SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on March 27, entitled: "Air Plan Approval and Air Quality Designation; Connecticut; Determination of Clean Data for the 2008 8-Hour Ozone Standard for the Greater Connecticut Area". The proposed rule was issued by Dennis Deziel, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 1. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 27, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CON  more

BOSTON, March 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Under an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Eversource Energy will pay $129,428 to settle several counts of allegedly violating federal PCB regulations at sites in Connecticut and Massachusetts. To EPA's knowledge, Eversource Energy, a utility service company, is now operating in compliance with federal laws regulating PCBs "It's imperative that public utilities adhere to envi  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release on March 26: * * * - Facilitates Approximately $125 Million in "Made in the U.S.A." Exports * * * The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) today unanimously approved the guarantee of a working capital guarantee loan facility (loan facility) from JP Morgan Chase Co. to Zeeco, Inc.(link is external) Headquartered in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and with U.S. facilities in  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, March 26 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release: The U.S. Army selected two performers executing under Other Transaction Authority for Prototype agreements for the design and testing of the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototypes to continue into phase two of the program. The two vendors selected are Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. (Stratford, Connecticut). The Army requires an aircraf  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:20-CV-00397; D. Connecticut): The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Connecticut-based penny stock company and its CEO with making false and misleading statements in press releases as part of a scheme to defraud investors. According to the SEC's complaint, Halitron, Inc. and its CEO, Bernard Findley, issued false and misleading press releases that materially misrepresen  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:20-cv-00391-RNC; D. Conn, filed March 24, 2020): The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Donald H. Hunter, an unregistered investment adviser based in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with failing to disclose material conflicts of interest related to the sale of shares of You Angel Finance, LLC. According to the SEC's complaint, in 2012 the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority found   more