Imperial Valley News Center
United States Files False Claims Act Complaint vs Chiropractor, Pain Management Clinics, Urine Drug Testing Laboratories, and Substance Abuse Counseling Center
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Charlston, South Carolina - The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Daniel McCollum, a chiropractor based in Greenville, South Carolina, and pain management clinics and urine drug testing laboratories that McCollum owned or managed for engaging in illegal financial relationships and providing medically unnecessary services and items, including urine drug testing and steroid injections and prescriptions for opioids and lidocaine ointment, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
United States, State of Washington, and the Suquamish and Tulalip Tribes Announce Major Settlement Addressing Natural Resource Damages
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Washington, DC - Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior (DOI), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the State of Washington, the Suquamish Tribe, and the Tulalip Tribes (collectively, “the Port Gardner Bay Trustees” aka “the Trustees”), announced that they have reached a settlement with the Port of Everett (the Port) related to contamination of the Port Gardner Bay Area in Everett, Washington. The settlement is intended to resolve claims brought under the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), and the Washington Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), for damages to natural resources stemming from the release of oil and other hazardous substances in Port Gardner Bay. The settlement will also address potential liability of the U.S. Navy for natural resource damages.
President Donald J. Trump Approves South Dakota Disaster Declaration
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Washington, DC - Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of South Dakota and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm, snowstorm, and flooding from March 13 to April 26, 2019.
Tenaska Solar Plants Award $8,000 in College Scholarships
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- Written by Holly Hochstein
El Centro, California - The owners of Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South and Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center West, utility-scale solar projects in Imperial County, have awarded a total of $8,000 in college scholarships to graduating Imperial County high school students.
Wines from around the U.S. earn top honors at INDY International
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Indianapolis, Indiana - Trinchero Family Estates of California was named Winery of the Year and 2018 Eagle Point White by Dubuque Heritage Winery of Iowa won Wine of the Year at the 2019 INDY International Wine Competition.
Centennial Reflections video series with Richard Rominger
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Sacramento, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture is celebrating its 100thanniversary as a state agency in 2019. Throughout the year this blog will feature a number of items to commemorate this milestone.
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