Sentences with phrase «included rulemaking»

Such recommendations shall include a list of priority actions, including rulemakings, as well as timelines for completing those actions.

Next steps for ESSA include rulemaking on several specific Title I issues, as required by the new law.

Jon heads an office of seven professionals, including five attorneys, who provide expert legal guidance on administrative law, including rulemaking issues affecting DOT and arising from any mode of transportation within DOT.

The National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 - 4347) and related statutes and executive orders require agencies to consider the environmental impacts of agency decisions, including rulemakings.

«According to the Supreme Court, all actions by federal agencies, including rulemakings, must be made on the basis of evidence, and may not be arbitrary and capricious or an abuse of discretion,» Flatt said by email.

Our environmental litigation practice covers every aspect of federal and state environmental law including rulemaking, permits, enforcement, hazardous substances and toxic wastes, insecticides and fungicides, superfund and natural resources damages liability, land use and contaminated property, citizen suits, and air and water issues.

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Leaders of federal financial agencies testified on the status of the the rulemaking finalization process and reform policies included in the Dodd - Frank financial regulations law.

«While the Financial Planning Coalition takes no view on a rule that has yet to be proposed, we believe that the DOL should be allowed to proceed with its fiduciary rulemaking process, including issuing a draft rule for public comment.»

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) writes investor protection rules and other rules regulating broker - dealers and banks in the United States municipal securities market, including tax - exempt and taxable municipal bonds, municipal notes, and other securities issued by states, cities, and counties or their agencies to help finance public projects or for other public policy purposes.

Republicans including House Speaker Paul Ryan and many in the Senate have said a regulatory fix on bump stocks would be faster than passing the bill, but the rulemaking process to examine the regulation will take a year, with no guarantee that the ATF will actually do anything.

The FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee has recommended more than 50 changes to safety rules, including weakening a law which requires pilots to reach 1500 training hours before obtaining a license to fly commercial passenger airliners.

The action plans involve rulemaking that will begin later this year, including public comment and stakeholder input, on timelines that could extend beyond 2012.

In addition to inviting specific comments on the issues on which the Secretary is considering conducting negotiated rulemaking, the Secretary invites comments on other regulatory issues concerning provisions under title I, including suggestions that regulations are not needed to resolve a particular issue.

• Discounted legal products including model board policies, Student Code of Conduct, and a Personnel Handbook • Access to the Learning Zone, TCSA's robust online training portal, and discounted registration rates for the Texas Charter Schools Conference • Legal information and advice, as well as updates and alerts on specific matters pertaining to charter schools • Tools to engage parents on advocacy efforts with the Texas Legislature • Access to a growing market of solution providers and strategically - aligned partnerships with negotiated pricing and contract terms • Resources and advice for navigating TEA requirements for your school's growth and expansion • Representation in the rulemaking process with TEA to protect the interest of public charter schools

TCTA and several others registered strong objections to this requirement in the rules in public comment with TCTA noting that the commissioner does not have statutory rulemaking authority in particular to require locally - developed and adopted teacher appraisal systems to include student performance defined in this way.

Our operating administrations have circulated this information to their regulated entities through several means, which may include their Internet Web sites, rulemaking documents, inspection handouts, guidance materials, pamphlets, and information materials disseminated to trade associations.

Specifically, this rulemaking expands the DOT's definition of the CCF to include both paper and electronic forms.

The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs» (OIRA) Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions published today includes DOT's rulemakings currently under consideration and proposed for future action.

This section covers how NHTSA's current regulatory tools can be applied to AV including: interpretations, exemptions, notice - and - comment rulemaking, and defects and enforcement authority.

The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) will most likely require a minimum of two person crews for most mainline train operations including those trains carrying crude oil.

This includes publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish an exception to the legal prohibition contained in the Governmentwide Common Grant Rule for DOT recipients.

PHMSA and the Federal Railroad Administration have issued several safety advisories related to the safe transport of crude oil by rail, including the recent January 2 Safety Alert and is currently engaged in the ongoing rulemaking to improve the design of the DOT 111 tank car.

Interns will also assist trial attorneys during the rulemaking process, which includes review and analysis of public comments, research related to the rulemaking topics, and assistance in drafting preliminary documents related to both final rulemakings and proposed rulemakings.

This page includes a separate report for each of 21 possible, different effects for DOT's current rulemakings.

This page includes tools to improve the participation of small entities in the rulemaking process.

1.3: Develop effective and efficient rules and regulations, including best - in - class rulemaking capabilities

This comprehensive approach includes immediate and long - term steps such as: launching «Operation Classification» in the Bakken region to verify that crude oil is being properly classified; issuing safety advisories, alerts, emergency orders and regulatory updates; conducting special inspections; moving forward with a rulemaking to enhance tank car standards; and reaching agreement with railroad companies on a series of immediate voluntary actions they can take by reducing speeds, increasing inspections, using new brake technology and investing in first responder training.

