News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sarah Marie Weant, 27, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, was convicted on charges stemming from last month’s 41-person Baltimore-to-West Virginia heroin trafficking indictment, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Findings of No Significant Impact for the approval of a temporary change in the maximum acceptable concentration of selenium from 2 up to 5 ppb for groundwater pumped into the upper portion of the Delta-Mendota...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Jose Roberts, 62, of Martinsburg, was convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement after the Obama administration announced final rules to regulate carbon dioxide (C02) from new and existing power plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - An indictment was recently unsealed charging four men with various offenses based on their roles in smuggling pet products with counterfeit labels into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Richard Donald Ragsdale (57, Tampa) to 20 years in federal prison for transportation and receipt of child pornography. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 18, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: STAMFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alan Wilson, 24, of Stamford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute 20 kilograms or more of marijuana.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement after the Obama administration announced final rules to regulate carbon dioxide (C02) from new and existing power plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. A Novi man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on July 30, 2015, for defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program of more than $520,000, perjury before an immigration court, and being a felon...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement after the Obama administration announced final rules to regulate carbon dioxide (C02) from new and existing power plants.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Thanks to a solid investigation by an ISB Special Agent, a federal judge sentenced a man to two years in prison for cultivating marijuana within Sequoia National Park. The sentence was handed down in early August to Toribio Cruz-Galvan, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana, as well as possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 3, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is recognizing state and local agencies of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (more commonly known as WIC) that excel in offering education and support for breastfeeding mothers. As part of World...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today commending the Obama Administration for the monumental step it has taken to reduce carbon emissions and seriously address climate change with the final Clean Power Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Steven Sawyer, 37, of Splendora, Texas, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 14 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for transporting child pornography. Sawyer pleaded guilty to the charge on March 25, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Spokane-Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Dane Edward Andrus, age 42, of Osburn, Idaho, was sentenced for Bank Robbery. United States District Court Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Andrus to a 96 month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a five year term of court supervision upon release from federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Search crews find missing man at Grand Canyon.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet on September 2-3 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to discuss issues relating to the management and protection of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands. The two-day meeting will take place on Wednesday, September...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today commending the Obama Administration for the monumental step it has taken to reduce carbon emissions and seriously address climate change with the final Clean Power Plan.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today commending the Obama Administration for the monumental step it has taken to reduce carbon emissions and seriously address climate change with the final Clean Power Plan.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the final version of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. The final rule shifts the timelines for states to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, while also offering incentives for states to act early. The plan keeps the United States on target for reductions necessary to meet international commitments.
