News from September 2020
By DOE Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced $16.5 million in funding for six projects as part of the Systems for Monitoring and Analytics for Renewable Transportation Fuels from Agricultural Resources and Management (SMARTFARM) program. These projects will develop...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award more than $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 405 airports in 50 states and six U.S. territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Christopher Maurice McCallum, Jr. (28, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. In a related case, McCallum also admitted to violations of his federal supervision for possessing the same firearm. He could receive an additional two years in federal prison for these violations. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: “We are excited to reopen more of the key experiences of Gateway Arch National Park in a safe, responsible and efficient manner," said Gateway Arch National Park Superintendent Mike Ward. “The Tram Ride to the Top is a unique experience most of our visitors are looking for, but while we are still responding...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Darwin Villatoro pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to two years and four months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute heroin, possessing with intent to distribute heroin in a school zone, and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: ELY, Nev. - On Aug. 31, the Bureau of Land Management Ely District Office, Bristlecone Field Office concluded the 2020 Jakes Wash Herd Area (HA) emergency wild horse gather. The BLM gathered and removed 68 wild horses from around Deadman Well and Blackjack Spring in the Jakes Wash HA located about...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida, today announced that Colin Fisher, a citizen of the United Kingdom, pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA") and attempted smuggling in relation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU - Hamada Suisan Co. Ltd., the owner of a Japanese-flagged fishing vessel, was charged in federal court today with aiding and abetting the attempted export of shark fins out of Hawaii in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - It’s weigh-in time for engineered containers of radioactive sludge from the Hanford Site ’s K West Reactor. The containers are in safe interim storage at the site’s T Plant, a former chemical reprocessing facility. Workers with Hanford contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
News Release: Kula, Maui - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Haleakalā National Park is increasing access to park trails, by opening the first 2.5 mile (4 km) section of the Keoneheʻeheʻe (Sliding Sands) Trail for...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 1, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Under this cost-shared research and development ...