The information collected from the Safety Pilot program will be used by NHTSA to determine by 2013 whether to proceed with additional vehicle - to - vehicle communication activities, including possible future rulemakings.

Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a rulemaking proceeding to consider requiring States to conduct annual inspections of commercial motor vehicles designed or used to transport passengers, including an assessment of --

The FMCSA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to adopt regulations prohibiting motor carriers, shippers, receivers, or transportation intermediaries from coercing drivers to operate CMVs in violation of certain Federal regulations, including drivers» hours - of - service limits and the CDL regulations and associated drug and alcohol testing rules, or the Hazardous Materials Regulations.

The Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider a Federal motor vehicle safety standard for passenger motor vehicles with pushbutton ignition systems that establishes a standardized operation of such systems when used by drivers, including drivers who may be unfamiliar with such systems, in an emergency situation when the vehicle is in motion.

New, relevant, readily available, and influential science on a topic considered to be a «key factor» in the determination of the SCC — the distribution of the estimated value of the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)-- was not included in the 2013 SCC update used in the final rulemaking.

Imagine lobbyists for the Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Nature Conservancy controlled an EPA rulemaking panel that would decide whether a petition to cap greenhouse gas emissions sponsored by the U.S. Climate Action Partnership — an alliance that includes all three aforementioned environoia groups — would become law.

My work included editing appellate briefs, researching federal constitutional claims, editing petitions for rulemaking in several states, writing and editing press releases, drafting a local ordinance, organizing a youth campaign to support the ordinance, engaging in moot courts, representing the organization at local festivals and meetings, and conducting outreach to potential supporters.

Announcements include, among other things, rulemakings, responses to petitions, notices requesting comment on lifecycle analysis, compliance deadlines, and alternative plans.

Officials from twelve states including New York submitted a comment labelled as State Environmental and Energy Regulators» Comment on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket ID No.

The Chamber also notes that «the scope and pace of federal rulemakings have increased dramatically in the past few years, including on energy.»

Topics of the latest reports, published by the Federation of American Scientists, include Arctic changes, mountaintop mining controversies, pollution control law enforcement, climate change, midnight rulemaking, scientific papers / security risks, oil sands enviro issues, and fracking / drinking water.

His work spans issues concerning oil and natural gas pipelines, LNG, compressed natural gas (CNG) projects and electric power transmission, and includes policy formation and agency rulemakings.

He counsels insurers on a broad range of compliance matters, including rate regulation, pricing, product formation, underwriting, claims handling, operations, premium tax, reinsurance, corporate governance, licensing, market conduct and financial examinations, consumer complaints and deceptive practice claims, and internal and regulatory investigations, as well as legislative and rulemaking matters.

Mr. Grossman updated the chapter «Products Liability Claims and Chapter 93A,» which covers the products liability state of the law, including attorney general regulations regarding scope of rulemaking authority, as well as regulations concerning breaches of warranty and protection of public health, safety and welfare.

At the Federal Highway Administration, Tom led a national team of more than 50 lawyers providing legal and policy counsel to the agency's leadership on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues affecting transportation infrastructure, including environmental review and permitting for transportation projects; compliance with Buy America requirements; investigation of civil rights complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; implementation of federal grant, loan, and loan guarantee programs for transportation projects; and development of major rulemakings and guidance documents implementing recent federal transportation legislation.

Those recommendations include «The Court should form a standing committee to maintain accountability for closing the justice gap and to monitor the effectiveness of reform initiatives,» «The Court should encourage the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Access to Justice Commission, and local bar associations to create pipelines of services for modest - means clients,» and «A primary objective of future rulemaking projects should be to make the civil justice system more accessible to modest - means clients.»

The practice also includes a robust counseling component, with deep experience in rulemaking and policy development and compliance counseling.

The chapters in this Issue address the various purposes of sentencing, the special role of federal criminal justice in our federal system, the institutions and actors at the rulemaking and adjudicative stages (including Congress, the Commission, trial and appellate judges, and advocates), and the basic substantive and structural elements of sentencing systems.

Mr. Matthews assists clients in administrative proceedings before the NRC, including contested licensing proceedings, and he advises individual utilities and industry groups regarding NRC rulemaking activities and other nuclear regulatory policy issues.

We also participate — on behalf of utility clients and sector trade associations — in rulemakings and interactions with regulatory authorities on a range of generic issues, including such matters as decommissioning criteria, maintenance requirements, enforcement policy, reactor oversight processes, financial qualifications, foreign ownership, and export controls.

The USPTO announced today proposed rulemaking for changing its policy related to claim interpretation in Patent Trial and Appeal Board («PTAB») proceedings (not including patent examination).

On May 5, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a 377 - page notice of proposed rulemaking that would prohibit, going forward, banks and a variety of other companies from including in contracts arbitration...

In 2016, the Department began work on regulations for state and local government website accessibility, which would have helped inform website accessibility rulemaking for places of public accommodations, including real estate brokerages.