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September 2014 newsletter

FDR Safety

If there is an OSHA citation most likely to be overturned on appeal to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission it would be one issued under the General Duty clause. There was a feasible and useful method to correct the hazard. General Duty citations from OSHA may not hold up. By Jim Stanley. President, FDRsafety.

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Sasol Announces Largest Manufacturing Investment In Louisiana History

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billion, according to an economic impact study commissioned by Louisiana Economic Development (LED) and completed by the LSU Division of Economic Development. ” Hiring for the GTL and ethane cracker facilities will begin in 2014.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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From the March/April 2014 issue. SGICC will use the bulk of the D2PA funds to provide grants to PA-based small companies to demonstrate the feasibility of emerging technologies, or seed funds to test and help launch ideas, and to assist in market acceptance and growth of shale energy focused products or services.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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ALABAMA - updated for 2014. Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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The SC General Assembly has set aside $300 million to cover the project’s entire construction cost, if needed, and the federal dollars needed to complete the feasibility study have been allocated, meaning that the project is proceeding with no funding or staff resource constraints. The project must then be presented to U.S.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The increase is to occur in equal increments over a four year period, between 2014 and 2017. percent, between 2014 and 2017. Additional improvements to the program include expanded company eligibility and beginning in 2014 elimination of capital gains tax on income derived from investments in companies certified by the ACA.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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Production lines will be installed in 2014. billion Euros for the period 2009 to 2014. By 2014, 35 jobs will be created and 50 new jobs are predicted by 2017. “In The company is planning to launch the operating site at the end of 2014. However, industrial biotechnology (“white” biotechnology) is on the rise.

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