News from September 2015
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- On Aug. 31, 2015, National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the General Management Plan (GMP) for Biscayne National Park. The plan is designed to restore the coral reef ecosystem and improve visitor experiences in the park.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - New River Gorge National River invites all 4th grade students to visit the park as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting Sept. 1, 4th grade students can now go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: ALTUS, Okla. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Draft Environmental Assessment for the proposed W.C. Austin Project, Safety of Dams Modification Project, for public review and comment. The comment period closes on Friday, October 9, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Pipestone, MN: All National Park Service sites, including Pipestone National Monument, will offer free entrance on Saturday, September 26th for National Public Lands Day. In the event of rain on the 26th, the collection of seeds will be postponed until October 3rd.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Paul Borrelli, 70, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of illegal gambling and money laundering, was sentenced to three years probation and eight months home detention by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The defendant must also pay a $1,200,000 money judgment and forfeit approximately $3,000,000 in properties, cash and bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Proposed ADA Settlement Agreement On Oregon's Developmental Disabilities System.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Beginning this month, Cape Cod National Seashore is participating in President Obama's Every Kid in a Park program, whose ambitious goal is to bring every fourth grader in the country and their families to a national park or other federal public lands and waters during their 2015-2016 school year. Through...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Adalberto Davila, a resident of Puerto Rico, pled guilty to conspiring to traffic kilograms of cocaine and heroin in Western Pennsylvania, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Although the summer season is coming to a close, visitors are still coming to Cape Cod National Seashore to enjoy its abundant recreational opportunities, to explore its diverse habitats and natural resources, and for rest and rejuvenation. We want to remind visitors and residents that lifeguard operations at the six national seashore beaches ended on Labor Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved five bipartisan bills to strengthen public health and improve consumers’ access to recall and warranty information.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL’s) Nicolas Huerta has been honored as a Great Minds in STEM™ Luminary Honoree by the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking comments on a Draft Environmental Assessment for building a new fire station at the Grand Coulee Power Office. The proposed project involves construction of a fire station to provide a sleeping and dining area, meeting/training space, offices, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - PETER PANOUZIS pled guilty to charges of mutilating and destroying United States Selective Service records of 50 or more individuals. The records are part of the National Archives deposited and held at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Adding to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House today approved five bills to protect consumers, protect children, and improve public health.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Colonel Brian F. Meraviglia of the Connecticut State Police and Easton Police Chief Timothy Shaw announced that KYLE...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Starting Thursday, Sept. 10, Pipe Spring National Monument will increase entrance fees to visitors in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the monument. The standard entrance fee at the visitor center will increase to $7.00 per person.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved five bipartisan bills to strengthen public health and improve consumers’ access to recall and warranty information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Fedric Amos Remy, 28, and Geovanni Corrado Davis, 30, both of Kissimmee, Florida, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for knowingly possessing 15 or more counterfeit access devices with the intent to defraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rafael Sanchez, age 51 of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today in federal court in Scranton, by United States District Judge James M. Munley, to serve 94 months in prison after pleading guilty in April of this year to conspiracy to submit false claims and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2015
News Release: BOISE -David Gregory Mendoza, 37, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Mendoza to serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Mendoza pleaded guilty on June 9, 2015.
