News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 62 parcels, totaling 15,491.91 acres in the Pecos District at its Sept. 7 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Fire activity on public lands in the surrounding Idaho Falls area has been high this year. One of the recent fires, the Deer Park Fire located south of Highway 33 and west of the Menan Butte area, affects many access roads used by local ranchers, hunters and recreationists. Due to...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: NORTH BEND, Ore. - Effective immediately, campfires and open source flames, such as charcoal fires, cooking fires and warming fires, are prohibited on all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coos Bay District lands. Extremely dry conditions in conjunction with current and expected weather forecasts have elevated the potential risk of wildfire starts throughout the area.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), announced the hiring of Teri Donaldson for the position of general counsel for the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: FBI, Dekalb PD Continue Efforts to Identify and Locate Loomis Armored Car Robber Who Used Hot Coffee as Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - An Arkansas man was charged today with federal firearms violations for illegally selling numerous handguns, rifles and a shotgun in Chicago and nearby suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A California man caught receiving a shipment of crystal methamphetamine in Huntington earlier this year was sentenced today to three years and a month in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Christian Duran, 34, of San Jose, previously pleaded guilty to attempted possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Acting Commissioner Alan Mikkelsen announced that nine projects will receive $2.1 million for planning activities to help establish or expand water markets or water marketing transactions. The nine projects are located in California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal jury today found Michael Carey Clemans, 57, of Sacramento, guilty of attempted travel and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, conspiracy to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and buying of children, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), today released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it is terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense for School Kids and Cell Phone Safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Steven M. Pace (25, Sarasota) to nine years and one month in federal prison for possessing four destructive devices and for knowingly possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearms and ammunition seized as part of this case.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s plan to offer employee buyouts and early retirement incentives.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced today that Dental Dreams, LLC, a national dental chain with locations in Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $1.375 million to resolve allegations that it improperly billed the Massachusetts Medicaid program (MassHealth) for unnecessary and unjustifiable dental procedures.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAUL MOTT, 29, of Groton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: On Aug. 30, the final rule overhauling airworthiness standards for general aviation airplanes published in December of 2016 officially went into effect. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA ) expects this rule will enable faster installation of innovative, safety-enhancing technologies into small airplanes, while reducing costs for the aviation industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Tuesday, September 5, 2017, United States District Court Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced Wes Edward Hamman, 46, to 115 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. Hamman has also been ordered to pay $2,210 in restitution. On Jan. 24, 2017, a federal jury found Hamman guilty of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a).
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt late last month requesting information on a change within the agency to subject ...
