News from August 2022
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
There are three releases scheduled to be published on Sept. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Stacy Keith Wisener, a repeat sex offender, has been sentenced to three decades in federal prison for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl and producing child pornography depicting the abuse. Wisener also received a concurrent term of imprisonment for possessing mail he had stolen from the U.S. Postal Service processing facility where he worked.
By Lucas Nava | Aug 31, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration announced a $2.7 million award to fund research on drone usage in disaster mitigation and emergency situations.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO (Aug. 18, 2022) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and partners, announced assistance for Beverly, Coshocton and South Point, Ohio to grow their outdoor recreation economy through the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities (RERC) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nyree Letterlough, a/k/a “Gram" or “Grammie," age 51, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Aug. 29, 2022, to 111 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for cocaine trafficking and weapons offenses.
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Aug. 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Gulfport man was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 26, 2022) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum to help implement over $173 million for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs in the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories. The announcement is a key step forward in the implementation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A California man was convicted Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, by a federal jury for his involvement in a conspiracy to traffic over a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of methamphetamine and marijuana into the Natchez, Mississippi area, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: GREENSBORO - Two North Carolina men were sentenced on June 23, 2022, and Aug. 30, 2022, related to the theft of construction vehicles from a community center in Pageland, South Carolina, after an investigation into the missing equipment led investigators to a residence in Stanly County, where the vehicles were ultimately recovered.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 19, 2022) - Asphalt manufacturer Shilling Construction Company Inc. will pay $71,324 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company failed to adequately control stormwater runoff from its Manhattan, Kansas, facility. EPA says these failures led to illegal discharges of pollution into the Kansas River.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Tallahassee convicted Frederick Bush, 44, of Tallahassee, Florida of escaping from custody at a Tallahassee halfway house. The guilty verdict, returned today, at the conclusion of a two-day trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - A Nashville man convicted of robbing a pharmacy and a bank in 2020, will spend 13 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON (Aug. 24, 2022) – This week, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) with representatives from the Government of Flanders, Belgium pledging to share publicly available information on enforcement and compliance assurance issues related to PFAS ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 31, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 23, 2022) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is deleting C&R Battery Company, Inc. Superfund Site in Chesterfield County, Virginia, from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of the nation’s most contaminated hazardous waste sites.
By Karen Kidd | Aug 31, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking nominations for the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 31, 2022
An Office of Health and Safety Administration investigation into a fire that broke out on a drilling platform located in Sabine Pass, Texas, found the two companies operating at the platform violated safety procedures.
