Sentences with phrase «land use requirements»

In Australia, the recognition of Indigenous interests in land have primarily been forged by non-Indigenous land use requirements.

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on the land use requirements of solar power plants based on actual land - use practices from existing solar facilities.

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A further requirement, therefore, is that if the land is to be used well, the people who use it must know it well, must have time to use it well, and must be able to afford to use it well.

Recent reports estimate that soy - based proteins are 6 — 20 times more efficient in terms of fossil fuel requirement (67 — 69), 4.4 — 26 times more efficient in terms of water requirement (68), and 6 — 17 times more efficient in terms of land use (70) vs. animal proteins.

Operators using energy crops will be required to provide detail on the previous use of land as part of the profiling data requirement.

In addition to revising existing rules, Mr. Russell said, revamping the code would allow the town to add new uses and take a fresh look at land - use requirements in order to better fit the changing industry while minimizing negative impacts such as increased traffic.

The lengthy land use review will start by September, according to the New York Daily News, when the city will unveil the specific boundaries of the rezoning and the affordability requirements for new buildings.

Such municipalities are much better equipped to employ newer and more sophisticated planning instruments, such as special land use plans with urban planning requirements.

Novem calculates that if some 0.5 million hectares of agricultural land were turned over to production of such biomass sources of energy, this would meet around 5 per cent of Dutch energy requirements; this would increase to 12 per cent if waste and refuse materials were used as biomass.

The report, «Land - use Requirements for Solar Power Plants in the United States,» was written with NREL colleagues Clinton Campbell, Robert Margolis, Paul Denholm and Garvin Heath.

As farmers become more aware of the opportunities — not just in crop production but also in ecosystem markets — they have the ability to use land in concert with a regulated industry [the electricity sector under the Clean Power Plan to satisfy that regulatory requirement through green infrastructure.

«It's just that there was not an understanding of actual land - use requirements before this work.

A previous NREL report, «Land - use Requirements and the Per - capita Solar Footprint for Photovoltaic Generation in the United States,» had estimated that if solar energy was to meet 100 % of all electricity demand in the United States, it would take up 0.6 % of the total area in the United States.

The current estimates show that cellular agriculture can have lower greenhouse gas emissions, land use and water use, but often has a higher energy use requirement when compared to conventionally produced animal source foods.

Put the equity in your land toward your down payment requirements, or use your loan funds to purchase your lot.

Since this planning tool integrates the Rice Terraces Master Plan and indigenous knowledge, it can be an effective tool to facilitate the development of the community based land use and zoning plan, which is also a requirement for accessing funds.

Using this framework, we estimated global - scale land and resource requirements for BCDR, implemented at a rate of 1 Pg C y − 1.

The responsibilities of local governments give them large influence over energy use in their communities through land use and zoning, building requirements, property taxes and transfers, transportation investment decisions, economic and workforce development, and, in many cases, the provision of services such as water and electricity.

Focusing the LCA on three key impacts — direct land use, life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and fossil fuel requirements — the researchers identified PV electricity for battery electric vehicles as the superior sun - to - wheels conversion method.

Governments should phase out the varied subsidies and regulatory requirements for transportation biofuels made from crops or from sources that make dedicated use of land.

First, the project defined the detailed specifications of a global land cover product matching the GCOS requirements (both for itself and as a surrogate for other important climate variables), achievable on a regular basis using the current EO systems and building on the FAO / UNEP LCCS for the sake of compatibility with other land cover products.

Land - use requirements of modern wind power plants in the United States.

Subtitle C: Miscellaneous -(Sec. 551) Amends the CAA to exclude from requirements regarding lifecycle GHG emissions indirect land use changes outside the renewable fuel's feedstock's country of origin for purposes of determining whether a fuel meets renewable fuel requirements.

(Sec. 126) Amends the CAA to revise the definition of «renewable biomass» for purposes of the renewable fuel standard by expanding the amount of biomass from forested land that could be used to produce fuels under such standard and eliminating the requirement that feedstock crops come from previously cultivated land.

A framing of these individual events is needed, and a top - down scenario approach is well capable of providing this framework, certainly when complemented by scenarios of other drivers than climate, such as population, water requirements, land use etcetera.

-- Renewable energy produced at a Federal facility, on Federal lands, or on Indian lands (as defined in title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)-RRB- shall be calculated separately from renewable energy consumed at a Federal facility, and each may be used to comply with the consumption requirement under subsection (a).».

They calculated the full - cycle land use required to generate 1 megawatt of electricity from each source of energy in 2015, including the land required to drill and mine for natural gas and coal, the processing and transportation requirements and the power plant footprint.

The diversity in requirements and approaches among IAMs and CMs for tracking land - use changes (past, present, and future) is significant.

As for land use issues, the percentage of land required to supply all of the US's power requirements from even today's CSP technology is a tiny fraction of disturbed federal lands in the Southwest, so the customarily unhinged ravings of stop killing wilderness and others can be dismissed out of hand.

