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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 (. There is an express ‘get out of jail free’ provision for Baltimore-Washington International Airport (but not for other civilian or military airports, because they did not know to ask to be exempted?), It passed legislation (. perfluoroalkyl chemicals)?!

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Godot, The Boring Machine Completes First Segment

Construction Equipment

Looks like Elon may be specializing in city-to-airport transportation. Musk has been working on getting permits and approvals to build a network of tunnels under and around Los Angles which would transport passengers at 124 mph on electric sleds, free from all aboveground terrestrial traffic.

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PFAS in a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?

Green Building Law Update

And there is at least one place where there appears to be a complete disconnect, as I described last year in a post, Maryland the First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS. Additionally, there are a limited number of places where PFAS is regulated as state hazardous substance, like Michigan where should likely be included in a Phase I.

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

This bill purports to prohibit, beginning October 1, 2021, the use of “Class B fire-fighting foam” that contains “PFAS chemicals” for testing purposes, with specified exceptions, or training purposes , that is, nonfluorinated foam is to be used for training, but of import the bill continues to permit PFAS in Maryland when in anything other than fire-fighting (..)

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

This bill purports to prohibit, beginning October 1, 2021, the use of “Class B fire-fighting foam” that contains “PFAS chemicals” for testing purposes, with specified exceptions, or training purposes , that is, nonfluorinated foam is to be used for training, but of import the bill continues to permit PFAS in Maryland when in anything other than fire-fighting (..)

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5 Best Ear Protectors for Airport Workers

Work Gearz

If you are an airport worker, regardless of your professional qualification, you deal with noise and a lot of it. After researching and testing directly at the airport, we have selected Decibel Defense Professional Safety Earmuffs as our top choice for ear protectors for airport workers. Earmuff NNR Headband Extras.

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California Construction in the Time of Covid-19

Construction and Infrastructure Law

This is especially true given that the localities are the ones that issue permits, schedule inspections and sign-off on work. Significant differences between California’s statewide order (allowing all construction) and local orders (allowing only certain types of construction projects) are raising questions about which order governs.