News from December 2020
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractors Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) and Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently joined forces to test transfer lines that establish the first connection between the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) and an operating tank farms facility at the Hanford Site.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the impacts on women who are denied an abortion because of an inability to pay.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - Hot Springs National Park invites the public and park partners to join in celebrating the 100th anniversary of Hot Springs’ designation as a national park. To celebrate this historic milestone, the park is planning a series of monthly and year-long events in conjunction with the City of Hot Springs, Visit Hot Springs, Friends of Hot Springs National Park, and other partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marreen Joy Garrett, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Princeton, Maine man was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for distributing cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for three parcels in the BLM’s Cedar City and Vernal field offices, totalling $27,278.50 in receipts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Coast-to-Coast Enterprise Operated under the Criminal Patronage of a U.S.-Based Vor v Zakone.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM is scheduled this year to remove 750,000 pounds of R-114 refrigerant, commonly known as Freon, from the Paducah Site. R-114 was used to cool equipment in the uranium enrichment process at gaseous diffusion plants during production years. R-114 is a historic contributor to ozone depletion...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, applauded House passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA 2020), which would authorize $10 billion in new federal investment to build new water resource development projects across the country, with significant resources authorized for projects in the First State.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - The EM West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site workforce surpassed its goal for this year’s food drive, collecting 125,000 pounds of items for nine area pantries, including 400 turkeys.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Hopkins, SC - In an effort to slow the spread of invasive plant species within Congaree National Park, a new boot brush station has been installed near the Harry Hampton Visitor Center. This station describes how invasive species can be unintentionally moved by park visitors. Invasive species are organisms...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Joseph Benjamin Posey, II, 19, of Biloxi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 7, 2020, Rishi Budhadev, age 25, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges. The case was unsealed following Budhadev’s arrest on Dec. 1, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A 27-year-old Marshall, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement applauding the House passage of the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). McCaul served as a conferee on the NDAA Conference Report and as Chairman of the China Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A former Brewer resident was sentenced today in federal court for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
Release: PORTLAND, ME - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has completed installation of new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints at Portland International Jetport (PWM) in the agency’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 28-year-old resident of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to a long prison term for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the removal of the State Department Authorization bill from the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2020
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will begin its annual winter restrictions on motorized travel in Grand and Jackson counties beginning Dec. 15, which continue through April 15 in most areas. The restrictions help reduce stress on wintering big game herds and prevent road damage.