In many countries, the use of agricultural and forest residues could significantly reduce land requirements for biofuel production, thereby reducing the social and environmental impacts of energy crop plantations.

At that rate US energy requirements can be met using a land area half the size of the state of Maine, or about 10 % of the Texas panhandle.

«It appears that while meat increases land - use requirements, diets including modest amounts of meat can feed more people than some higher fat vegetarian diets,» said Peters.

Currently, overallocated water resources are being further stressed by increased demands due to population growth, tribal settlements, changes in land use, recreation needs, and mandated requirements for instream flows for ecosystem functioning and endangered - species preservation (6 — 9).

There is no requirement for tar sands companies to return the boreal forest to its natural state, only «an equivalent land capability» capable of supporting one or more uses that «existed prior to any activity being conducted on the land,» even though «the individual land uses will not necessarily be identical.»

The homes also met other HPI requirements such as water efficiency and daylighting, together with achieving the required score based on assessment of access to amenities, public transport, acoustic performance and responsible use of land.

It concludes «A surge in gas production and use may prove to be both the cheapest and most effective way to hasten the decarbonisation of the world economy, given the cost and land requirements of most renewables».

Other owners allowed their patents to lapse without the land - use requirements having been met, leaving titles open to challenge and even grant to another claimant.

Every land registration system must deal with how far to go in forcing people to use the system and to comply with its requirements.

In Ontario, we can use any electronic document to create an interest in land, without complying with any other requirements, and we can register an interest in land so created in the land titles system.

Flagpoling is a term used by foreign nationals who exit the country only to immediately re-enter in order to satisfy the requirements of a work visa or to confirm landing.

Alternate land use or new ideas about redevelopment may introduce requirements to consider the significance of environmental risks in this new context.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

Acting for coalition of 9 Alberta First Nations challenging new land use regulations, resulting in amendments to exempt Treaty rights from permitting requirements.

The Crown must either obtain the consent of Indigenous peoples to use Aboriginal title lands or meet the legal requirements for justifying an infringement.

The only proviso to the authority bestowed on the municipality under s. 42 of the Planning Act is found in s. 42 (4): there must be an OP «in effect» in the municipality and it must contain «specific policies dealing with the provision of lands for park or other public recreational purposes and the use of the alternative requirement.»

Like any significant business, utilities must deal with state and federal regulators, local land use, and statutory requirements that may specific to their industry or more general, such as wage and hour laws.

This new regulation adds the requirements of the Integrated Accessibility Standards to the specifications for parking spaces designated on Crown land or under municipal bylaw for use of persons with disabilities.

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Lead Civil Engineer — Land Development Solutions — Denver, Colorado — September 2011 — March 2015 • Supervised the civil engineering development team in the implementation of new projects • Used specialized tools such as AutoCAD, Trimble Terramodel, and Primavera P6 Professional • Calculated requirements used in the plan and design of civil work according to specifications • Ensured safety and compliance standards were met by monitoring and assessing risk factors • Forecasted the quantity, budget, and cost of engineering equipment, labor, and manpowerCivil Engineer — UWV Foundation — Cheyenne, Wyoming — July 2000 — April 2006 • Completed site surveys and analyzed data • Researched, assessed, and studied patterns of elements and environmental conditions to determine adequacy of relevant factors • Ensured compliance with safety standards and managed risk factors • Tested strength of various foundation materials, introducing 25 - percent stronger materials • Developed solutions to safely address challenges involving extreme weather pattUsed specialized tools such as AutoCAD, Trimble Terramodel, and Primavera P6 Professional • Calculated requirements used in the plan and design of civil work according to specifications • Ensured safety and compliance standards were met by monitoring and assessing risk factors • Forecasted the quantity, budget, and cost of engineering equipment, labor, and manpowerCivil Engineer — UWV Foundation — Cheyenne, Wyoming — July 2000 — April 2006 • Completed site surveys and analyzed data • Researched, assessed, and studied patterns of elements and environmental conditions to determine adequacy of relevant factors • Ensured compliance with safety standards and managed risk factors • Tested strength of various foundation materials, introducing 25 - percent stronger materials • Developed solutions to safely address challenges involving extreme weather pattused in the plan and design of civil work according to specifications • Ensured safety and compliance standards were met by monitoring and assessing risk factors • Forecasted the quantity, budget, and cost of engineering equipment, labor, and manpowerCivil Engineer — UWV Foundation — Cheyenne, Wyoming — July 2000 — April 2006 • Completed site surveys and analyzed data • Researched, assessed, and studied patterns of elements and environmental conditions to determine adequacy of relevant factors • Ensured compliance with safety standards and managed risk factors • Tested strength of various foundation materials, introducing 25 - percent stronger materials • Developed solutions to safely address challenges involving extreme weather patterns