News from December 2015
By DOT News Wire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: PHMSA Withdraws Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle Wetlines Rulemaking. On Dec. 28, 2015 the Federal Register will publish the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) notice withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking that would have amended the Hazardous Materials Regulations related ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently renewed their alliance with the Independent Electrical Contractors Inc. During the five-year agreement, the alliance will primarily focus on providing agency staff with 70E and arc-flash training, and preventing worker exposures to electric shock and arc flash hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Employer name: WKL Roofing. Inspection site: 4655 Spruce Creek Road, Units A-H, Port Orange, Florida 32127. Citations issued: Citations were issued to the employer on Dec. 21. Investigation findings: Inspectors with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration observed employees installing roofing...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Dec. 23, 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Aldo Villarreal, 46, of McAllen, Texas, and his wife, Juana Edith Vela-Salinas, 41, also of McAllen, Texas, were sentenced on Dec. 21, 2105, by Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Haynes, Jr., announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. In a joint federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Memorial Health, Inc., Memorial Health University Medical Center, Inc., Provident Health Services, Inc., and MPPG, Inc. d/b/a Memorial Health University Physicians have agreed to pay $9,895,043.04 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A former Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) teacher has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) announced today a compliance agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the Burke Professional Center Condominium Association (BPCCA) related to an office complex that houses professional offices of health care providers located in Fairfax County. The agreement is to improve accessibility to persons with disabilities through the removal of architectural barriers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Defendant is part of large-scale Drug Trafficking Organization case led by Debbi Martinez.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Dec. 23, 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: A man charged with illegal re-entry following an aggravated felony conviction, and with violating the terms of his federal supervised release was sentenced Dec. 21, 2015, to 120 months (10 years), and 24 months imprisonment, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ------ A $2.5 million settlement with Pharmerica, a long term care pharmacy servicing hundreds of nursing homes across the nation, completes the final leg of litigation involving the illegal promotion of Aranesp, an anemia drug manufactured by Amgen, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The United States and Aria Health Systems, Inc. ("Aria") today settled two False Claims Act matters which Aria self-disclosed, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Aria agreed to pay $564,700 to resolve claims that a cardiologist performed unnecessary invasive procedures...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Ukrainian national made his initial appearance today in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina, after being extradited from Poland to face charges relating to a $10 million international money laundering operation, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The co-owners of a home health company in Dallas and two nurse employees were charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday for their alleged participation in a $13.4 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that two Texas men pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to sell approximately 28 kilograms of powder cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that after a nine-day trial, a federal jury found Darren K. Byler, 55, resident of Kodiak, Alaska, guilty of violating the Refuse Act and Making False Statements. The jury found his wife, Kimberly Riedel-Byler not guilty of the same charges.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the annual transfer of up to 560 acre-feet of Carvalho Ranch’s contract water from their lower productivity lands to higher productivity lands over a nine-year period.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: Hot Springs, AR -. January 1 marks the beginning of the National Park Service [NPS] Centennial celebration, and the seven National Park Service sites in Arkansas will kick off the celebration by launching the Centennial Iron Ranger Challenge; a year-long program to encourage visitors to "Find Your Park"...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2015
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -DECEMBER 23, 2015. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-5276 x222. Clarkdale, AZ -Tuzigoot National Monument. New Winter Hours For Tuzigoot National Monument. Beginning January 4, 2016, and continuing through March 31, 2016, Tuzigoot National Monument is changing...
