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Federal Tipoffs Involving Indiana Newsletter for Thursday June 27, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $127 Million from the Investing in America Agenda to Clean Up Legacy Pollution Across Five States
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today awarded $126.7 million through President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, New York and Ohio to address legacy pollution. Orphaned oil and gas wells are polluting backyards, recreation areas, and community spaces across the country. Many of these wells pose serious health and safety threats to the air we breathe and water we drink b  more

FDA Issues Warning Letter to VisionFirst Indiana Lions Eye Bank
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to Indiana Lions Eye Bank Inc. dba VisionFirst Indiana Lions Eye Bank: * * * To: Timothy M. Fischer, President/Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Lions Eye Bank, Inc. dba VisionFirst Indiana Lions Eye Bank, 4745 Haven Point Blvd., Carmel, IN 46280, United States, Tfischer@visionfirst.org Dear Mr. Fischer: During an inspection of your firm, Indiana Lions Eye B  more

U.S. Army Garrison Japan Leaders Offer Taste of Home to Japanese Partners
CAMP ZAMA, Japan, June 27 -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command issued the following news: By Sean Kimmons, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs U.S. Army Garrison Japan leadership shared where they grew up with a cultural exchange group Thursday as part of a "State Day" event at the Camp Zama Community Club. Several members from the Japan-America Society of Central Kanagawa heard presentations from Col. Marcus Hunter, garrison commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. David A. Rio, garrison senior enl  more

Wis. U.S. Attorney: Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over 8 Years for Fentanyl Distribution
MADISON, Wisconsin, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jarrell Knight, 38, Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced on June 20, 2024 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 8 1/4 years in federal prison for distributing 40 or more grams of fentanyl. Knight pleaded guilty to this charge on March 26, 2024. Knight committed the   more