News from May 2018
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 1 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving the Coordination and Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment."
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: YREKA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, PacifiCorp and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in close coordination with NOAA Fisheries, are seeking applications for funding to implement coho habitat restoration projects within the Klamath River and its tributaries downstream of Iron Gate Dam.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: TONOPAH, NV - The Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management Office (DOE), has applied to the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw approximately 361 acres of land surrounding part of its Central Nevada Test Area (CNTA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Dallas man was sentenced to 120 months in prison last week for possessing drugs in a vehicle that was stopped in Caddo Parish.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office (KFO) invites the public to review and comment on the Environmental Assessment (EA), which has been completed on four applications from the Golden Vertex Corp for three 30-year rights-of-ways (ROW), and an associated staging area temporary use permit.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Kevin Corriveau, 43, of Nashua, New Hampshire, and the owner of Kevin Corriveau Painting, Inc., was sentenced to serve six months in prison and pay a $25,000 fine for obstruction of justice in connection with an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Big Bend National Park is seeking input to update the 1995 Backcountry Management Plan. This document directs park management on wilderness and backcountry use topics, including backpacking, primitive car camping, backcountry use limits, and other considerations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Gerald Johnson, a 25 year old, resident of Demopolis, Alabama was sentenced to 42 months of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of ammunition after being convicted of Possession of a Controlled Substance, a felony, on July 16, 2012.
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Committee Member Scott Peters (D-CA) issued the following statements today following news that Albert Kelly has resigned from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Administrator Pruitt’s top advisor of Superfund cleanups.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Fifty-seven individuals, who are connected to various white supremacist gangs have been charged in a case led by the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division and coordinated by the Texas Anti-Gang Center with participating partners such as the Dallas Police Department...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Fruita, CO - Rim Rock Drive from just inside the east (Grand Junction) entrance to DS Road has been closed for reconstruction. The National Park Service, at the request of the Federal Highways Administration project manager, has agreed to extend the full road closure through May 11, 2018. The west entrance, visitor center and 18 miles of Rim Rock Drive remain open.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that in its continued efforts to support the commitments in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Attorney’s Office participated in Advocacy Day for Access and Independence 2018 this past week.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to subpoena The Federal Savings Bank for documents...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Bridgeport, West Virginia man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) overdue release of a majority of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) nonattainment areas ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that United States District Judge George Z. Singal today sentenced William Gaudet, 52, formerly of Wells, Maine, to serve life in federal prison for transporting a minor interstate intending to engage in criminal sexual activity and traveling interstate with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Gaudet was convicted on Nov. 16, 2017, following a four-day jury trial.
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 1 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving the Coordination and Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment."
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Honduran Man Indicted for Conspiring to Launder Over $1 Million in Bribes and Funds Misappropriated from the Honduran Social Security Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that United States District Judge George Z. Singal today sentenced William Gaudet, 52, formerly of Wells, Maine, to serve life in federal prison for transporting a minor interstate intending to engage in criminal sexual activity and traveling interstate with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Gaudet was convicted on Nov. 16, 2017, following a four-day jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens residing in Pharr have been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to interfere with commerce by threats or violence and to carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Rogelio Acosta-Moctezuma, 39, and...
