Sentences with phrase «new federal project»

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Because of federal regulations, we also get to reinvest our net income and development fees in new projects.

Two giant waste - to - energy projects planned for Kwinana and Rockingham could gain extra financial backing after the federal government unveiled a raft of policy initiatives to address problems flowing from China's new restrictions on accepting foreign waste.

Henderson - based shipbuilder Austal will open an Adelaide office for shipbuilding design and project management as it seeks to win a $ 3 billion federal government contract to build 12 new offshore patrol vessels.

With $ 17 billion in federal funds, the new plan covers a six - year period and projects a budget surplus

Using federal offshore leases, wind power projects along the East Coast, including off the shores of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut,...

The plan will include imposing a temporary moratorium on new federal regulations and reviving Transcanada Corp's Keystone pipeline project, according to an outline of his economic speech seen by Reuters.

A new scheme backed by the Federal and State governments provides a potentially large incentive for projects to maximise local content.

«This track record likely reflects his disturbing decision to close the environmental enforcement unit in his office while establishing a new litigation team to challenge EPA and other federal agencies,» the former EPA employees wrote in the letter, which was sent by the Environmental Integrity Project to all U.S. Senators.

Atlantic Sand Assessment Project — To help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy, promote resilient coastal systems, and help build a national offshore sand inventory, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored offshore surveys to identify new sources of sand in federal waters from Miami, Florida to Massachusetts in 2015 and several site specific surveys in 2016 and 2017.

Although first reported in a local paper, it was left to BC - based The Tyee to break open this scandal, which includes a concerted federal government cover - up of information about the TFWP, including a new TFWP initiative called the Canada - Alberta pilot project — one that has been left almost completely unregulated and which likely paved the way for the dismissal of those 270 tradespeople.

The new tower will also host the Medicine by Design initiative, set to become a leading centre in regenerative medicine at the University of Toronto with the federal government committing $ 114 - million for this project through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

Announced on April 7, 2011, the new museum was expected to cost $ 340 million, including $ 180 million over the first three years of the project which was expected to include $ 30 million in previously committed federal dollars (see below).

But early in 2017, with new leadership and a new emphasis on domestic U.S. projects, Exxon's fortunes may be improving, in no small measure thanks to its allies in the Federal Government and its growing investment in U.S. shale.

New Democrats have said from the beginning that Christy Clark should not have signed over decision making power on B.C. projects to the federal government for the Enbridge project and Kinder Morgan expansion project.

VANCOUVER — December 1 marks the last day the B.C. Liberal government could have stood up for British Columbia and stopped the federal government from ramming the proposed Enbridge pipeline and oil tanker project through, say B.C.'s New Democrats.

The federal government has tested the public's appetite for a Netflix tax, a new smartphone app for streaming Canadian content and spending on «moonshot» projects like placing a network of balloons on the edge of space to boost Internet access.

No federal projects were ever built with the new standards, because it took years to go through the required public comment process before the rules were finalized.

VANCOUVER — The federal approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline project shows that Christy Clark has failed to protect B.C.'s coast, says B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan.

Opportunity Zones is a new federal program that provides tax incentives for investments in new businesses and commercial projects in low - income communities.

Appoint a new executive director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, who would report directly to the director of the National Economic Council and be responsible for regularly updating the President and Cabinet on the status of major energy projects.

Few things are more complicated than trying to erect a new monument in the heart of Washington, D.C. Local committees, federal investigators, landmark boards, and one commission after another must approve each project.

Therefore, I would ask you to consider redirecting the federal funding to New York because the project is a top priority.

New York state lost a jurisdiction dispute with the FERC, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declined to review whether the federal energy regulator had big - footed the state when it gave the green light to a controversial natural gas pipeline project in Orange County.

The omnibus extraordinary session package also provides a financial incentives to entice Vernon Downs racino and harness track to remain open; offers $ 55 million in relief for Lake Ontario communities ravaged by flooding; tweaks a law to allow New York City first responders to receive an accidental disability pensions even if they don't receive a federal Social Security disability pension; and creates a 250 - acre forest land bank to allow for certain public utility projects under a constitutional amendment.

Tenney says the $ 15 million gondola planned for the New York State Fair is an unnecessary waste of taxpayers» money, and she'll oppose granting the federal approval needed for the project.

The Partnership for New York City has created a federal PAC to push for projects and legislation considered crucial to the economic future of the nation's most populous metropolis.

