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Federal Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Wednesday July 31, 2024 ( 4 items )  

DEA-Phoenix Division: Fugitive 'Queen of the South' Returned to United States to Face Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges
TUCSON, Arizona, July 31 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division issued the following news release: Amanda Rachelle Miller, 33, of Tucson, was apprehended in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico and deported to the United States on May 30, 2024, to face three felony indictments in the District of Arizona. Miller is a U.S. citizen and had been a fugitive for approximately three-and-a-half years at the time of her arrest in Mexico. Miller made her initial court ap  more

EPA Settles Claims That Arizona Company Violated Clean Air Act in the Navajo Nation
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: PHOENIX--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a settlement with Fann Contracting, Inc., underscoring the crucial importance of compliance with the Clean Air Act. The company was found to be operating a portable hot mix asphalt plant on the Navajo Nation near Kayenta, Arizona, without a Tribal Minor New Source Review (NSR) permit to control air pollutants. As part of the set  more

Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Arizona Food Ministry That Serves the Hungry
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: The Justice Department filed a statement of interest (https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/statement-interest-city-san-luis) yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona explaining that a church's claims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) are ready for judicial review in federal court. The statement of interest was file  more

U.S. Army Lab Partners With High School STEM Team to Solve Droughts
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, July 31 -- The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command issued the following news: The U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently finished an educational partnership with a group of high school students from Arizona. CBC scientists supported the students with their research on methods to prevent megadroughts through innovative water harvesting methods. The educational partnership began during the 202  more