News from June 2016
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With today’s Senate passage of the PIPES Act - bipartisan legislation to strengthen pipeline safety, clarify safety oversight efforts, and provide greater regulatory certainty in the transportation of energy commodities - the four-year reauthorization of the federal pipeline safety program now heads to the president to be signed into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Mukonkole Huge Kifwa, a/k/a “Ndowa Adrien Lushiku," a/k/a “Adrien Ndowa," a/k/a “Adrien Lushiku," a/k/a “Hugue Kifwa," 30, of South Portland, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 46 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez will join KANW General Manager Michael Brasher and Albuquerque Journal Investigative Reporter Mike Gallagher for a KANW special broadcast on New Mexico’s heroin and opioid epidemic at 5:00 pm this afternoon. Today’s special broadcast will identify some of...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Nevada, is hosting a wild horse adoption event at the Reno Rodeo Livestock Events Center on Sunday, June 19, at 2 p.m. through a competitive-bid process.Over 25 wild horses from BLM-administered public lands in California, Nevada, and Oregon, will be offered for adoption...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Seeking information surrounding the circumstances of a fatal fall in Acadia National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Fifteen wild horses and a burro offered for adoption by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries were sold for a total of $27,600 this weekend at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) south of Carson City, Nevada.Nineteen wild horses...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Original analysis published today by the House Natural Resources Committee Democratic staff shows that despite the claims of wildlife trophy hunting promoters, there is little evidence to show that the practice has benefited hunted species’ survival in several African countries. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A federal grand jury has indicted a doctor who operated a medical clinic in Fountain Valley, as well as two physician assistants who worked at the clinic, on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they issued prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics without a medical...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: BISMARCK - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on June 13, 2016, Rocky Thomas Mayfield, 31, of Goodyear, AZ., was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland after having been convicted by a federal jury on Feb. 25, 2016, of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will host a meeting/conference call Wednesday, June 29, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. - noon, MST.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management is conducting the fourth Five-Year Review of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) remedy for the Central Operable Unit (COU) at the Rocky Flats Site. The purpose of the review is to ensure the CERCLA...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is delaying enforcement of the anti-retaliation provisions in its new injury and illness tracking rule to conduct additional outreach and provide educational materials and guidance for employers. Originally scheduled to begin Aug. 10, 2016, enforcement will now begin Nov. 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: New Jersey Correctional Officer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse of Detainee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bryson LaPaul Blair, 30, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to three years and 10 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: With today’s Senate passage of the PIPES Act - bipartisan legislation to strengthen pipeline safety, clarify safety oversight efforts, and provide greater regulatory certainty in the transportation of energy commodities - the four-year reauthorization of the federal pipeline safety program now heads to the president to be signed into law.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: A pavement resurfacing and repair work project is scheduled for this summer at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hoveweep and Natural Bridges national monuments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: David Witt Previously Pled Guilty to Two Federal Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Casey Nocket, 23, of San Diego, pleaded guilty today to seven misdemeanor counts of damaging government property. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto sentenced Nocket two years’ probation and 200 hours of community service, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and National Park Service Chief of Law Enforcement Charles Cuvelier announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Multiple defendants appeared today in federal court in Huntington on drug charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.
