News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


USDA Seeks Applications for Thornapple-Kalamazoo Water Quality Project




Paducah Completes First-of-a-Kind Scanning Facility

News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Crews have finished building a first-of-a-kind DOE facility that sets the stage to change the way EM ’s Paducah Site scans, packages and disposes equipment and waste for the foreseeable future.


Environmental Protection Agency publishes notice on Nov. 2

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a three page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: CONCORD - Richard J. Crispin, 26, of Rochester, NH, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


News Release: Earlier today, Jebara Igbara, also known as “Jay Mazini," pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to a three count information charging him with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering. As set forth in the information, up until March 2021, Igbara maintained a popular Instagram account...


Justice Department Announces Takedown of Nationwide Catalytic Converter Theft Ring

News Release: Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown today of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars.



DOE Selects First-Ever Director of Puerto Rico Grid Modernization and Recovery Team

Release: Agustín Carbó Will Lead the Puerto Rico-based Intergovernmental Effort to Rapidly Achieve the Island’s Grid Recovery, Accelerate Switch to Resilient, Renewable Energy


What did Commerce Department publish on Nov. 2?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting discussed on Nov. 2 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Regan: Grant projects could help U.S. 'compete and win the 21st-century economy'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Biden administration are seeking feedback on how best to disperse $27 billion in grants for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


APHIS Posts New Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program Report

Release: APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its (July 1 - September 30). The report updates program activities and eradication progress, and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey, and laboratory data.


Two Men Admit Drug Trafficking

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man today admitted trafficking in large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, and a New Jersey man admitted to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- November marks National Native American Heritage Month, an opportunity for every person in the nation to reflect on our shared nation’s history and honor the Tribal Nations and tribal citizens who called this land home long before the United States became a country.



News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two women residing in Monterrey, Mexico, have admitted to their roles in importing nearly 1000 grams of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Scott Andrew Hollington, M.D. (57, St. Augustine) with 10 counts of distribution of controlled substances and 1 count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. If convicted, Hollington...


Hudson Physician and Ohio Pharmaceutical Rep Plead Guilty to Roles in Prescription Drug Kickback Conspiracy

News Release: AKRON - Deepak Raheja, 66, of Hudson, Ohio, and Frank Mazzucco, 44, of Dublin, Ohio, pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, to their roles in a pharmaceutical kickback conspiracy in which Raheja, a licensed Ohio physician, wrote prescriptions for a drug to patients that did not have the condition in exchange for money and other items of value.