According to a new study, enforcing the new Clean
Air Act requirements would create a jobs
Unfortunately, the standards allow far more ozone than the agency's own science advisers unanimously recommended and far more than Clean
Air Act requirements would allow.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance
requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or
acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for
air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act and the United Kingdom Bribery
Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs
Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
The most that environmentalists have been able to do since then is to beat back efforts to weaken such legislation as the clean
air act, the
requirement of environmental impact reports, and the endangered species
act that were passed at that time.
Funds Will Support Efforts of Municipalities to Meet the
Requirements of the Clean
Air Act and the Americans with Disabilities
Act
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and 13 other attorneys general from various states and the District of Columbia filed on Thursday a notice to sue the federal agency to force it to comply with those
requirements set by the Clean
Air Act.
For over a decade, companies have recognized that the industry would need to install controls to comply with the
act's
air toxicity
requirements, and the technology exists to cost effectively control such emissions, including mercury and acid gases.
-- Not later than September 30 of 2011 and each calendar year thereafter through 2049, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the
requirements of this section, distribute to eligible consortia allowances allocated for the following vintage year under section 782 (h)(1) of the Clean
Air Act (as added by section 321 of this
Act).
CARRIAGE OF SERVICE ANIMALS IN
AIR TRANSPORTATION INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FOREIGN HEALTH DOCUMENTATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE ANIMALS IN
AIR TRANSPORTATION NOTICE July 17, 2007 This notice provides further guidance for airlines and the traveling public regarding the obligation of airlines under the
Air Carrier Access
Act (ACAA) and its implementing regulation 14 CFR Part 382 (Part 382) to transport service animals into the United Kingdom (U.K.).
This consent order concerns the failure of Paragon
Air, Inc., («Paragon») to comply with (1) the
requirement, implemented by 14 CFR Part 374, to make prompt credit card refunds as required by the Consumer Credit Protection
Act and Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 15 U.S.C. § § 1601 - 1693r and 12 CFR Part 226 and (2) Department enforcement case precedent that requires that cash refunds be made within 20 days of receipt of full documentation of such a request.
(Sec. 5522) Amends the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement
Act of 1999 to exempt from federal maximum driving and on - duty time
requirements drivers of trucks transporting construction materials and equipment to or from an active construction site within a 75 (currently, 50)
air mile radius of the driver's normal work reporting location.
This order concerns violations by Frontier Airlines, Inc., (Frontier) of the
requirements of 14 CFR Part 382 (Part 382), the Department of Transportation's (Department) regulation implementing the
Air Carrier Access
Act (ACAA), 49 U.S.C. § 41705, with respect to its transportation of an individual with a disability (Mr. M1).
As used in this paragraph, a «Covered Borrower» means any person who, at the time such person becomes obligated on a loan transaction or establishes an account for consumer credit, satisfies the
requirements under any one or more of the following classifications, or is otherwise under applicable laws deemed to be a «Covered Borrower» under the Military Lending
Act, 10 U.S. Code Section 987: (a) An active duty member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Air Force or Coast Guard, or a person serving on active Guard and Reserve duty (a person described in this clause (a) of the definition of «Covered Borrower» is hereinafter referred to as a «Service Member»); or (b) Any of the following persons, relative to a Service Member: (1) The spouse; (2) A child under the age of 21; or (3) If dependent on the Service Member for more than one half of such person's support, any one or more of the following persons: (i) A child under the age of 23 enrolled in a full time course of study at an institution of higher learning; (ii) A child of any age incapable of self support due to a mental or physical incapacity that occurred before attaining age 23 while such person was dependent on the Service Member; (iii) Any unmarried person placed in legal custody of the Service Member who resides with such Service Member unless separated by military service or to receive institutional care or under other circumstances covered by Regulation; or (iv) A parent or parent - in - law residing in the Service Member's household.
New Procedures & Updated
Requirements In compliance with the
Air Carrier Access
Act, Delta provides in - cabin travel for service and support animals without charge.
EPA can only regulate one category of smokestacks at a time, and its regulations must meet the relevant Clean
Air Act criteria, e.g. «the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any non-
air quality health and environmental impact and energy
requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.»
