Sentences with phrase «covers federal waters»

Trump's new executive order now urges the U.S. Department of Interior to reassess and replace the most recent five - year oil and gas development plan the Obama administration put in place for the outer continental shelf, which covers federal waters off all U.S. coasts.

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Thus, the city is awaiting a decision on a grant from the federal government that would pay for more than 4,000 new manhole covers that keep water out of the sewer system.

The Federal Government began the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968 to counter the chronically high premiums for water damage and to cover consumers who either could not afford or were turned down for flood coverage by private companies.

You'll need a separate federal policy to cover yourself against this type of water damage.

(Sec. 213) Amends the EPCA to: (1) revise the definition of «energy conservation standard» to include energy efficiency for certain covered equipment, water efficiency for certain covered equipment, and both energy and water efficiency for certain equipment; (2) allow the adoption of consensus and alternative test procedures for purposes of the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles; (3) require the Secretary to prescribe a new test method for televisions; (4) expand the list of criteria for prescribing new or amended energy conservation standards, including requiring Energy Guide labels to include the carbon output of each covered product; (5) require manufacturers of covered products to submit annual reports and information to DOE regarding compliance, economic impact, annual shipments, facility energy and water use, and sales data that could support an assessment of the need for regional standards; and (6) require state and local building codes to use appliance efficiency requirements that are no less stringent than those set by federal standards.

Within the Policy Brief, Lehr writes that the ten years following the establishment of the EPA in 1971 he «helped write a significant number of legislative bills that were to make up a true safety net for our environment,» including, «Water Pollution Control Act (later renamed the Clean Water Act), Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (which, surprisingly, covered deep mines as well), Clean Air Act, Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide, and Fungicide Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (which we now know as Superfund).»

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You'll need a separate federal policy to cover yourself against this type of water damage.

Typically, water that comes from the bottom up — such as an overflowing river — is covered by a separate flood insurance policy, which can be purchased from the federal government's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and from some private insurers.

Prevent sudden losses from flood damage with a federal policy, which is a necessary separate policy to cover damage from rising water.

Because as more bodies of water are covered - more property owners often challenge the federal government - about whether they have the right - to invoke Clean Water rules - on private propwater are covered - more property owners often challenge the federal government - about whether they have the right - to invoke Clean Water rules - on private propWater rules - on private property.