WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- The owner of a Colorado snowmelt diversion ditch agreed Monday to pay $9 million to repair damage done to Rocky Mountain National Park when it breached.

DENVER, April 30 (UPI) -- A Mexican national was sentenced in a U.S. court for smuggling skins of protected sea turtles into the United States, the Justice Department said.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17 (UPI) -- The pilot of the ship that struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of oil was charged Monday, the U.S. Justice Department said.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Massey Energy Co. has agreed to pay $20 million for polluting streams in Kentucky and West Virginia, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Drug giant Merck agreed to overhaul its disposal system and pay a fine for violating federal and state water pollution laws, the U.S. Justice Department said.