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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

Green Building Law Update

actually 3 separate bills) expressly permitting PFAS (. This law firm has been advising and counseling clients in PFAS related matters since 2009. At worst, Maryland could have been criticized along with the Federal government and other states, for failing to regulate PFAS as a hazardous substance. It passed legislation (.

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Court Blows Away Permits for Wind Turbine Eagle Kills

Green Building Law Update

Fish and Wildlife Service rule allowing 30 year permits to “take” bald and golden eagles. On September 11, 2009, FWS issued regulations for the first time that “authorize limited take of bald eagles. The 2009 regulations themselves included but a few references to wind turbines. On August 11, a federal court set aside the U.S.

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Court Blows Away Permits for Wind Turbine Eagle Kills

Green Building Law Update

Fish and Wildlife Service rule allowing 30 year permits to “take” bald and golden eagles. On September 11, 2009, FWS issued regulations for the first time that “authorize limited take of bald eagles. ” The 2009 regulations themselves included but a few references to wind turbines. and golden eagles.,

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Fix for Settling Millennium Tower May Start This Fall

ENR Construction

With the lengthy and complex permitting and approval process complete and almost all the other details worked out, construction could begin in mid-November on the estimated $100-million fix for San Francisco's 645-ft-tall Millennium Tower, which has settled more than 17 in. since its completion in 2009.

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Okay to Kill Eagles with Wind Turbines But Not with Solar Panels or.

Green Building Law Update

Department of the Interior issued the long awaited final regulation permitting “the take [injure, kill or otherwise disturb] of bald eagles and golden eagles” for wind energy projects. Without this new regulation permitting the take of eagles at wind projects that new goal would likely not have been attainable.

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It is Settled. The Wind Blows in Prattsburgh.

Green Building Law Update

In March 2009, Ecogen was advised in writing by the Prattsburgh Code Enforcement Officer that “no building permit [could] be required by the Town for [petitioners’ proposed wind energy project]” as “[t]here are no Town laws or ordinances which prevent [petitioners] from proceeding with construction.”

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Preparing Independent Government Estimates – IGEs , IGCEs

Job Order Contracting

The overall amount of the Government’s estimate shall not be disclosed except as permitted by agency regulations.” 2009) and Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, GAO-14-704G (Washington, D.C.: ” Preparing an Owner’s Estimate. Real property owners must develop a detailed written scope of work.