Key Issues for Discussion and Comment in the ANPR: Descriptions of key provisions and programs in the CAA, and advantages and disadvantages of regulating GHGs under those provisions; How a decision to regulate GHG emissions under one section of the CAA could or would lead to regulation of GHG emissions under other sections of the
Act, including sections establishing permitting
requirements for major stationary sources of
air pollutants; Issues relevant for Congress to consider for possible future climate legislation and the potential for overlap between future legislation and regulation under the existing CAA; and, scientific information relevant to, and the issues raised by, an endangerment analysis.
Many of Southern Company's power plants were exempted from the Clean
Air Act's 1977
requirements to install modern pollution control equipment because they were built from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Moreover, the Congress considered but ultimately removed emissions
requirements from a 1990 Clean
Air Act update.
Nothing in the Energy Policy
Act changes the
requirements of environmental laws such as the Endangered Species
Act, the National Historic Preservation
Act, the Clean Water
Act, and the Clean
Air Act.
Drummond primarily produces low sulfur or compliance coal, meeting Phase II
requirements of the 1990 Amendments to the Clean
Air Act.»
The $ 30 million overhaul was made without installing, as required under the New Source Review
requirements of the Clean
Air Act, the best available technology to minimize emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides — pollutants that harm human health by contributing to heart attacks, breathing problems, and other health problems, the suit alleges.
Excludes the following units from consideration as major emitting facilities or major stationary sources (or parts thereof) for purposes of compliance with provisions concerning prevention of significant deterioration of
air quality and plan
requirements for nonattainment areas: (1) those that are subject to the performance standards of this
Act; or (2) those with properly operated and maintained equipment to limit particulate matter emissions or subject to a permit under an applicable implementation plan that provides a specified particulate matter emissions limitation and that use good combustion practices to minimize carbon monoxide emissions.
Starting in January 2011, large industrial facilities that must already obtain Clean
Air Act permits for non-GHGs must also include GHG
requirements in these permits if they are newly constructed and have the potential to emit 75,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) or more or if they make changes at the facility that increase GHG emissions by that amount.
This notice also acknowledges that there are constraints in the market's ability to consume renewable fuels at the volumes specified in the Clean
Air Act in future years, and states that the EPA anticipates proposing adjustments to the 2014 volume
requirements in the 2014 rule to address these constraints.
Pursuant to the Federal Clean
Air Act (CAA or the
Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving portions of three Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittals pertaining to CAA
requirements to prohibit emissions which will significantly contribute to nonattainment or interfere with maintenance of the 1997 and 2006 fine...
In addition to regulating fuel economy, EPA is applying Clean
Air Act permitting
requirements to large stationary sources of greenhouse gases: power plants, refineries, steel mills, pulp and paper factories, and cement production facilities.63 EPA will soon establish greenhouse gas New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for coal - fired power plants and petroleum refineries.64 If these go unchallenged, it is likely that EPA will develop greenhouse gas performance standards for numerous other industrial source categories.
Subtitle C: Coal and Related Programs -(Sec. 431) Amends the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to implement a financial assistance program to facilitate production and generation of coal - based power through the deployment of clean coal electric generating equipment and processes that improve energy efficiency or environmental performance consistent with relevant federal and state clean
air requirements.
Section 211 (o)(7) of the Clean
Air Act (CAA) authorizes the EPA to waive all or part of the RFS blending targets for one year if the Administrator determines, after public notice and an opportunity for public comment, that implementation of those
requirements would «severely harm» the economy of a State, a region, or the United States.
Biodiesel, on the other hand, «is the only alternative fuel to have fully completed the health effects testing
requirements of the Clean
Air Act.
As local counsel - defended client against a Clean
Air Act citizen suit involving preconstruction permit
requirements under the New Source Review program.
• Worker safety standards enforced under the Occupational Safety and Health
Act and the Mine Safety and Health
Act • Clean Water
Act permitting of wastewater and stormwater discharges • Clean
Air Act emissions regulation • Hazardous waste management and underground storage tank
requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) • Spill and chemical reporting and release prevention under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know
Act, Oil Pollution
Act, and Clean Water
Act • Regulation of chemical manufacturing and distribution under the Toxic Substances Control
Act (TSCA) • Environmental disclosures under Regulation S - K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and corporate reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters to the public and interested investors
Environmental impact assessment
requirements under the Environmental Assessment
Act and
air quality standards under the Environmental Protection
Act are now combined in the single renewable energy approval process.
«Ruling on Mercury Emissions Is Appealed»: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, «The Bush administration has appealed a court ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the federal Clean
Air Act when it issued less stringent
requirements to reduce mercury releases from power plants.