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News Tipoffs - New Mexico Editors Newsletter for Saturday April 20, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Albuquerque City Seeks Input on Updated Food Service Ordinance
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 20 -- The city of Albuquerque issued the following news: The City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department is seeking input on the updated Food Service and Retail Ordinance (FSO). Stakeholders and interested parties have the opportunity to review the ordinance and accompanying rules document and provide input. The updated FSO will repeal the City's existing food safety ordinances and replace them with an updated, comprehensive ordinance. The new ordinance i  more

DEA-Chicago: Indiana Man Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years for Fentanyl-Related Charges
SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 20 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division issued the following news release: Alfred Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Cornelius Nelson, 34, of Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute   more

Del. A.G. Jennings Supports New Rules Targeting Money Laundering
DOVER, Delaware, April 20 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release: Attorney General Kathy Jennings has joined a coalition of 25 states and territories in filing a letter with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in support of proposed rules entitled "Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transactions." The April 16 letter expresses staunch support for the would-be regulations, which will redu  more

Kansas City Fed Releases Semi-Annual Update of the Bank Capital Analysis
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 20 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City today released the December 31, 2023 results from its semiannual External LinkBank Capital Analysis (BCA)External Link, which provides an objective and data-based approach to judging capital strength across the banking industry. The BCA presents leverage ratios for individual U.S. global systemically important banks (G-S  more

N.M. Environment Dept. Cites City of Roswell for Death of Worker in Trench and Issues $637,311 Fine
SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 20 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release: The New Mexico Environment Department issued willful and serious citations with penalties of $637,311 to the City of Roswell following a six-month investigation by its Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (OHSB) into the fatal injury of a city utility worker. In the early morning hours of October 21, 2023, four members of an on-call crew for the City were dispatched to repair a leakin  more

N.M. Environment Dept.: New Camino Real Regional Utility Authority Arsenic Sampling Results Meet EPA Drinking Water Standards
DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico, April 19 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release: On April 4, 2024, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Drinking Water Bureau (DWB) conducted additional arsenic compliance sampling at the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in Dona Ana County. Those results from the laboratory confirm all four of the drinking water samples analyzed were below the federal drinking water Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 0.010  more

White House Council on Environmental Quality: What They Are Saying - Biden-Harris Administration Takes Critical Action to Protect 100 Million People From PFAS Pollution in Drinking Water
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued the following news release: Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the first-ever national drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as 'forever chemicals,' as well as $1 billion through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to help every state and territory fund PFAS detection and treatment systems to meet the   more