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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Jersey Newsletter for Sunday December 01, 2019 ( 5 items )  

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: USS Oklahoma Sailor Accounted For From World War II (Day, F.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Chief Water Tender Francis D. Day, 37, of Milburn, New Jersey, killed during World War II, was accounted for on July 29, 2019. (This identification was initially published Sept. 11, 2019.) On Dec. 7, 1941, Day was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor,  more

EPA Awards $1.8 Million to Cut Marine Diesel Emissions in New York
NEW YORK, Nov. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $1,832,567 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant to the Connecticut Maritime Foundation, Inc. to curb harmful pollution from ferries in the greater New York and New Jersey area. "Upgrading older marine engines will improve air quality and reduce harmful air pollutants for ferry commuters and port communities in New York and northern New Jersey  more

EPA Proposes Plan for Next Phase of Cleanup at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund Site in Gibbsboro, New Jersey
GIBBSBORO, New Jersey, Nov. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a cleanup plan that includes a combination of technologies and methods to address the former paint manufacturing plant and adjoining areas of the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund Site in Gibbsboro. EPA's study of these areas shows that soil and sediment are contaminated with arsenic and lead, and soil in other areas are co  more

N.J. U.S. Attorney: Owner of Empire Pharmacy Hudson County Admits Role in Multi-Million Dollar Conspiracies
TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted participating in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to bribe a doctor, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Eduard "Eddy" Shtindler, 36, of Paramus, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspira  more

TSA Expects Record-breaking Holiday Travel Season, Urges Travelers From Newark Liberty International Airport to Get to the Airport Early
NEWARK, New Jersey, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The number of passengers expected to fly this Thanksgiving holiday is expected to be record-breaking with more than 26.8 million passengers and crew (https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2019/11/13/era-travel-milestones-tsa-expects-another-record-breaking-holiday-season) members traveling through security screening checkpoints nationwide from Nov. 22 t  more