WEST TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- The Delaware River Basin Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has today appointed Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E. as its next Executive Director, effective December 1, 2024. "The Delaware River Basin Commission does exceptional work managing, protecting and improving water resources in areas throughout the Delaware River Basin, including across portions of New York State that benefit from a   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Edison, N.J. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities $156 million under the Solar for All Program to develop long-lasting solar programs that enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to benefit from solar power. This award is part of EPA's historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund created under President Biden's I  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed consent decree that would pay EPA's past and future costs of cleanup at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in Old Bridge Township and Sayreville, New Jersey. The proposed consent decree requires parties identified as potentially responsible for the site, which include NL Industries, Inc. and its former cus  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: NEW YORK - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed to add the Historic Potteries site in Trenton, New Jersey, to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites, known as the NPL. Adding the site to the NPL would equip the EPA with the necessary tools to address significant lead contamination affecting residential areas, public spaces, and parks in the East Trenton nei  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today that a defense contractor based out of Killeen, Texas, will pay $600,000 to resolve allegations that it improperly billed for services that it did not perform. The settlement resolves allegations that Solution One Industries Inc. made false claims in conjunction with a contract awarded to Solution One b  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 143 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute over five kilograms of fentanyl and four kilograms of cocaine, and possessing six firearms as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Carlos Santiago, 50, of East Orange, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Jud  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: The former chief executive officer of Mariner's Bank and an accomplice both admitted their roles in improperly obtaining a nominee loan from the bank, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Fred Daibes, 67, of Edgewater, New Jersey, the former CEO and chairman of the board of directors at Mariner's Bank, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susa  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: A Miami Beach, Florida, man admitted his role in a durable medical equipment health care fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Christopher Vehovec, 31, of Miami Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court on Aug. 28, 2024, to an information charging him with one count  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: A citizen of Peru who was extradited to the United States on narcotics importation conspiracy and attempt charges had his initial appearance today in Newark federal court, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Roque Rafael Martinez Cubas, aka "Ever Arteaga," 51, is charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy to distribute five kil  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Sept. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: Three New Jersey residents were indicted for their role in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme and two of the three were indicted for fraudulently obtaining approximately $3 million of federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Arthur Spitzer, 37, of Toms River, New Jersey, is charged with eight  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * New Jersey Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $263 Million * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved New Jersey's Initial Proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's "Internet fo  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer located in Mahwah, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $25 million, based on its ability to pay, to resolve its alleged liability under the False Claims Act for conspiring to fix the price of a generic drug. The government a  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on August 29, 2024, a federal grand jury returned a four count indictment charging Andy Soto, 32, of Jersey City, New Jersey, with conspiring to distribute controlled substances; possessing with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine; possessing with intent to distribute mor  more