News from June 2017
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of several energy and environmental bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Former Jackson Police Officer Melvin Williams, 48, was sentenced on June 27, 2017, by Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee, to serve 27 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for bribery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze. He was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Workers at EM’s Idaho Site are upgrading a hot cell in the New Waste Calcining Facility at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center to allow for the safe processing and treatment of a backlog of waste stored at the Materials and Fuels Complex.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, sent a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao requesting information on the agency's recent action to indefinitely delay provisions of a final rule requiring states to track on-road greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Garcia, 42, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty on June 26, 2017, in federal court to drug trafficking charges. The plea agreement recommends that Garcia be sentenced to a term of imprisonment within the range of 180 to 240 months if the court determines that he is a career offender, and within the range of 120 to 150 months if the court determines that he is not.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Isaiah L. McLaurin, 27, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty to witness tampering before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Concord, N.H.-Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Michael Munroe (also known as Michael Monroe), 34, previously of Raymond, New Hampshire, has pleaded guilty to two bank robberies.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contractor URS | CH2M Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) earned almost $3.4 million for its performance from October 2016 through March 2017, nearly 93 percent of the total award fee available for the evaluation period.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Saguaro National Park News Release. July 2017. Contacts: Saguaro West - Richard Hill (520) 733-5158, 2700 N. Kinney Rd. Saguaro East - Melanie Florez (520) 733-5151, 3693 S. Old Spanish Trail. Saguaro National Park July Program Schedule. Saguaro National Park is offering a variety of walks and talks this...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of several energy and environmental bills...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to consider H.R. 1029 , the Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act of 2017, as well as the nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to investigate whether federal law was violated by the submission of fake comments - using stolen identities - to the Federal Communications...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Kathleen Essick, 35, St. Louis, MO, pled guilty today to one charge of wire fraud as part of a scheme to defraud her employer. Essick appeared today before United States District Judge Ronnie L. White. Sentencing is set for Sept. 27, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 41-year-old inmate at the Three Rivers Correctional Institution has been charged with possessing a prohibited object in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Los Angeles Hospital Agrees to Pay $42 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations Arising from Improper Payments to Physicians.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with officers of the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) arrested Monday three nationals of the Dominican Republic while attempting to smuggle 151 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. The contraband has an estimated street value of approximately $3.7 million.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Chris Lehnertz invites Flagstaff area residents and park lovers to a Community Conversation on July 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff. Superintendent Lehnertz will be joined by several park staff members at the event.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today will vote on H.R. 3053, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017, authored by #SubEnvironment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL). H.R. 3053 provides practical reforms to the nation’s nuclear waste management policy to ensure the federal government’s legal obligations to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste be fulfilled.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces that the deadline for the annual Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area photo contest has been extended to August 7, 2017. The park invites photographers to submit entries for an exhibit at the park visitor center. The NPS is looking for striking digital images highlighting the spectacular views, historic sites, recreational opportunities, and diversity of life in the park.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to investigate whether federal law was violated by the submission of fake comments - using stolen identities - to the Federal Communications...
