Sentences with phrase «proposed impact of the project»

In Sierra Club v. California Energy Commission, the Club alleged that the state of California failed to sufficiently analyze the proposed impact of the project on the desert tortoise — an endangered species.

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An independent panel has endorsed the proposed development of a liquefied natural gas precinct at James Price Point near Broome, but the recommendation may have little impact as project developers led by Woodside Petroleum have shifted their focus to floating LNG developments.

These forward - looking statements include, among other things, statements about full - year 2018 guidance, project milestones, increased opportunities in the market, backlog, bids and change orders outstanding, target projects and revenue opportunity pipeline, to the extent these may be viewed as indicators of future revenues or profitability, the expected impacts of the F2G program and progress toward completing the proposed combination with CB&I and the anticipated benefits of that transaction.

While I don't believe the project was cancelled because of risks from proposed changes to GHG policies in B.C., it's certainly possible that any change in GHG policy would have a material impact on the expected costs of liquefaction.

It adds that «approval or denial of the proposed project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area.»

As a result, in the short term the state would not be expected to experience a strong positive or negative direct impact of the US - imposed or proposed tariffs on imported aluminum and steel and other items — though individual companies and projects may be strongly affected.

On Thursday, fellow prairie province Saskatchewan entered into the war, announcing it will consider limits on its out - of - province oil shipments if B.C. continues its efforts to delay the pipeline expansion project.While Saskatchewan likely would not be shipping oil on the proposed pipeline, the province has been negatively impacted by the projects continued delays.

A number of issues were discussed including the impact of the proposed amendments to the Yukon Environmental and Socio - economic Assessment Board Act, which is currently before Parliament and which will among other things, remove set timelines for assessments as well as requiring re-assessments for large scale mining projects, where a full environmental screening has already been positively concluded.

This rise partly reversed earlier declines, which had reflected a number of factors: the expected negative impact of the Asian situation on the local economy, associated concerns about the possibility of global deflation, and the projected fall in the stock of bonds on issue reflecting the expected run of Budget surpluses and the proposed sale of the remainder of Telstra.

Mass Audubon is engaged in the review of natural gas pipeline expansion projects proposed in Massachusetts, including alignments that would impact Mass Audubon's land as well as other state, municipal, and private conservation lands.

Mass Audubon is also engaged in the review of other natural gas pipeline expansion projects proposed in Massachusetts, including alignments that would impact Mass Audubon's land as well as other state, municipal, and private conservation lands.

Such omission can lead to serious bias in the assessments of environmental impacts as well as the economic viability of proposed road projects, especially in situations where there is a latent demand for more road capacity.

Currently, Alison is PI on the ESRC funded project «International Professional Fora: a study in civil society participation in internet governance» (September 2015 - September 2018) with CIs George Christou (Warwick) and Seamus Simpson (Salford) and an ESRC Senior Fellow on the ESRC UK in a Changing Europe programme with the project «The impact of a proposed UK Brexit from the EU: the UK communications industries».

DEP notes non-defense United States Department of Energy (herein referred to as «DOE») funding is proposed to be cut by $ 3.1 billion (17.9 %) which may have an impact on West Valley Demonstration Project funding.

What the Town Board approved is the expenditure of $ 31,000 to rewrite the scope (outline) of the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed project to shorten the Goldsmith Inlet jetty.

State lawmakers and the governor are discussing whether to spend billions of dollars on water quality upgrades and projects and Cuomo, too, has decried the proposed federal budget cuts as having a negative impact on New York.

United Water first proposed the Haverstraw Water Supply Project in January 2007 and has since undertaken an incredibly transparent environmental impact review that included input and consultation with regulators and the public each step of the way.

«The proposed Pilgrim Pipeline project would traverse and could potentially impact private lands... including lands within the town of Ulster.»

On March 28, 2014, the Board of Directors for the New York State Urban Development Corporation, doing business as Empire State Development («ESD»), accepted the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement («the DSEIS»), adopted an amendment to the Modified General Project Plan («the Proposed Amendment»), and authorized a Public Hearing in connection with the Atlantic Yards Land Use Improvement and Civic Project.

Sen. George D. Maziarz, R - Newfane: «I have been sounding the alarm about the negative impacts of the proposed Champlain - Hudson Power Express for several years, using every means at my disposal to derail this ill - conceived project.

During that event, Two Bridges tenant leader Trever Holland asked why the city would forego a ULURP, given the massive size and impact of the proposed projects.

Under the New York State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) process, the Town Board is required to review the potential environmental effects of a project, identify the ways to mitigate the unavoidable impacts and balance the environmental impacts with the benefits that will be achieved by the proposed project.

He has written to the secretary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, requesting a comment period extension for the proposed Algonquin Incremental Market Project and expressing his concerns about how the project will impact public safety and the envirProject and expressing his concerns about how the project will impact public safety and the envirproject will impact public safety and the environment.

He also proposed using the Mortgage Recording Tax, which is paid when property changes hands, to leverage the funding of capital projects, which he argued would minimize the impact of fluctuations in the real estate market.

