Air Quality: EPA To Propose Tighter Lead Standard - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Environmental Protection Agency on May 1 said it will propose stricter air-quality standards for lead for the first time in 30 years. The proposal would tighten the lead limit from 1.5 micrograms per c
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Airports: Senate GOP Blocks FAA Bill, Highway Fund ‘Fix’ - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Senate backers of an aviation reauthorization bill were unable to muster enough votes on May 6 to block a Republican filibuster. The bill was pulled from the floor after the failed cloture vote, leaving th
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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NLRB: Battista Asks To Have Nomination Withdrawn - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Former National Labor Relations Board Chairman Robert Battista has asked the White House to withdraw his nomination for a new term as board member. Battista on May 5 joined the law firm Littler Mendelson.
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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SAFETEA-LU Corrections Bill Clears Congress - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
More than two years after SAFETEA-LU became law, Congress has passed a measure making “technical corrections” to the voluminous highway-and-transit statute. The bill, which gained final congres
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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DOD: Base Closure Program Heads for Peak Funding Year - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Fiscal 2009 will be the peak funding year for the current defense Base Realignment and Closure round if Congress agrees to the Dept. of Defense’s budget request. Tina Jonas, DOD under secretary and c
Publication Date: 30 April , 2008
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Gas Tax: Presidential Candidates Propose Temporary Cut - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) on April 28 unveiled a plan to address skyrocketing gas prices. Like a plan proposed earlier in April by the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen.
Publication Date: 30 April , 2008
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Immigration: States Acting in Absence of New Federal Law - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A new National Conference of State Legislatures report says that state lawmakers introduced 1,562 immigration bills in 2007, 240 of which were enacted. In 2008’s first quarter, more than 1,100 state
Publication Date: 30 April , 2008
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Senate Moving on FAA Bill, at Last - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After being stuck in the Senate for months, a multiyear aviation bill has new life in the chamber. With some planes grounded recently and the summer travel season around the corner, Majority Leader Harry
Publication Date: 30 April , 2008
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3% Withholding: House Approves One-Year Delay - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The House on April 15 approved a one-year delay of a mandate requiring agencies to withhold 3% of the value of contracts they award, starting in 2011. The measure was attached to a private debt-collection
Publication Date: 23 April , 2008
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Bush Outlines New Climate-Change Goal - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 23 April , 2008
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Highways: Senate Approves Corrections Bill - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Senate on April 17 overwhelmingly approved a “technical corrections” highway bill that will ensure numerous highway projects authorized under SAFETEA-LU continue to move forward. The Senate
Publication Date: 23 April , 2008
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Water: ‘Endocrine Disruptors’ Debated - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Lawmakers grilled Environmen-tal Protection Agency officials during an April 16 hearing on pharmaceutical contamination of the nation’s drinking water. The hearing before a Senate subcommittee was pr
Publication Date: 23 April , 2008
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EPA: Court Asked to Revisit Mercury - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A federal court is expected to decide soon whether to reconsider its Feb. 8 decision to vacate the Environmental Protection Agency’s mercury-emissions-trading rule for fossil-fuel-fired powerplants.
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Power: Supreme Court To Hear Utilities’ Case - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 14 said it will hear the electric power industry’s lawsuit against a federal clean-water rule that the industry claims could cost tens of billions of dollars if it is
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Senate Passes Renewable-Energy Tax Credit - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Water: Definition of Navigable Water Debated - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Turf wars over federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act are heating up again. Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee took up the debate in an April 6 hearing on legislation addr
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Clean Air: Critics Ask Court To Force EPA Rule on Emissions - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Several state and city governments have joined environmental groups in stoking the debate over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s role in regulating motor-vehicle emissions.
