News from August 2014
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: On the eve of the golden anniversary of the Wilderness Act, local residents and park visitors are invited to join Grand Teton National Park ranger naturalists at the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center, Tuesday, Sept. 2, to celebrate the conservation crusade that led to passage of this landmark legislation. The Wilderness Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson 50 years ago on Sept. 3, 1964.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is one of 65 national parks selected to receive a 2014 Ticket to Ride grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. The $8000 grant will support Over the River...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that MICHAEL A. LUCARELLI, the Director of Market Intelligence at Lippert/Heilshorn...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today applauded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s recent announcement approving the final rule on the environmental effects of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel. The Commission also decided to lift the agency’s suspension of issuing final licensing actions for nuclear plants and renewals.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 37-year-old McKinney, Texas man has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal charge of health care fraud has have been filed against Ronald McAdams of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Ronen Bakshi, 53, of Voorhees, New Jersey, was charged today by indictment in connection with the removal of asbestos-containing material from a former church located at 1133 Spring Garden St., in Philadelphia, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Bakshi is charged with...
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is traveling this week to Estonia, Poland, and Ukraine.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today applauded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s recent announcement approving the final rule on the environmental effects of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel. The Commission also decided to lift the agency’s suspension of issuing final licensing actions for nuclear plants and renewals.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit armed robberies against victims who were contacted via craigslist.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau announced today that the park is preparing an Environmental Assessment for a proposed project to control or eliminate nonnative Argentine ants on Santa Cruz Island.
By State Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding Aaron Sofer, a yeshiva student from Lakewood, New Jersey who went missing on Friday while hiking with a friend outside Jerusalem:
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces that beginning Sept. 21 General Grant National Memorial (a.k.a. Grant's Tomb) will be open Wednesdays through Sundays for our visitors' enjoyment and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - A Florida man who possessed oxycodone and other prescription drugs during a December 2011 traffic stop in Summersville, West Virginia pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Gregory Leandre, 31, of Naples, Florida pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone in federal court in Charleston.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), sent a follow-up letter to Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), requesting further documentation surrounding the senior manager responsible for a controversial chemical risk assessment.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today applauded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s recent announcement approving the final rule on the environmental effects of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel. The Commission also decided to lift the agency’s suspension of issuing final licensing actions for nuclear plants and renewals.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: A co-owner of Professional Medical Home Health LLC was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $6.2 million in restitution for her participation in a health care fraud scheme involving the now defunct home health care company.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: Keith Scutching, 35, Lansdowne, PA, was charged by indictment, unsealed yesterday, with two counts of dealing in counterfeit currency, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for ramming a stolen car into the checkpoint barrier at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.
