Because these devices are subject to both State and
Federal standards on occupational health and safety, it is important to analyze what factors may have caused the injury inducing event.
For instance, fossil fuel companies, such as Koch Industries and Peabody Energy, worked through ALEC to develop state - based legislation opposing
federal standards on clean air and climate change.
With Republicans waiting to pounce on anything that looked like further expansion of the federal government, Clinton used the second education summit, in 1996, to make clear that the education reform movement wasn't about enforcing
federal standards on the states.
Some will argue against a new layer of regulation — yet, researchers continued to make new discoveries after new
federal standards on human subjects, care of research animals, and so on brought sweeping improvements to practices that had formerly produced unacceptable results.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and other officials have defended their response, saying they have acted as aggressively as possible with the information they have — noting shifting
federal standards on the contaminant, which is as yet unregulated.
By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing
federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.
A proposed upgrade to
the federal standard on head restraints likely would reduce neck injuries, but a dynamic - testing option included in the proposal could compromise safety.
The judges pushed for
a federal standard on what qualifies as the practice of law.
Not exact matches
For now, the new rules are limited to specific defense contractors, but it may not be long before the government implements more regulations
on all
federal contractors as it pushes for companies to adopt higher security
standards, cybersecurity experts said.
«Just weeks after President Donald Trump signaled he's ready to roll back tough
federal vehicle fuel
standards, California
on Friday affirmed that it won't budge an inch
on its own tough
standards,» the Detroit Free Press» Brent Snaveley reported.
Separately, the
Federal Communications Commission in 2013 asked for comments
on whether U.S.
standards need to be updated to protect people from mobile - phone radiation, and it hasn't acted.
While the
standard deduction
on federal tax returns was nearly doubled to $ 12,000 for individuals, the average SALT deduction
on federal returns for New Yorkers in 2015 was $ 22,000, according to the Tax Policy Center.
Standard and Poor's estimates the
federal government's partial paralysis cost $ 24 billion, and consultancy IHS Global Insights said
on Wednesday that the spike in short - term interest yields witnessed in the week of Oct. 14 alone will add $ 114 million to the
federal debt.
A new strategy to tackle
federal standards for engine emissions has also run up to more than $ 700 million, while Navistar is expected to pay warranty costs
on prior engines until the end of next year.
On Friday President Obama signed bill S. 764 that puts into place a
federal standard for foods that have been made with genetically modified organisms, ABC News reports.
When accountants get a reputation for inept audits or less - than - pristine
standards, state and
federal tax authorities may focus their attention
on all of the firm's clients.
Author Elizabeth Royte writes in her book, «Bottlemania: How Water Went
on Sale and Why We Bought it,» that 92 % of the nation's 53,000 local water systems meet or exceed
federal safety
standards and are at least as clean and often cleaner than bottled water.
So I dug through a different database, the
Federal Reserve's 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, which Pfeffer calls the «gold
standard» of data
on American wealth.
In addition, the
Federal Reserve developed a term deposit facility to drain banks» reserve balances.14 This playbook of draining reserves back to reserve scarcity to support the transmission of interest
on reserves into market rates is
standard among central banks.
In an era when the toy industry can pinpoint the overall value of all dolls sold domestically each year and the
federal government tracks the number of trucks sold in any given month, data
on gun sales is obscured by foggy reporting
standards and loopholes.
If you can't afford your
federal student loan payments
on a
standard 10 - year repayment plan, an income - driven repayment plan may be a smart solution.
Crapo, chairman of the Senate Committee
on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, emphasized that the
Federal Reserve would still have the authority to apply tougher
standards for banks with between $ 100 billion and $ 250 billion in assets.
Online lenders aside, the best rates were found and Third
Federal Savings & Loan, which beat the closest competing bank by 0.11 percentage points
on a
standard 30 - year mortgage.
Consolidated
federal student loans may have a
standard repayment plan term of up to 30 years depending
on the amount of the loan.
Gov. Jerry Brown
on Tuesday announced a lawsuit by California and 17 other states against the Trump administration to protect national vehicle emission
standards from being rolled back by the
federal government.
It reduced the cap
on borrowing subject to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) from $ 1 million to $ 750,000, and capped deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes, at $ 10,000.1 These changes, in combination with a doubling of the
standard deduction, mean that many homeowners will experience a loss of tax benefits associated with homeownership, and the changes represent a significant shift in the
federal government's willingness to promote and subsidize homeownership.