Publication Date: 09 April , 2008
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Clock Ticking for Highway Trust-Fund ‘Fix’ - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With a deficit looming within months for the Highway Trust Fund’s highway account, industry officials are gearing up to try to get Congress to fix the problem. If lawmakers don’t add more reven
Publication Date: 09 April , 2008
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DOT: Rule Issued on Projects’ Impacts on Parks, Historic Sites - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
As directed by the 2005 SAFETEA-LU law, the Dept. of Transportation has issued a final rule revising requirements for road and transit projects that may affect parks, wildlife refuges and historic sites. T
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Follow-Up ‘No Match’ Rule Widely Criticized - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Business and immigrant-advocacy groups don’t like a new Dept. of Homeland Security proposal that seeks to provide further justification for a 2007 DHS “no match” rule cracking down on com
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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People: Housing Secretary Jackson Resigns - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Amid allegations of cronyism with contractors, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson said he is resigning, effective April 18. Jackson has drawn heat from lawmakers over Justice Dept. pr
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Wetlands: EPA, Corps Issue Final Mitigation Rule - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers approved a final rule that they say will improve the system builders must follow to remediate harm to wetlands caused by construction. Enviro
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Bridges: NTSB Says No Hearing on Minnesota Accident - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Minnesota’s congressional delegation is divided about a National Transportation Safety Board decision not to hold an investigative hearing on last August’s Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Min
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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Ergonomics: ANSI Rejects Challenge to Standard - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has turned down an appeal by five construction groups to withdraw its voluntary ergonomics consensus standard for the industry.
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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Infrastructure Talk Rises in Congress - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
There has been a flurry of discussion in Congress on the infrastructure front, but whether the rhetoric will turn into additional federal funds isn’t clear. Recent developments included a Senate hear
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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Labor: Bush Names Schaumber To Be NLRB Chairman - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
President Bush on March 18 designated the National Labor Relations Board’s sole Republican member, Peter C. Schaumber, to be NLRB chairman. Since last December, the five-person board has had just two
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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Corps: Task Force Working on WRDA Implementation - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
An Army civil works and Corps of Engineers group is developing documents to help carry out requirements of last year’s $23-billion Waer Resources Development Act. John Paul Woodley Jr., assistant Arm
Publication Date: 19 March , 2008
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New EPA Ozone Standard Sharply Criticized - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 19 March , 2008
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Nuclear: Senate Aide Confirmed as NRC Commissioner - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Senate has confirmed Kristine L. Svinicki, a GOP staffer on the chamber’s Armed Services Committee, to a seat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as the Democrats’ general freeze on presi
Publication Date: 19 March , 2008
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Spending: Senate Shoots Down Earmark Moratorium - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Senate has defeated a proposed one-year moratorium on congressional earmarks, although the top presidential candidates supported the plan. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) offered an earmark-moratorium amendme
Publication Date: 19 March , 2008
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Aviation: FAA Sees Slower Growth in Passenger Volume - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With the economy unsettled and fuel prices up, the Federal Aviation Administration says passenger volume will rise only slightly this year and at a slower rate than in 2007. FAA says airport operations&mda
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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DOT: FY09 Budget Slammed in Senate - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
President Bush’s fiscal year 2009 budget proposal for the Dept. of Transportation is getting a cold welcome in the Senate. Bush proposed slicing DOT spending by $2.1 billion, including reductions in
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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GSA: Agency Opens Office to Promote Green Buildings - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The General Services Administration has set up an Office of High-Performance Green Buildings to oversee federal facilities’ energy efficiency and sustainable design. The energy bill enacted in Decemb
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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Lawmakers Challenge Proposed EPA Cuts - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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Energy: House Passes $18 Billion of Tax Incentives - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Energy groups are focusing on the Senate after the House cleared a bill to provide $17.6 billion of tax breaks for conservation and renewable power sources. But the measure faces hurdles: the 236-182 vote
Publication Date: 05 March , 2008
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Legal: High Court Hears Exxon Valdez Oil-Spill Case - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After hearing oral arguments on Feb. 27, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule by early summer on ExxonMobil Corp.’s challenge to a $2.5-billion punitive-damages judgment after the 1989 Exxon Va
Publication Date: 05 March , 2008
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Panel Cites Problems at Baghdad Embassy - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 05 March , 2008
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People: Gulf Coast Reconstruction Czar Steps Down - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Donald E. Powell, the White House’s point man in the effort to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, said on Feb. 29 that he is leaving his post. Powell had been federal coordinat
Publication Date: 05 March , 2008
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EPA: Work Halted on Effluent-Limit Rule - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Environmental Protection Agency has discontinued work on effluent guidelines for drinking-water treatment plants, EPA officials say. In 2004 EPA said it intended to develop limits on amounts of treatme
Publication Date: 27 February , 2008
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Funding: Bush Cool Toward More Infrastructure Aid - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Some governors are pushing for increased federal infrastructure funding in a possible new economic stimulus plan, but President Bush is not warm to the idea. In a Feb. 25 White House meeting, some governor
Publication Date: 27 February , 2008
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House Again Takes Up Energy Tax Breaks - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The House at press time was poised to vote on an $18.2-billion package of tax breaks aimed at promoting energy efficiency and renewable power, such as wind and solar. The bill, which has new incentives and
Publication Date: 27 February , 2008
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Labor: Carpenters, LIUNA Abstain From Obama Endorsement - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Change To Win coalition, which includes seven labor unions, endorsed presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Feb. 21, but two unions, the carpenters and laborers, abstained. The Laborers&r
Publication Date: 27 February , 2008
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Aviation: 4-Month Extension Passes, With AIP Authority - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Congress has approved a four-month bill that would avert Federal Aviation Administration layoffs and also let the agency resume approving new Airport Improvement Program construction grants.
