News published on Federal Newswire in February 2022

News from February 2022


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Lynn Woman Pleads Guilty to Role in Counterfeit Pill Trafficking Organization

News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to her role in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that manufactured and distributed hundreds of thousands of counterfeit Percocet pills containing fentanyl.


DOS-ECA offers new grant application process starting Feb. 28

FY 2022 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program grant opened on Feb. 28.


Export Sales to China and Unknown Destinations

Release: Private exporters reported the following activity.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Christopher Allan Boden, a/k/a “Captain," 46, of Grand Rapids, Daniel Reynold DeJager, a/k/a “Daniel Miester," and “Danichi," 35, of Tacoma, Washington, and Leesa Beth Vogt, a/k/a “Lis Bokt," and “Moose," 37, also of Grand Rapids...


Florida man loses residences, $2.6 million and five-plus years in prison following wire fraud sentencing

A Florida man lost two residences, several bank accounts, and more than $2.6 million – and was sentenced to more than five years in prison – after a wire fraud conviction.


Grand Jury Indicts New York Resident in Alleged Grandparent Scam

A Jamaica, NY, resident who allegedly took up temporary residences in New Haven, CT, and Brookline, MA, where he allegedly retrieved packages containing cash sent by individuals victimized by grandparent scams in several states, including Rhode Island, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island on fraud and aggravated identity theft charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: FLORENCE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Florence, Colo. March 4-5 at Pathfinder Regional Park. The two-day outdoor event will feature 78 wild horses from the Sand Wash Basin. The horses were gathered from the range last fall as part of an effort to manage the herd’s growth.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that QUENTRELL BERTHOLOTTE, age 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged on Feb. 24, 2022 to a four count indictment for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections...


St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty in Case Involving Overdose Death

News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty from Markquis Bryant Feb. 28 for the crime of distribution of a controlled substance related to an overdose death. Judge Ross set sentencing for June 14, 2022.


Environmental Protection Agency discusses Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for January 2022 on Feb. 28

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Fox Chase-area Pharmacy was the Top Retail Purchaser of Oxycodone in Pennsylvania.


TSA officers at Norfolk Airport catch second gun in two days

Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Windsor, Va., woman from carrying a loaded gun onto her flight on Friday, Feb. 25, just one day after stopping a Virginia Beach woman who also had a loaded gun when she attempted to pass through the security checkpoint.


Witness List: A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Commodity Group Perspectives on Title 1

News Release: 10:00 a.m. WITNESS LIST. Mr. Brad Doyle, President, American Soybean Association, Weiner, AR, Dr. Robert Johansson, Director of Economics and Policy Analysis, American Sugar Alliance, Alexandria, VA. Ms. Nicole Berg, Vice President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Paterson, WA. Mr. Chris Edgington,...


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Fatty Acids, Esters With Ethoxylated Triethanolamine; Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance discussed on Feb. 28 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Energy Department publishes notice on Feb. 28

The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.