News from May 2020
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 20, 2020
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its May 2020 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of March 2020. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.
By DOT News Wire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (the Bureau) will provide up to a $120.1 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) to help finance the Gilcrease Expressway West Project in Oklahoma.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 20, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that households in 13 new states - Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia - will soon be able to purchase food...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Middletown, N.J. - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Gateway National Recreation Area will continue to provide limited recreational access and services for Sandy Hook for the Memorial Day weekend.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will soon resume environmental cleanup at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) in Simi Valley through an agreement with the State of California. This important step allows active work to restart after more than a decade.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: MITCHELL, SD - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Custom Genetic Solutions LLC - a bull stud facility in Mitchell, South Dakota - for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals and toxic substances after an employee fatality. The company faces penalties of $122,602 for two willful and three serious violations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nicolas Mojica-Flores, age 44, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma was sentenced to time served and waived his right to contest his removal from the United States for Reentry Of Removed Alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a). The charges arose from an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security - Homeland Security Investigations.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a full committee hearing to consider the nomination of Mark Menezes to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE). The Senate confirmed Menezes as Under Secretary for Energy by voice vote in November 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 19, 2020, Eliseo Sierra, age 43, of New Jersey, was charged in a criminal information with embezzling over $34,000 from Lincoln Charter School in York, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Premier Medical Associates (PMA), a medical practice located in The Villages, Florida, has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. As part of the settlement, the United States contends that it has certain civil claims against PMA related to PMA’s billing of federal healthcare programs for services that were not medically necessary and reasonable.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Murfreesboro, TN - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Stones River National Battlefield is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted participating in a conspiracy to defraud health insurance companies through a multi-state patient brokering scheme in which he bribed drug-addicted individuals to enroll in drug rehabilitation in exchange for referral fees from the rehabilitation centers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Defendant is currently on supervised release for 2014 illegal reentry conviction.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against JLD Inc., doing business as North Country Wholesale. The company, operating from New Hampshire, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 18 produce sellers in the amount of $260,260 from April 2018 through January 2019.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: North Bend, Ore. - With the lifting of public health and safety restrictions enacted by the State of Oregon and Coos County officials, the Bureau of Land Management today announced that the Coos Bay District is increasing recreational access. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a case-by-case basis.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Tupelo, Mississippi - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Natchez Trace Parkway is increasing recreational access to the Parkway Visitor Center and Restroom at milepost 266, near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: As parks make more areas available to the public, the NPS encourages you to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and follow Leave No Trace principles when you visit. Many land- and water-based activities are available however operations are being phased in and services are limited.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Poteau, Okla., June 12-13 at the LeFlore County Fairgrounds. The two-day event, featuring 90 wild horses and burros, will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 12. Adoptions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, June 12, and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 13. Animals are eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