The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier development projects.

Despite efforts by Trump to block federal funding for Gateway, a new train link under the Hudson River, the project could receive as much as $ 540 million from a spending bill Congress hammered out — much less than the $ 900 million that previously had been intended, but not the shutout the president had been pushing.

Cuomo once said the dilapidated Amtrak shaft carrying commuters under the Hudson River from New Jersey into Manhattan was «not my tunnel» when the federal government asked to put up state cash toward its repair, but today he insisted the project to refurbish the tube and construct a parallel conduit for trains is «desperately needed.»

DeFrancisco said the state's $ 4.4 billion projected deficit, combined with potential effects of the federal tax overhaul on New York, will make the next state budget the most difficult one in at least seven years.

With the discussion surrounding a federal probe of contracts connected to the Buffalo Billion, there are concerns about possible effects on any related economic development projects throughout the upstate New York area.

KEARNY — Gov. Chris Christie projected confidence Friday that federal funding for the full Gateway project will be secured, as he and members of New Jersey's congressional delegation broke ground on a new Portal Bridge over the Hackensack RivNew Jersey's congressional delegation broke ground on a new Portal Bridge over the Hackensack Rivnew Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says a key vote on the next installment of the Buffalo Billion project is merely postponed, not canceled, and he denies that he's feeling «defensive» about the widening federal probe of his administration's economic development projects.

«New Jersey supports the Gateway project and is committed to developing a framework with the Federal government to begin it,» according to the joint statement.

As the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority looks to recommend a specific plan to federal authorities early in the new year, Cuomo's advocacy for the project could eventually provide crucial local financing to a project requiring Washington's approval.

Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for additional federal infrastructure funding to protect the Niagara Power Project and other New York energy facilities from cyber attacks.

The $ 30 million in federal stimulus funds for the Brooklyn Bridge will pay for 150 jobs, and the funds also free up precious New York City capital money for other projects, Biden said.

The governor's office says these and other instances of LED upgrades and architectural embellishments in the MTA's two tunnels are post-Hurricane Sandy repair projects that have nothing to do with the New York Crossings project, and federal emergency relief funds and the MTA's prior capital plan are paying for them.

Tom Mailey, spokesman for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, said in a statement: «State technical experts are actively working with counterparts at HUD and Suffolk County on all details of the four critical sewer extension projects announced by Governor Cuomo this past October so that they qualify for a maximum of federal funding.»

It's been a week since a federal corruption investigation exploded in New York state, bringing fraud and bribery and charges against developers and state officials for allegedly running a pay - to - play scheme involving upstate economic development projects.

To support the development of local, high - quality seed that is consistent with New York and federal laws, Cornell University will expand its New York Seed Improvement Project to design industrial hemp seed certification standards for New York State.

«In the same vein, I strongly support the construction of the new Hudson River tunnel — and a federal grant package that makes the project viable is an essential first step.»

The state was approved for a $ 1.6 billion low - interest federal loan to finance part of the massive construction project, which will build a new span to connect Westchester and Rockland counties at the Hudson River.

New York will move to file a legal challenge against the federal Environmental Protection Agency if it determines the project to remove PCB - laden muck from the Hudson River is completed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A federal jury hearing testimony on Tuesday was served a steady diet of «ziti,» the word prosecutors say a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo used as code to refer to bribe payments he received to push forward projects for three businessmen.

The communities will be eligible to share in more than $ 500 million of funding through a federal supplemental appropriation, and the state will award at least $ 250 million of New York's FEMA - funded Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to New York Rising Communities to implement eligible projects contained in their plans.

The quasi-public Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler, placed into ESD custodianship after federal and state prosecutors alleged that bidding processes for construction projects had been rigged by former SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros and others (all of whom maintain their innocence), have not entirely allayed concerns about transparency under their new leadership.

Since October 2011, new design - build legislation was enacted, a fast tracked federal environmental review and concurrent procurement processes have been completed, a project labor agreement with construction unions was negotiated, and construction activities commenced — all with an unprecedented level of transparency and community involvement.

Such capital budget shall indicate debt service charges of previous projects, proposed down payments and other expenditures for new projects, and the recommended sources of all proposed capital financing including, but not limited to, capital reserve fund, sinking funds, current revenues, temporary borrowing, bond sales, federal and state grants, loans or advances.