Sentences with phrase «federal waters out»
Some believe that if the U.S. put a licensing system into place for federal waters out to the 200 - mile boundary, it would bring investment in fish farms and generate revenue.
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Infrastructure, we're going to start spending on infrastructure big, said Donald Trump days before he unveiled his $ 1.5 trillion infrastructure budget proposed by his administration, but as economists have pointed out, Trump's proposed budget requests only $ 200 billion in federal funds and slashes billions in transportation funding, billions more from water, energy.
«Although there have been actions taken to address these problems, many of my constituents are deeply concerned with potential ongoing health risks to their families, delayed and confused responses by the state and federal agencies involved, and lack of accountability to find out what happened and why it was allowed to go on after the initial detection of the contamination of their water supply.»
This was he urged the lower chamber to call on the Federal Government to provide funds and logistics to the state government to reach out to water - logged communities being threatened by the disease.
Among those who have been watching closely as the PFOA water contamination problem plays out in the Village of Hoosick Falls, NY is Judith Enck, a long - time Rensselaer County resident and the former regional administrator for the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
«I review what it is that we have done to date in terms of providing assistance initially to the village in determining what they might do to get that out of the water supply, connecting them with guidance from the state and federal governments that they could share with the residents.»
Even after the federal Environmental Protection Agency cautioned the state health department about the levels of PFOA contamination in Hoosick Falls, the health department handed out a fact sheet that said, «Health effects are not expected to occur from normal use of the water.»
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 Bureau of Reclamation, which controlled the water coming out of Lake Mead, might let the Las Vegas Valley take more, but not while the valley's utilities remained as disorganized as they were.
The Water Authority's haul from the sale of federal lands eventually came to almost $ 300 million and helped bolster financing for the pipelines, tunnels, pumps and more that Las Vegas eventually built to double its capacity to move water out of the Colorado RWater Authority's haul from the sale of federal lands eventually came to almost $ 300 million and helped bolster financing for the pipelines, tunnels, pumps and more that Las Vegas eventually built to double its capacity to move water out of the Colorado Rwater out of the Colorado River.
The new rules would allow them in federal waters, known as the outer continental shelf, which extend to the edge of U.S. territory about 230 miles (200 nautical miles, or 370 kilometers) out.
In hopes of getting around these barriers, members from many of these groups — including federal and state fisheries and wildlife agencies, water supply managers, irrigation districts, and environmental groups — came together in 2006 and began hammering out the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).
In a report released 14 December, the Ocean Policy Task Force sketched out how nine new regional organizations would create master plans for federal waters by drawing on a massive database of scientific information.
By muddying the water with inaccurate statements about the intricacies of federal law and waivers, these officials seek to reduce opt - out numbers and buy time for discredited test - and - punish schemes.
Leaving something out, even unintentionally, could land you in hot water with the federal government later on.
Xcalak is located within the Xcalak Reef National Marine Park, a Federal Marine Park with strict environmental regulations, both in the water and out.
Since that time, conditions have been steadily worsening with agricultural regions drying out, farmers, communities and industries forced to further deplete limited ground water supplies, and with reservoirs dropping despite best efforts by federal and state officials to conserve.
However, the restrictions on American offshore oil and gas production has always been precarious; the executive branch has complete authority to decide what happens in the federal waters of the outer continental shelf, from 3 to 200 miles out to sea.
The best part is it cost less than most similar size and quality solar thermal hot water systems, and with the 30 % federal tax credit; It should pay itself off long before the 10 year warranty runs out.
Between federal and state tax credits, it looks like we will end up laying out somewhere in the region of $ 3,500 for the system — and while we don't have figures for our typical water heating costs, the installers reckoned it should pay for itself in 8 - 9 years.
In addition, our litigators defend clients in a wide range of civil and criminal enforcement actions arising out of the major federal environmental statutes — including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, CERCLA (Superfund), FIFRA, RCRA, TSCA, and EPCRA (Right - to - Know)-- as well as climate change regulation, renewable energy regulation, and project development.
His environmental and tort litigation experience includes dozens of products liability actions in California State and Federal District Courts and multi-district litigation proceedings in the Southern District of New York that arise out of MTBE contamination of drinking water aquifers, as well as actions brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or tort docFederal District Courts and multi-district litigation proceedings in the Southern District of New York that arise out of MTBE contamination of drinking water aquifers, as well as actions brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act («CERCLA»), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act («RCRA»), California Proposition 65, the Clean Air Act, and various state and federal criminal laws, environmental laws, or tort docfederal criminal laws, environmental laws, or tort doctrines.