News published on Federal Newswire in August 2015

News from August 2015


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: HOUSTON - The owner of Tinkle Management Inc. (TMI) has been charged in a 13-count federal indictment alleging a scheme in which he billed for $15 million in supplies that were never delivered, announced Kenneth Magidson.


2 BODIES FOUND AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The bodies of an adult female and adult male from Golden Valley, Arizona, were found near Greggs Hideout in Lake Mead National Recreation Area Aug. 2.


News Release: A man who imported pseudoephedrine from Canada to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced on Aug. 3, 2015, to more than 12 years in federal prison.


FAA Proposes Civil Penalties Against Three Companies for Alleged Hazardous Materials Violations

News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes civil penalties ranging from $54,000 to $63,000 against three companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on July 20, 2015, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Dwayne Friday, 36, made his initial appearance in District Court Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon after being charged in a three-count information with Distribution of Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute, and Carrying a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Friday was detained pending trial.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Seven members of the Vice Lords were charged in an indictment unsealed today with various offenses based on their roles in a gang-related shooting. The charges are the result of the collaborative efforts of law enforcement and the community to reduce homicide and other violent crime under the Detroit One program, which has led to the arrests and convictions of Vice Lords leaders during this past year.


Defendant Sentenced To 205 Months In Prison For Leading Crew That Committed More Than Two Dozen Armed Robberies

News Release: Eleven Defendants Convicted of Robbery and Firearms Offenses; Two Defendants Convicted After Trial.


Baltimore Cocaine Dealer and Member of the Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

News Release: From August 2013 to October 2014, Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Trafficked at Least 750 Kilograms of Cocaine Intended for Distribution in the Baltimore-Washington Area.


Rough Fire Sends Smoke into Kings Canyon

News Release: HUME LAKE RANGER DISTRICT &KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. August 4, 2015 - With multiple fires currently burning in the southern Sierra Nevada, state and federal agencies are working together to monitor and address smoke from local fires.


Time Change for Evening Lighting Ceremony - August 9, 2015

News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Superintendent Cheryl A. Schreier has announced a change in the hours of operation at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Beginning Sunday, August 9, 2015, the Evening Lighting Ceremony at Mount Rushmore will transition to an earlier start time of 8:00 PM. The Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center, bookstore and museum as well as the Information Center's closing time will change to 9:00 PM.


Three Orange County Residents Charged With $2.5 Million Fraud Involving Fraudlent Loans To Banks And Credit Unions Throughout The Northeast

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), and Thomas E. Bishop, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue...