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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 (. In late 2019 hazardous waste incinerators in at least three states were destroying PFAS fire-fighting foam (. The Department of Defense has identified 15 bases in Maryland “known to have releases of PFAS.” It passed legislation (. perfluoroalkyl chemicals)?!

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Happy New Year From DoD – The Proposed CMMC Rule Is Here

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

Department of Defense (DoD) published the much anticipated proposed rule for the revamped Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 For example, contractors subject to 252.204–7012 are already required to safeguard covered defense information in accordance with NIST SP 800-171. POA&Ms under Level 1 are not permitted.

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When Trees Sue for their Own Environmental Preservation

Green Building Law Update

In 2019, Toledo residents voted to approve the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, within the City’s charter “which include the rights of Lake Erie and its watershed to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve.”. And significantly there is no defense for an issued permit or claim of preemption by other state or federal laws.

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#80: Transitioning to the New Building Codes

NH Construction Law

The Town of Chester, for example, has announced that “Any plans or applications submitted on or after September 1, 2019 must be designed to meet these codes. Any project slated to begin after September 1, 2019 must also meet the new codes, regardless of application submittal date.”) Section 107.3.2

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

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Home Building by the Numbers

Pro Builder

In 2019, for example, the average profitability among the builders surveyed rose to 9.59% of revenue, up from 8.71% in 2018—the best performance since 2006, before the crash (see chart 1). Shinn’s analysis attributed the boost in 2019 to reductions in costs of sales and operations, while financing expenses were at all-time lows.