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Candidates Outline Infrastructure Proposals - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Corps: Fiscal 2009 Budget Proposal Criticized - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Industry groups aren’t happy about President Bush’s proposed fiscal 2009 budget for the Army Corps of Engineers’ civil works program. The $4.7-billion request is down 15% from this year&r
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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People: Senators From New Jersey Block FAA Nominee - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
New Jersey Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, both Democrats, have put a “hold” on Robert Sturgell, President Bush’s pick to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Sturgell
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Clean Air: Court Rejects EPA’s Mercury Regulation - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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DOT: Appropriator Critiques ’09 Budget- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
House transportation appropriations subcommittee Chairman John W. Olver (D-Mass.) gave Transpor tation Secretary Mary E. Peters a cordial reception at a Feb. 7 hearing on the department’s 2009 budget
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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House Passes Four-Month FAA Extension - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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NLRB: Nominees’ Confirmation Prospects Unclear - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
President Bush’s picks to fill three National Labor Relations Board slots remain stalled in the Senate. The AFL-CIO opposes nominees Robert Bat tista, a former NLRB chairman, and Gerard Morales, a pa
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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Congress Weighs Competing Stimulus Bills - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
There is bipartisan backing in Congress for an economic stimulus package, but the plan’s size and shape is not clear. The House on Jan. 29 approved a $146-billion stimulus bill, which President Bush
Publication Date: 30 January , 2008
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Ergonomics: Industry Groups Appeal New ANSI Standard - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Several construction groups, including the Associated General Contractors, Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) and Associated Builders and Contractors, are appealing an American National S
Publication Date: 30 January , 2008
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Iraq: IG Criticizes Parsons’ Work - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A new report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart W. Bowen Jr., says there were widespread problems on Parsons Corp. projects in Iraq worth $365 million. Although earlier repo
Publication Date: 30 January , 2008
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Transport Panel Report Praised, Criticized - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After 22 months of deliberations, the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission report is out, with much of the attention zeroing in on its call for a big boost in the federal mot
Publication Date: 16 January , 2008
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Clean Air: California Sues EPA Over Vehicle Emissions - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The state of California has filed a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to block it from enacting tough tailpipe-emission requirements for cars, SUVs and light trucks.
Publication Date: 09 January , 2008
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Short-Handed, NLRB Will Delay Major Rulings - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
When the National Labor Relations Board is at full strength, it has five members. Now it’s down to just two. With Senate Democrats blocking White House appointments, those open slots won’t be f
Publication Date: 09 January , 2008
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Congress: Debate on Minimum Tax ‘Fix’ Nears Climax - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Pressure is mounting on the House to pass a bill that would would prevent widening the scope of the alternative minimum tax and also be acceptable to the White House. Without a legislative “patch&rdq
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Energy: House Clears Green Bill, Minus Tax Provisions - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The House passed a major energy bill that emphasizes conservation after the Senate made the bill more palatable to Republicans. The House’s 314-100 vote on Dec. 18 sends the bill to President Bush, w
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Spending Bill Hikes Roads, DOD, Little Else - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After battling with President Bush for weeks over federal spending, congressional Democrats pared an earlier proposal and produced a $515.7-billion fiscal 2008 funding package for non-Defense agencies. The
Publication Date: 19 December , 2007
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Immigration: Justice Dept. Appeals ‘No Match’ Injunction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Justice Dept. on Dec. 4 filed an appeal of an October court ruling that blocked a “no-match” immigration regulation. The Dept. of Homeland Security rule would require employers to terminate
Publication Date: 12 December , 2007
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