Sentences with phrase «new safety oversight»

Following the Lac - Megantic railway disaster, Raitt oversaw a series of new safety oversight measures, including restrictions on single - person crews and unattended trains, and improved tracking or labelling of dangerous oil products.

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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada also recently released a new set of recommendations, related to its Lac - Megantic investigation, to improve oversight of dangerous routes and replace aging railway tank cars.

BEIJING China will form a powerful new competition and food safety regulator in a bid to ramp up oversight of mergers and acquisitions and price - fixing as the world's second - largest economy seeks to make policymaking more efficient.

In a Glass Lewis Proxy Talk held April 17, 2014, Anne Simpson of CalPERS and Michael Garland of the New York City Comptroller's Office discussed why they think shareholders should vote against the re-election of four Duke Energy Corporation directors for what they believe to be a failure of the directors to fulfill their obligations of risk oversight as members of a committee overseeing health, safety, and environmental compliance at the company.

The plan left out some long - sought measures advocates had pushed for, including ethics laws and new spending oversight, an extension of the statute of limitations for child sex - abuse victims and more traffic - safety cameras.

The New York City Council Committee on Public Housing holds an oversight hearing examining elevator safety in NYCHA housing following the death of Olegario Pabon at Boston Road Plaza, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.

The state Department of Public Service must tighten its oversight of gas safety, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has found in a new audit.

Cuomo responded to an investigation by ProPublica of the state's oversight of the nursing profession — including a disciplinary process that lags behind reforms in other states and creates a ragged safety net for New York's patients.

Up for debate is the Community Safety Act, which would create a new NYPD inspector general charged with monitoring the department and providing independent oversight, following growing complaints over racial and ethnic profiling.

Federal authorities announced their largest - ever push for bus safety, shutting down 26 discount bus companies and assuming an aggressive new oversight stance after a series of deadly crashes.

ALBANY — The state Department of Public Service must tighten its oversight of gas safety, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has found in a new audit.

In addition, FHWA has implemented new measures to boost its oversight role and to target the inspection of areas critical to bridge safety.

FTA's direct safety oversight role of WMATA is temporary and will continue until D.C., Maryland, and Virginia replace the TOC with a new State Safety Oversight Agency (SSOA) that complies with Federal law and is capable of performing its WMATA Metrorail safety oversight responsibilsafety oversight role of WMATA is temporary and will continue until D.C., Maryland, and Virginia replace the TOC with a new State Safety Oversight Agency (SSOA) that complies with Federal law and is capable of performing its WMATA Metrorail safety oversight responsibilSafety Oversight Agency (SSOA) that complies with Federal law and is capable of performing its WMATA Metrorail safety oversight responsibilsafety oversight responsibilities.

Legislative action to create a new SSOA by all three jurisdictions is anticipated during their next legislative sessions; this schedule could require continuing direct WMATA rail safety oversight by FTA until at least the Summer of 2017.

In a statement, GM vice president of Global Vehicle Safety Jeff Boyer said that GM has created a new Global Product Integrity group to focus on safety oversight issues, and has also created a Speak Up for Safety initiSafety Jeff Boyer said that GM has created a new Global Product Integrity group to focus on safety oversight issues, and has also created a Speak Up for Safety initisafety oversight issues, and has also created a Speak Up for Safety initiSafety initiative.

Under ATC Reform, FAA would maintain safety oversight and sharpen its focus as a regulator, while the new «corporatized» ATC entity would be responsible for upgrading, operating and managing the ATC system.

The new § 164.512 includes paragraphs on: Uses and disclosures required by law; uses and disclosures for public health activities; disclosures about victims of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence; uses and disclosures for health oversight activities; disclosures for judicial and administrative proceedings; disclosures for law enforcement purposes; uses and disclosures about decedents; uses and disclosures for cadaveric donation of organs, eyes, or tissues; uses and disclosures for research purposes; uses and disclosures to avert a serious threat to health or safety (which we had called «emergency circumstances» in the NPRM); uses and disclosures for specialized government functions (referred to as «specialized classes» in the NPRM); and disclosures to comply with workers» compensation laws.

Assisted with space planning, furniture and materials selections, and drove new construction project to successful completion, ensuring adherence to safety, building codes, budget oversight and workforce and project schedules.

Proposed updates to the discipline code include an end to suspensions for students in grades K - 2 For the first time, NYPD releases expanded school safety data on school - based arrests, summonses and handcuffing New scanning policy establishes official process based on data with NYPD oversight for...