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Florida Suspends Some Roofing Repair Regulations

Construction Equipment

To aid in the clean up after Hurricane Irma, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation issued an emergency order that suspends certain roofing regulations for 37 counties listed in FEMA's Disaster Declaration dated September 13, 2017.

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April 2017 Newsletter – A “New, New OSHA” Emerges

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1, 2016, and the other from February 15, 2017. February 15, 2017. Congress recently rolled back a regulation created by OSHA in the last months of the previous administration that would have made employers liable for record-keeping errors for five years after an injury or illness occurs. You can compare the headlines yourself.

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White House Releases Details on Regulations Agenda

Construction Equipment

The Update to the 2017 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions documents have been released by the White House. The Administration's goal is to amend and eliminate regulations it feels are ineffective, duplicative, and obsolete with an eye towards promoting economic growth.

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The Birds: Migratory Bird Treaty Act redux without Tippi Hedren

Green Building Law Update

Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a regulation to finally resolve and codify the legal principal that an incidental bird take resulting from an otherwise lawful activity, for example a sparrows flies into a solar panel, is not prohibited under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Three weeks ago the U.S.

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Facilities Management – 2017 Best Practices

Job Order Contracting

Facilities Management – 2017 Best Practices. Change will only occur if fully supported throughout and organization, and linked to both government regulations and financial incentives for all participants. The post Facilities Management – 2017 Best Practices appeared first on 4BT. The Path Forward.

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Seattle imposes new construction regulation to address rat problem

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Seattle has implemented a new regulation to reduce the number of rats occupying vacant buildings. The new rat eradication regulation goes into effect in 2017. The port city ranks first in the U.S. in the number of rats living within its borders.

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Migratory Bird Treaty Act Will Apply Only to Intentional Takes

Green Building Law Update

As I described in a 2017 blog post, Migratory Bird Treaty Act Reform is for the Birds , with five federal circuit courts of appeals divided on the question, it is important to bring regulatory certainty clarifying that the criminal scope of the MBTA only reaches to conduct intentionally injuring birds.