News published on Federal Newswire in March 2016

News from March 2016


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a six page rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FMCSA Bans Canadian Truck Driver from Operating in the U.S.

News Release: Ontario-licensed driver declared to be an imminent hazard to public safety


U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $255 Million Loan for New Railcars to Improve Transit Service in Chicago

News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the closing of a $255 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to buy new railcars, helping to modernize one of the oldest and busiest transit systems in the country.


Federal Railroad Administration Awards California $1.5 Million to Separate Railroad Tracks and Road at Crossing in Oxnard

News Release: Part of agency’s comprehensive campaign to reduce fatalities at railroad crossings


Birmingham Man Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns and Intimidating Witnesses

News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Birmingham man for preparing false income tax returns and for intimidating witnesses who the Internal Revenue Service contacted to question about returns he had prepared, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.


Warehouse Manager Ordered to Prison

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - The first of 20 defendants convicted in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana has been ordered to prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Rafael Ortega aka Tio, 57, of Laredo, of one count of conspiracy and four counts of possession with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana on Nov. 3, 2015, following a three-day trial.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - The first of 20 defendants convicted in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana has been ordered to prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


Three Sets of Father and Son Among More Than 15 Defendants Charged with Dealing Cocaine and Heroin in Chicago and Surrounding Suburbs

News Release: CHICAGO - More than 15 defendants, including three fathers and their sons, are facing federal or state drug charges for their alleged roles in dealing wholesale amounts of heroin and cocaine in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, authorities announced today.


News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Xavier Shiheen Mills, 23, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 161 months in prison for carjacking a family at gunpoint, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. also ordered Mills to serve three years under court supervision after he is released from prison.


News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina hosted a conference in Asheville to address the growing threat of heroin addiction and opioid drug abuse in the western part of the district. The conference was the first-ever held in the area and was co-sponsored...


Park Hill Man Sentenced To 30 Months For Firearm Possession

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that RANDALL LEON GIRDNER, age 48, of Park Hill, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).


News Release: DANVILLE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of a Martinsville, Virginia man who was convicted of illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported.