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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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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

Wind is one of the cleanest and most sustainable means of generating energy but some in the environmental movement see wind turbines as “Cuisinarts in the sky.” Ecogen New Prattsburgh Sustainability Wind York turbines' On March 9, 2010, the Town Board enacted a moratorium on wind turbine development. 12/27/2013).

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Preparing Independent Government Estimates – IGEs , IGCEs

Job Order Contracting

The net result is that without verifiable, current, and local detailed cost data, contracting offices and facilities sustainment and/or management teams are at a significant disadvantage. The overall amount of the Government’s estimate shall not be disclosed except as permitted by agency regulations.”

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LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting for Sustainable Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction

Job Order Contracting

The primary advantage of JOC has historically been is the flexibility permitted in ordered quantities and delivery scheduling. A public agency can place orders with one or more contractors when the actual need appears and received on-demand services from a vetted service provider. US Army Sustainment Command. 34, 2009, pp.

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New Department of Defense Policy Accepts Green Globes

Green Building Law Update

In a tectonic shift in government policy, the Department of Defense will now permit the use of both the Green Building Initiatives’ Green Globes and U.S. The new “Department of Defense Sustainable Building Policy” supersedes the October 25, 2010 policy that authorized only LEED. On October 25, 2013, the U.S.

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