News from May 2015
By DOL Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule to increase protections for construction workers in confined spaces.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga are partnering in order to provide visitors a unique opportunity to explore Orchard Knob and the surrounding community by bicycle on May 16. This two hour bicycle tour will begin at Orchard Knob Elementary...
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following statement in response to S.1140, a bill introduced by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) to undermine President Obama's clean water rule...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -The National Park Service’s annual Sunday Concerts in the park will kick off at 4 p.m. May 10 at Peter Strauss Ranch featuring local bands the Hanydymen and the Chance Bands, playing songs from the Eagles, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan the Byrds, Mavericks and others.
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-SD) today issued the following statement on new tank car crude-by-rail rules announced by the Department of Transportation (DOT):
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and former Nevada Sen. and Gov. Richard Bryan co-signed an op-ed earlier this month dismissing the remarkable scientific evidence in support of the Yucca Mountain Project (“Unsafe site won’t ever be safe for nuclear waste," April 12 Review-Journal).
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -Due to declining water levels at Lake Mead, launch ramps conditions have changed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Marcus Lowe guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, theft of government funds, and aggravated identity theft; wire fraud; theft of government funds; and aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum...
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and former Nevada Sen. and Gov. Richard Bryan co-signed an op-ed earlier this month dismissing the remarkable scientific evidence in support of the Yucca Mountain Project (“Unsafe site won’t ever be safe for nuclear waste," April 12 Review-Journal).
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On May 1, 2015, Ian Dishon David Isabel, age 30, formerly of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 360 months in prison, after pleading guilty to production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: David Alcantara Devised And Implemented Schemes To Defraud R.I. Banks Of $600,000 With The Use Of Stolen Identities, Pass Counterfeit Currency In R.I., Mass. And CT.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Joseph Patrick Gelli age 23 of Lexington has entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956. According to facts presented during the guilty...
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the issue of microbeads in cosmetic products polluting American waters. Full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) together have introduced H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A South Carolina man charged with sex trafficking of a minor was arrested yesterday in Columbia, S.C., announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. On April 22, 2015, a federal grand jury returned the two-count criminal indictment against Martin Allen Meggett, 27, of West Columbia, S.C.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DAMIEN WILSON, age 35, of Chalmette, was charged in a three-count Indictment for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, which was recently unsealed.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River will be hosting a Memories of the Obed program on Saturday, May 9, at 2:00 p.m. (EDT). William Lyle Harper, long-time Wartburg resident, World War II veteran, and retired Oak Ridge chemist will be the featured Memories guest. He will spend time sharing memories that will...
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its hearing series examining the growing problem of prescription drug and opioid abuse. Members discussed the issue with federal officials to learn what they are doing to combat the epidemic and explore how federal policies can better support efforts to develop new and promising treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Chanin Terrell Richardson (29, Dade City) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He pleaded guilty on August 7, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Naperville man was charged by information today on federal charges he set fire to the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora on Sept. 26, 2014, federal law enforcement officials announced today. Brian Howard, 37, of Naperville, was charged with one count of willfully setting...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - Free camping is available at Biscayne National Park campgrounds from May 1 through Sept. 30, 2015. Beginning Oct. 1, 2015, regular fees will increase from $20 to $25 per night.