States tend to allow fewer deductions and credits than the
federal government does, but especially in states with state - level Earned Income Tax Credits, eliminating deductions and credits outright (perhaps except for a
standard exemption, but even that could be hard to implement) would be a significant change, and potentially a tax hike
on poor families.
Federal student loans are put
on the
Standard Repayment Plan, which offers fixed payments over a 10 - year term.
On Friday, Apple filed a lawsuit in a San Diego
federal court alleging that Qualcomm is charging too much for «
standard essential» patents and is withholding nearly $ 1 billion in royalty cap «rebates» in retaliation for Apple's cooperation with anti-trust investigators in the U.S., South Korea and elsewhere.
On occasion, the
Federal Reserve will conduct one or two additional surveys during the year, to gain additional insights into mortgage
standards and trends for 2015 — 2016.
Second, there needs to be some mechanism, such as the cost - shared financing programs established by Tom Kent and Lester Pearson with the support of Tommy Douglas, to guarantee
on - going
federal investment conditional
on provincial obedience to national principles around minimum
standards.
The
standard repayment term
on federal student loans is 10 years.
For example, if your state has a low
standard deduction but allows you to use the itemized deductions from your
Federal return, it may be beneficial to accept a smaller deduction
on your
Federal return in exchange for a larger deduction
on your state return.
The man wants to get rid of the
federal reserve and put us back
on the gold
standard.
Whether inflation rises or the
Federal Reserve Bank uses its power over interest rates to limit the potential inflationary impact of the falling dollar, the ultimate outcome of our recent overdependence
on foreign saving will be a lower
standard of living (or slower increases in living
standards), such that decent levels of retirement income (private and public) can not be maintained.
[25] However, under US
federal organic
standards, if pests and weeds are not controllable through management practices, nor via organic pesticides and herbicides, «a substance included
on the National List of synthetic substances allowed for use in organic crop production may be applied to prevent, suppress, or control pests, weeds, or diseases.»
Does mention that USDA National Organic Program is working
on organic apiculture
standards, an important step in any
federal approach to pollinators
CSPI supports the recently passed
federal law for mandatory disclosure of GMOs, and believes there should be a national
standard for non-GMO labeling enforced by the USDA and not a consensus - based
standard such as the Non-GMO Project Verified seal seen
on many labels.
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was created in 2011 to reinforce the U.S. food safety
standards by shifting the focus of
federal regulators
on preventing contamination instead of just reacting to the problem after it has already happened.
To comply with these new laws, from 1 July the current «Australian Certified Organic» logo will only be available for use
on products that meet the
Federal Government's new «Australian»
standard.
Today, consistent with our Purpose, we announced our support for mandatory national labeling of products that may contain genetically modified organisms (GMO) and proposed that the
federal government provide a national
standard for non-GMO claims made
on food packaging.
Offsets from increased soil carbon
on farmlands are eligible for generation of carbon offset credits under the
federal government's National Carbon Offset
Standard (NCOS).
To comply with these new laws, the current «Australian Certified Organic» logo will only be available for use
on products that meet the
Federal Government's new «Australian»
standard.
In a statement issued
on Thursday,
federal Small Business Minister Kelly O'Dwyer welcomed the new
standard said it «provides certainty for farmers which will help encourage innovation and investment in the industry».
An attempt by Kraft Canada and Saputo to overturn Canadian government
standards on the composition of cheese has been dismissed by the
Federal Court of Appeal.
State and
federal consumer affairs ministers introduced a national information
standard for free - range egg production
on Thursday, which gives farmers clearance to label their eggs «free range» should they run no more than 10,000 hens per hectare.
Potawatomi Bingo Casino (Milwaukee, Wis.) An internal education and
standards program for cook chill systems, the effectiveness of which has not only improved costs, safety and efficiency — but also led to
on - site workshops for local, state and
federal inspectors that support better food safety for the greater community.
In - store labels
on their products (Seafood should only be labeled organic if it meets the USDA organic
standard in the US, or the Canadian
federal standard in Canada).
«If DeVos follows through
on her plans to privatize education and hold charter schools receiving
federal funds to different
standards than public schools, as she indicated she would in her confirmation hearing, this could mean that fewer and fewer schools are even required to follow Title IX guidelines at all,» Gibbs wrote.
While there is a role for State /
Federal involvement in local school food service, it is IMHO limited to [1] providing funding, especially to lower - income schools, to allow all schools to meet a minimum
standard (NOT based
on the needs of agri - business!