In order to project the impact of proposed cutbacks to U.S. - funded programs in South Africa, which has the greatest prevalence of HIV infection of any country, and the west African nation of Côte d'Ivoire, which has a different kind of epidemic and a different level of foreign aid dependency, the researchers used a widely - published mathematical model along with epidemiologic and cost data from each country to project the outcomes of potential programmatic responses.

«The Permit process will conclude once factors that have a significant impact on determining the national interest of the proposed project have been evaluated and appropriately reflected in the decision documents,» the State Department said.

(ii) to assess the impacts of proposed energy development, water, transmission, transportation, and other land use projects and avoid, minimize, and mitigate those impacts on habitats and corridors;

In 2013, he was named a William T. Grant Scholar, a prestigious five - year award for early career researchers for his proposed project, The Long - Run Influence of School Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications.

Utilizing data from the Measures for Effective Teaching project, we propose to test the impacts of ability grouping on observed teaching practice and student achievement gains.

Two of the other two items that got the most attention were budget related: The Five - Year Financial Outlook to include Projected Budget Gaps and Tax Impacts and MSCR Proposed Budget Reductions and Efficiencies for 2010 - 11; (the third is the Reorganization, which is also indirectly budget related).

Uncertainty over the impact of a proposed Republican tax cut on the state's economy and budget is hanging like a cloud over California, but at this point, the Legislative Analyst's Office is projecting robust growth in state revenue for K - 12 schools and community colleges in the coming year.

VDOT conducts thousands of studies each year to determine needs, costs and impacts of proposed highway projects.

The research project «Impact of Ecotourism in gray whale's behavior» was the topic of her thesis research, proposing recommendations for the management and research actions for conserving this species.

Based on information and analysis about the North American crude transport infrastructure (particularly the proven ability of rail to transport substantial quantities of crude oil profitably under current market conditions, and to add capacity relatively rapidly) and the global crude oil market, the draft Supplemental EIS concludes that approval or denial of the proposed Project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area.

On top of the «insufficient» categorization, the EPA gave the proposed project an «Environmental Objections» rating, which is their technical speak for a project that would have significant environmental impacts.

Draft guidance to federal agencies on environmental impact assessment of proposed federal actions such as energy development permits, which the White House has allowed to languish for four years, could move the system toward analyzing specific proposed projects within a... Continue reading →

They begin with the apparently plausible principle that «large interventions need more control than small ones» (1) and develop a plan that links the degree of regulation to the degree of measurable physical impacts of proposed research projects.

Culver City then submitted an impacted party comment letter to the Public Works Committee making the assertion that the proposed exemption was illegal since it was «improperly piecemealing» a very large project into a set of related smaller components.

For Canadians, the public hearings into the proposed Northern Gateway project, is an important opportunity for serious stakeholders to discuss the impacts and benefits for our country of a pipeline carrying oil from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C.

«Our study suggests... [the] initiative will not significantly reduce deforestation in northern Sumatra and will have little impact on orangutan conservation,» David Gaveau of the University of Kent, UK, and the Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program told environmentalresearchweb, «because firstly a large amount of forest inside the proposed REDD project area is protected de facto by being inaccessible; and secondly much of northern Sumatra's lowland forests will remain outside of REDD and will be exposed to the combined expansion of high - revenue oil palm plantations and road networks.»

(ii) to assess the impacts of proposed energy development, water, transmission, transportation, and other land use projects and avoid, minimize, and mitigate those impacts on habitats and corridors;

As part of the federal Department of Energy's Environmental Impact Statement review, the DOE estimates the socioeconomic impacts of the proposed 720 - mile high voltage direct current transmission project.

Instead of focusing solely on negative impacts, the EIS also weighs a few of the benefits of the proposed project.

Proposed wind farm would place 194 turbines off the Jurassic Coast Letter warns turbines will obscure view of the Isle of Wight UNESCO review found project would have a «significant impact» on the site UNESCO has warned that plans for a wind farm of Dorset's Jurassic Coast could compromise its status as a World Heritage -LSB-...]

Cynthia Giles, the EPA assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance wrote in the memo «While the (supplemental draft environmental impact statement) has made progress in responding to EPA's comments on the (draft EIS) and providing information necessary for making an informed decision, EPA believes additional analysis is necessary to fully respond to our earlier comments and to ensure a full evaluation of the potential impacts of proposed Project, and to identify potential means to mitigate those impacts.»

He has participated in environmental assessments for many proposed wind energy generating facilities across Ontario and has helped develop, implement, and monitor mitigation measures to minimize environmental impacts of wind power projects.

The project also has the potential to impact BA measure guidelines on improving the replicability and cost effectiveness of designs that not only meet the current energy code, but will meet future proposed building code improvements.

In addition, the Energy Commission has a historic high level of more than 30 proposed projects under review, totaling more than 12,000 megawatts, many of which are large - scale solar thermal power plants that present new and challenging environmental impacts that must be considered.

Dr. Klemens» study demonstrated that the proposed project — which seeks to introduce 951 homes into a community with only 988 existing homes (per 2000 U.S. Census for Pine Plains)-- would have significant negative ecological impacts, including the eradication of rare reptile and amphibian species from the site.

The presence of proposed projects ahead of an application in this «queue» can have profound impacts on the costs and timelines for interconnection whether or not the other proposed projects are ever built.