24 states that will help beginning farmers and ranchers with the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Edison Burgos-Montes, of Puerto Rico, was convicted after a two-month jury trial of cocaine possession with intent to distribute and killing a government witness, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of ...
