Security News in Brief: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Agrees to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Three U.S. Chemical Plants

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $118 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act and state air pollution control laws at three petrochemical manufacturing facilities located in Cedar Bayou, Port Arthur, and Sweeney, Texas. Chevron Phillips will also pay a $3.4 million civil penalty.

Security News in Brief: Massachusetts State Police Agrees to Settle Allegations of Americans with Disabilities Act Violations

Source: United States Department of Justice News

BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has reached an agreement with the Massachusetts State Police to resolve allegations that the agency failed to comply with its communications obligations for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Defense News in Brief: Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 hosts Submarine Group (CSG) Seven Staff for Familiarization Flights

Source: United States Navy

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 hosted Sailors assigned to Commander, Submarine Group (CSG) 7/Task Force 74 (CTF-74), allowing the staff to familiarize themselves with the P-8A Poseidon’s varying mission sets and to gain a better understanding of the aircraft’s capabilities. Six training flights carrying a total of 33 Sailors were conducted at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, from Feb. 18-24, 2022.

Defense News in Brief: NPS Defense Analysis Department Welcomes New Chair

Source: United States Navy

The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Department of Defense Analysis, nationally-recognized for its leading graduate education and research programs in information strategy, political warfare and innovation design, has welcomed a new faculty member to the team with Dr. Carter Malkasian joining the university as professor and chair of the department.

Security News in Brief: Dual U.S.-Russian National Charged with Acting Illegally as a Russian Agent in United States

Source: United States Department of Justice News

A federal court in New York unsealed a complaint today charging a dual Russian and U.S. citizen with acting and conspiring to act in the United States illegally as an agent of the Russian government, willfully failing to register under FARA, as well as conspiring to commit visa fraud and making false statements to the FBI.